Sunshine (she/her)M to Electric [email protected]English • 2 months agoPay-per-mile fees have emerged as the most likely solution to dropping gas revenues linked to electric vehicles.www.politico.commessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up145arrow-down13
arrow-up142arrow-down1external-linkPay-per-mile fees have emerged as the most likely solution to dropping gas revenues linked to electric vehicles.www.politico.comSunshine (she/her)M to Electric [email protected]English • 2 months agomessage-square49fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•2 months agoTo the fourth power, to price in the approximate effect on road wear.
minus-squarethreelonmusketeersMlinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 months agoRoad wear scales quartically with vehicle weight?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•2 months agoIndeed: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_power_law
minus-squarethreelonmusketeersMlinkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-22 months agoSo it is, though it scales with the load per axle, not the total weight of the vehicle.
To the fourth power, to price in the approximate effect on road wear.
Road wear scales quartically with vehicle weight?
Indeed: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_power_law
So it is, though it scales with the load per axle, not the total weight of the vehicle.