Re: Tearing up roads:
A friend who is a State expert of road surfaces blames
'B Doubles" , inner city developments requiring HD trucks
to operate in inner city/surburban streets that were not designed
for heavy loads and old ICE vehicles that drip oil on the tarmac
causing it to ravel.
The latter is evident when one sees potholes developing close to
road bumps which causes the leaking oil to drop from the vehicle
when it hits the bump.
Just have a look at the Tip trucks, Agis & HD mobile cranes as they
go to and from inner city construction sites. There are 2 such developments
in my suburb and the surrounding road surface is clearly evident . The other
day I watched a 6x4 HD tipper with a 4 axle dog (48 ton all up) screwing its way
our of a construction site. It was raining and the surface sponging effect
on the street tarmac was evident and, IMO, its only a matter of months before
we have massive potholes.
The local EVs (mostly Teslas) weigh about 150 kgs more than the equivalent ice
and up to 500 kgs less that many of the large SUV 4x4s of which these outnumber
the EVs in my suburb by at least 10:1.
So in summary, there is no evidence that passenger EVs produce more road surface
wear than equivalent ICEs ...particularly the big SUV/4x4s .
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