Electric Cars Log 26% More Miles A Year Than Gas-Engine Competitors. But We Tell You The Catch.

A study published today found that drivers of pure battery-powered cars travelled an average of 9,435 miles a year, which was almost 26 per cent higher than the distance covered by gas vehicles.

The research by the RAC Foundation also found that cars built by Tesla, the US manufacturer of premium electric vehicles, were more intensely used than those from any other carmaker, with an average annual mileage of 12,459 in the first three years of ownership compared with an average of 10,377 a year for all vehicles.

This article was published in The Times UK.

It's easy to look at the high level of these studies and not critically think through these findings.

So here's just ONE of the catches we see:

They may log more miles, BUT they're at least 3x more efficient than ICE. So...

What does this study say to YOU?

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SanJoseDriver - 4/29/2020 4:15:07 AM

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"The study said that many drivers had concerns about electric cars because of perceptions about low battery range and a shortage of roadside public chargers, meaning that motorists often relied on petrol or diesel models as their main vehicle. The RAC study, however, appeared to challenge the perception, suggesting that drivers increasingly found electric cars to be a “practical proposition” in place of a combustion engine vehicle."

skytop - 4/29/2020 7:26:37 AM

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Super toxic lithium EV batteries are what I am concerned about. The lame brain liberals conveniently ignore this fact.

CANADIANCOMMENTS - 4/29/2020 8:23:54 AM

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MDarringer - 4/29/2020 1:34:34 PM

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You do know that most of the time they go into landfill anyway right? If extracting the battery is not economically profitable for recycling, the product goes to landfill.

ricks0me - 4/29/2020 9:01:12 AM

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Who paid for the research?