Average EV Owner Drives Half as Many Miles as Other Drivers—Study

//www.caranddriver.com ^ | FEB 14, 2021 | Average EV Owner Drives Half as Many Miles as Other Drivers—Study

[RomanSoldier19]

Electric-vehicle drivers put about half as many miles on their cars as the average driver. At least, that's what a new study, conducted by researchers working for the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), is estimating. Those results are based on calculations that look at the increase in home energy usage for homes with EVs in California.

The study authors did not ask the EV drivers themselves. Nor did they check odometer readings through service records or using other methods. They do admit that getting that kind of information would be best but that these numbers are "within the vehicles themselves" and that automakers keep charging information private "due to strategic business interests and privacy

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I tend to scrap my cars. I’m hoping for 300K on my current one. I’m also hoping it wears out before I do!

[ridesthemiles]

You do NOT wish to do it in Nevada, either.

[cyclotic]

I drive them till they are valueless.

In 40 years of driving I’ve never sold one for more tha $1000.

Except for the $800 rolling roadblock my kid was driving. Some rich kid rear ended him and daddy paid me $4000 to keep the insurance company out of it.

Not a problem.

[JimRed]

Not knowing when you can refuel lends itself to conservative travel plans.