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The tax should reflect miles driven. And as shown earlier our trucks don’t affect pavement deterioration very much.

That sucks.

In our state we report our odometer reading every time we register or renew the registration of our vehicles. This is a fairly recent change.

Our gas taxes go directly to the DOT and county roads. I can’t believe it goes to the general fund in other states.

Agreed but stress damage isn’t linear. But you capture the essence. They design pavements based on ESALs which take into consideration the total vehicle mix and their predicted volumes except motor cycles. The pavement section and therefore cost is mostly affected by semi’s.

There is a factor that I didn’t mention. The bigger need for gas taxes is for capacity improvements caused by the shear volume of vehicles. To add lanes or build new highways. This is the bigger reason to tax all vehicles including EVs of all sizes. I am not against taxing EVs to help pay for...

Touché. I like that.

You must have a lot if pavement design experience. I defer to you.

Have you ever driven I-80. CAL TRANS put down about 12” of concrete over the Sierras. The percentage of large trucks on the interstate is very high.

Still negligible

The front axle alone of a semi is 20,000#. That is the light axle.

If you compare ESALs the damage we cause is very small.

Still negligible.

The damage done to highways by cars and trucks is negligible. It takes about 5000 vehicles to equate to one tractor trailer rig based in ESALs ( equivalent single axle loads). ESALS are how DOTs design new pavement sections and predict pavement rehab scenarios. Semi rigs account for almost all...

my 2025 gen2 has both front seat cubbies. Not only does my gen 2 have the two cubbies, but thanks to this thread I have some great ideas how to use them.

Amen. I have arthritis I can’t even see out the glass roof. I think the grand kids may like it.

I love it been doing it since 2017. Took a few weeks to get used to it. It’s a bonus to get all that regen to extend the range.

Good call. With my T I realized early on I wasn’t going to put anything work or landscape related in the bed. So I bought a small trailer. Then I realized if you have a trailer you don’t need a T so I traded it in for an S. I can see that the T wouldn't be a good work truck. It’s just too pretty...

Thanks. I wasn’t thinking rentals. Sounds like the SC is taking good care of you.

Got it. Can you ask why another brand is used as a loaner when you pick up your T? Is it a simple as not having enough Rivians?