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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Electric be hiked weigh 30% more than gas cars on average. Is nobody wondering how this may affect our infrastructure?

Roads and bridges will wear out even faster and potholes will appear more frequently causing damage to vehicles.[/quote]

First, this just isn’t true- the difference between same sized ICE and EV isn’t 30% it is much much smaller— a few hundred pounds.

Second, what is wearing out roads and bridges isn’t EVs it is the giant pickup trucks, SUVs, etc.  More and more Americans are driving their kids around in “cars” that are the size and weight of heavy duty trucks nows. If anything people driving EVs are less likely to be driving those 2 - 4 ton behemoths and are helping our roads.

Likewise the effect of EVs on the grid is trivial compared to data centers and crypto. Data centers are what is going to strain/crash the grid.

If anything widespread EVs would help balance loads with TOD charging and V2G. [/quote]

That is unequivocally false. EVs are much heavier. The Electric ford F-150 truck is around 35% heavier than the gasoline version. The electric version of the Chevy Equinox is around 42% heavier than the gasoline version, Electric Jeep Grand Cherokee 24% heavier, etc. [/quote]

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