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True, but not many have sold yet. We still have a chance to get commuters out of trucks before they transition to EVs.
But do you know what’s even heavier, by many times? Trucks. In the beginning of EV times, one level of misinformation was claiming increased road wear from heavier vehicles. I believe several red states used that to block EVs or to increase taxes well above ICE vehicles. Then people started realizing it was exponential by weight, and road wear is mostly trucks. The difference with EVs is vanishingly small.
Im not saying it ts the same situation for tire wear, I'm saying it’s important to know. Heck, is. It even the weight? What about all that extra torque in EVs? Alternately, does modern traction control make a noticeable difference. It just seems lazy writing to highlight EVs as a problem here without covering more of the possibilities, one way or another
I view it more as highlighting that EVs don't suddenly make a car ecofriendly. It is also easier to get the public to change their transportation than to expect a groccery store to suddenly get a rail spur for deliveries which is why i think they didn't touch much on heavy trucking.