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ahorin OP t1_j9kbwu4 wrote

Data Source: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics

Generated in Excel

Assumptions:

  • National averages for 2019 data only (2020 and 2021 are outliers due to COVID, 2022 is not complete)
  • Each "Trip Mile" category is calculated by multiplying the average of the range by the total number of trips taken for each respective category e.g. (# of trips)*(100+250)/2
  • "Per Capita Not Staying Home" is a category in the data that differentiates the total population from the population who are actually travelling
  • I am unsure if this includes commercial travel as well. Future analysis should differentiate this

Observations and Conclusions:

  • Although >95% of trips taken are less than 30 miles, >50% of total miles travelled in a year are greater than 25 miles per trip.
    • This says that a plug-in hybrid may not be as effective as the number of trips less than 30 miles would make it seem
  • About 76% of total miles travelled in a year are less than 100 miles per trip.
    • Maybe we don't actually need EV ranges >500 miles per charge!
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