Calafornia Road Charge Options

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Sounds like a great way for EV's to pay their fair share

[technicalninja]

I think they are talking about a tractor in the semi.

Lots about the list look bogus to me.

The impact of a Smart car versus a Prius seems un-believable. The Pruis does 9 times the damage and a simple Rav4 is twice as bad as the Prius.

Sounds like the author has a soft spot for Smart Cars.
If you get a chance drive one!
The first time it shifts you'll swear something broke in the drive train.
Be careful when following one. It completely drops all power before the shift and delays power return far longer than necessary. The car "nose dives" and decelerates between shifts.
Feels BROKEN when that happens.

Years ago, I banned all French cars from my bays, Peugeots and Renaults are impossible to fix and parts are rare and often don't work when brand new. The Smart Car is made in France.
Some of them have 3 bolt wheels...

"Not a Car" in my book.
There was an EV model.
One review stated, "It was so quiet that you could hear your regret!"

Who-ever came up with the chart appears to know little about cars...
They also have NO idea what a loaded semi rig weighs.

[nathanxnathan]

I think they are talking about a tractor in the semi.

Lots about the list look bogus to me.

The impact of a Smart car versus a Prius seems un-believable. The Pruis does 9 times the damage and a simple Rav4 is twice as bad as the Prius.

Sounds like the author has a soft spot for Smart Cars.
If you get a chance drive one!
The first time it shifts you'll swear something broke in the drive train.
Be careful when following one. It completely drops all power before the shift and delays power return far longer than necessary. The car "nose dives" and decelerates between shifts.
Feels BROKEN when that happens.

Years ago, I banned all French cars from my bays, Peugeots and Renaults are impossible to fix and parts are rare and often don't work when brand new. The Smart Car is made in France.
Some of them have 3 bolt wheels...

"Not a Car" in my book.
There was an EV model.
One review stated, "It was so quiet that you could hear your regret!"

Who-ever came up with the chart appears to know little about cars...
They also have NO idea what a loaded semi rig weighs.

It's not my chart. I got it from:

https://www.profitgreenly.com/p/road-damage-fees-and-profit

who got it from here:

https://streets.mn/2016/07/07/chart-of-the-...-damage-levels/

In the first link the author actually corrects the big rig number, and explains that the math was wrong on account of the number of axles. The chart is based on:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AASHO_Road_Test

which I only skimmed. It's claiming that total weight divided by number of axles is where it's at to calculate damage, which seems logical. The weights check out at least. Smart Cars weighed about 1800 lb, base prius weighs about 3000, average car in the US weighs about 4300, so not far off there.

I didn't do the math, but like the first article I linked says, the damage goes up exponentially — conservatively estimating to square, up to the 4th power — somewhere between is probably the reality.