People with such vehicles already naturally pay more in fuel taxes. An actual productive solution to any safety concerns would be mandating some kind of sensor or camera retrofit, optimally with a tax credit for anyone who has to do it.
Of course, these are even more true of large trucks, which we would find much more difficult to eliminate, even if we wanted to. So it's always going to be a matter of judgement how to proceed.
It sounds like there must be some good and interesting physical reason for this. Do you have an intuitive explanation for it?
There was some minor fuel tax benefit to the state, but with ultra-heavy electric vehicles like a electric Hummer, there's not really any penalty/paying of dues for having obnoxiously sized, dangerous vehicles.
Heavy cars do more damage when they hit things, emit more brake dust, and cause more damage to roads. Exploring ways to reduce (or appropriately tax) their use should be celebrated.
This is false.
It may be the case that electric cars, thanks to regenerative braking, do not emit more brake dust than a lighter non-electric car, but that's not what the parent comment here was saying.
>It may be the case that electric cars, thanks to regenerative braking, do not emit more brake dust than a lighter non-electric car, but that's not what the parent comment here was saying.
That's exactly what parent said.
> Heavier vehicles emit higher levels of brake and tire particles
"Therefore, future research is needed to better understand the overall impact of vehicle electrification on brake and tire wear emissions"
And of course once moving, fuel consumption is surprisingly insensitive to weight.