A deputy office said that the F-150 weighs an average of 3,000 pounds, which is not even close
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- The Republicans of Congress proposed a two -level tax on electric vehicles.
- It would include stable costs of $ 1,000 as well as separate costs of $ 550 for heavy batteries.
- The documentation supporting legislation is full of false and deceptive information.
The war against electric vehicles continues while the Republicans of the Congress introduced legislation which would reject a new tax on them. It is presented as the law “Fair Share” and it wishes to institute new costs to ensure that the owners of electric vehicles pay for infrastructure.
As explained by the office of the American senator Deb Fischer (R-NEB), the fuel taxes help support the Highway Trust Fund which is used to pay the construction and maintenance of roads and bridges. Electric vehicles do not use gas or diesel, so they do not pay for fees despite the use of the same roads and bridges.
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Although we have already seen similar efforts to the state level, it is a national effort that tries to level the rules of the game, because the federal tax is 18.3 cents per gallon for gas and 24.3 cents the gallon for diesel. It aims to do so with a two -level costs structure which “would impose unique costs of $ 1,000 on all electric vehicles at the manufacturer level, at the point of sale”. This is designed to represent a lifespan of ten years because “vehicles in light service with internal combustion engines have an average lifespan of 100,000 miles (160,934 km), which is equivalent to around 10 years”.
Although the average vehicle in the United States is 12.6 years old, we will ignore this and mention the second costs. This is a unique load of “$ 550 on each battery module with a weight greater than 1,000 pounds (454 kg)”.
This seeks to penalize electric vehicles, which have large batteries and are heavier than their ice -powered counterparts. However, a sheet published by the Fischer office is full of incorrect and misleading information.
In particular, he claims that “Ford F-150 Lightning weighs more than 6,000 pounds (2,722 kg), while the internal combustion engine F-150 weighs on average 3,000 pounds (1,361 kg).” While the F-150 Lightning has a sidewalk weight between 6,015 lb (2,728 kg) and 6,893 lb (3,127 kg), it is far from being twice as heavy as the ordinary F-150.
Completely the opposite because the ice truck weighs between 4,391 lb (1,992 kg) and 5,950 lb (2,699 kg). The latter number is only 65 lb (29 kg) more than lightning and no F-150 is even close to 3,000 pounds (1,361 kg), not to mention on average.
While the weight of the F-150 was straight, the Fischer office doubled questionable statistics. This time, the sheet said: “The Ford EV Mustang weighs nearly 5,000 pounds (2,268 kg) and a Ford Mustang with an internal combustion engine weighs 3,500 pounds (1,588 kg).”
These figures are misleading because the Mustang Mach-E 2024 weighs between 4,595 lb (2,084 kg) and 4,979 lb (2,258 kg). La Mustang, on the other hand, weighs between 3,588 lb (1,627 kg) and 3,993 lb (1,811 kg).
Here, it seems that the Fischer numbers are selected by the icing – by opting for the lightest Mustang and the heaviest Mustang Mach -E – but they did not even recognize the evidence. The Mustang Mach-E is a cross, while the ordinary Mustang is available in a coupe and convertible. These are two completely different vehicles, so comparing their weights is useless.
Despite this, Fischer has published a statement saying that “electric vehicles can weigh up to three times more than gas cars, creating more wear on our roads and bridges. It’s just that they pay in the Highway Trust Fund like other cars. »»
His feelings have been taken up by American senator Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) Who said: “Drivers of electric vehicles use our highways as much as gas vehicles, but they are currently exempt from paying in the trust fund of the highway because the Biden administration was looking for points with its radical base of climate change. The days of liberal elites in their expensive EV obtaining a free pass are finished; They contribute to wear on our roads, and they should be forced to pay their fair share in repairs like the rest of us. »»
Apart from the Senate, the American representative Dusty Johnson (R-SD) presented legislation identical to the Chamber. He said: “The Highway Trust Fund is on the road to insolvency. It is time to consider real changes and ensure that electric vehicles pay their fair share to maintain our roads and our bridges. »»
