Subj : Re: EVs
To   : Spectre
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Thu Oct 26 2023 08:56:00

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 Sp> They also tend to be harder on tyres too.. I suspect the wear and tear
 Sp> on roads they're considering are suburban streets where you're not
 Sp> normally going to see anything more than maybe an 8ton truck rarely...
 Sp> while the extra weight in the EV on an ongoing basis will contribute
 Sp> significantly more.


 A 2014 Corolla weight 2820 pounds, a 2014 Prius 3042, the plug-in Prius
 is 3165. It's not that much of a difference. I drove 180K miles on my
 Prius and didn't notice any exceptional tire wear - I still got 70K
 miles on a set of Michelin Defenders (great tires, BTW) and they still
 had tread left.

 Sp> I have no idea.. and it gets more interesting... Apparently charging a
 Sp> km rate for travel is somehow against our "constitution".

 There's a guarantee of free travel between states; I wouldn't trust
 that I wouldn't be tracked by a government-mandated device that tracks
 miles in order to tax based on miles driven.

 A bunch of years back, my transit region instituted a FasTrak wireless toll
 system. Swore up and down they were only tracking tolls and didn't use
 them for any other purpose, nor were there any sensors apart from the
 toll sensors.

 A few years later they implemented a traffic app, and people wondered
 where the data was coming from. They fessed up that they had installed
 sensors *everywhere* and were tracking transponders, but there was no
 personal connection.

 We got a nice letter apologizing/not apologizing for violating their
 privacy policy and providing a FREE COMPLIMENTARY anti-static bag to
 keep your transponder in when not paying tolls.

 I guarantee that any mileage-tracking system will be misused.








 No idea how
 Sp> that came about it just popped up in the news, at the same time, I
 Sp> think its 2 or 3 states have been charging said tax already the last
 Sp> couple of years.

 Sp> Our registration requirements vary wildly from state to state here, so
 Sp> it'll probably be every man for himself for some time until someone
 Sp> figures out a way to make it work.  Some require inspections and
 Sp> roadworthys yearly others only on transfer and everything else is just
 Sp> as wacky.  If they wanted to check the Km's traveled for some it would
 Sp> just be a matter of read the odometer at inspection, others I have no
 Sp> idea.  A flat charge per vehicle would probably be the next thing that
 Sp> they try. Of course that'll penalise some and others will get off
 Sp> cheap.

 Sp> Spec


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