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About electric vehicle. If you add the maintenance cost for battery, how does it fair compare to gasoline vehicle? On cost we have to pay. (lemmy.world)

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I heard someone said that, at the end EV will cost you almost the same as gasoline vehicle, if you have to change the expensive battery every so often. Can someone please give me more info on this? Thank you so much.

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[-] fresh@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

One thing to note is that car infrastructure maintenance (e.g. upkeeping roads and bridges) is often paid for in substantial part through a gas tax. Electric cars don’t pay the gas tax, so they are essentially freeloading. In the future, this may change, but this is one reason why EVs are currently cheaper than ICEs.

[-] Brkdncr@artemis.camp 9 points 1 year ago

Isn’t most (non-environmental) road damage done by commercial trucks?

Maybe paying for roads by taxing fuel was always going to be a losing battle since mpg requirements have been trending upwards for decades.

[-] fresh@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

There is obviously a LOT of car infrastructure that is not used by commercial trucks: residential streets and parking lots account for most road surface area. There are also many other externalities besides maintenance like pollution and accidents. By not properly taxing distance driven, we are essentially subsidizing car use.

[-] gimmelemmy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Honest question: are you a bot? 'cause you sound like one

[-] fresh@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Honest answer: no. What about me sounds like a bot? Because I use jargon?

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