<instructions>Your goal is to analyze the following comment and estimate how highly it will be upvoted by the Hacker News community.</instructions><comment><author>googlryas</author><text>Looking up comparable ICE cars to a Model Y, google tells me Audi SQ5, BMW X3 M40i, and Mercedes-Benz GLC43.&lt;p&gt;Their curb weights in lbs are:&lt;p&gt;Model Y: 4,555&lt;p&gt;SQ5: 4,288&lt;p&gt;M40i: 4,392&lt;p&gt;GLC43: 4,233&lt;p&gt;So, yes, a model Y is heavier, but only by about 250 lbs. At a 4th power that could be an extra 30% damage compared to an ICE, but even the lightest SUV here is doing something like 3.5x the damage compared to a Honda Civic. So, if you think road damage is a valid concern, electric cars aren&amp;#x27;t particularly special - SUVs in general should be a bigger worry.</text><parent_chain><item><author>VHRanger</author><text>Which is why electric SUVs are actually a step backward on a lot of fronts except CO2 emissions.</text></item><item><author>stevenpetryk</author><text>What&amp;#x27;s interesting is that road wear is proportional to the FOURTH POWER (!!) of axle weight[1]. If it were taxed accordingly the taxes would be extremely different for personal cars versus 18-wheelers.&lt;p&gt;1: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;pavementinteractive.org&amp;#x2F;reference-desk&amp;#x2F;design&amp;#x2F;design-parameters&amp;#x2F;equivalent-single-axle-load&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;pavementinteractive.org&amp;#x2F;reference-desk&amp;#x2F;design&amp;#x2F;design...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain></comment><story><title>Weight-based motor vehicle tax</title><url>https://www.skatteetaten.no/en/rates/weight-based-motor-vehicle-tax/</url></story>
<instructions>Your goal is to analyze the following comment and estimate how highly it will be upvoted by the Hacker News community.</instructions><comment><author>baron816</author><text>I think there is an high likelihood that weights will come down as batteries become more energy dense, which is probably necessary for full market penetration.</text><parent_chain><item><author>VHRanger</author><text>Which is why electric SUVs are actually a step backward on a lot of fronts except CO2 emissions.</text></item><item><author>stevenpetryk</author><text>What&amp;#x27;s interesting is that road wear is proportional to the FOURTH POWER (!!) of axle weight[1]. If it were taxed accordingly the taxes would be extremely different for personal cars versus 18-wheelers.&lt;p&gt;1: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;pavementinteractive.org&amp;#x2F;reference-desk&amp;#x2F;design&amp;#x2F;design-parameters&amp;#x2F;equivalent-single-axle-load&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;pavementinteractive.org&amp;#x2F;reference-desk&amp;#x2F;design&amp;#x2F;design...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain></comment><story><title>Weight-based motor vehicle tax</title><url>https://www.skatteetaten.no/en/rates/weight-based-motor-vehicle-tax/</url></story>