Do electric cars greatly increase the average mass of cars on the road? Not in Australia
- Written by Robin Smit, Adjunct Professor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney
Karolis Kavolelis/ShutterstockStatements have been circulating online, including leading news platforms, that battery electric cars will greatly increase the average mass of the on-road fleet. This claim is used as an argument against these cars.
Even the Australian motoring organisation NRMA has posed the question: “EVs are heavy. Are they...





