Seven electric SUVs, pickups, and cars being transported on a large carrier to the showroom.

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   Bread and Circuses (breadandcircuses@climatejustice.social)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Jul-2023 01:34:30 JST Bread and Circuses

   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 in 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.

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