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2023-07-08 11:31:27

EVs are so heavy they cause far more road damage than do old-style ICE cars.

"EVs cause twice the road damage of petrol vehicles, study reveals"
https://www.energylivenews.com/2023/06/27/evs-cause-twice-the-road-damage-of-petrol-vehicles-study-reveals/

Even just carrying EVs on trucks to the showroom is becoming a big problem, because they’re so freaking heavy.

"There’s a problem with transporting new vehicles across the country: They’re too heavy."
https://slate.com/business/2023/06/electric-vehicles-auto-haulers-weight-capacity-roads.html

And once you buy that new electric SUV and then drive it to work and leave it a parking garage… uh-oh!

"Electric cars too heavy for old multi-storey car parks, engineers warn"
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/06/05/electric-cars-too-heavy-old-multi-storey-car-parks/

My point here is *not* that EVs are worse than ICE cars, because they’re not. But they’re not much better either.

Replacing a billion old-style cars with a billion EVs won’t solve anything. The very best car is no car at all.

#Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #Degrowth #WarOnCars #BanCars

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