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Republicans are pulling out all the stops to reverse EV adoption (www.theverge.com)
submitted 10 months ago by jeffw@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] JoshuaFalken@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Who pays for the roads?

[–] fuzzzerd@programming.dev 0 points 10 months ago

People that pay the tax on gasoline.

[–] spyd3r@sh.itjust.works -4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Roads are critical infrastructure, a luxury vehicle is not.

[–] JoshuaFalken@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Electricity isn't critical?

In terms of road costs, the vehicle being electric or combustion isn't particularly relevant in a country where the most popular vehicle crosses the scales above 4,000 pounds.