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Personal cars, EV or ICE are not the largest source of wear and tear on roads. Trucks and other commercial vehicles are. Their weight is significantly greater. EVs are mostly about 1000 pounds (~500kg) more than a similar ICE.

In many US states, EVs already have to pay hundreds of dollars extra during annual registration to offset the state gas tax.

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In my state, they just raised the "EV tax" on registration from $100 to $300.

I have mileage records, and even using today's gas tax rate, (which will cause an overestimate) I never paid more than $225 a year, and that was a year 30% above average, and with the lest efficient vehicle I've ever had. 2020 was $80, and if I scale for the mileage I had in a typical year, that comes to $144.

The state gov't came out saying that it was based on the average amount people pay, but the numbers they provided used MPG values so low and mileages so high, you'd think they came from a motorhome doing the coast-to-coast tour.

Battery powered Chevy Silverado is 3000lbs heavier that its ICE version. That is directly from the article and very telling.

Yes, some larger EVs do have larger batteries, but many do not have such massive batteries.

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