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TLDR: If he buys a car a year, and drives the same number of miles as the average American, his total emissions are probably equal to someone who drives 28k mil
by JimmyAustin 2y ago
TLDR: If he buys a car a year, and drives the same number of miles as the average American, his total emissions are probably equal to someone who drives 28k miles a year.
Carbon emissions for a Model 3 vs a Toyota Corolla even out after 13'500 miles according to Argonne National Laboratory [1], which is slightly less than the average an American drives per year (14'263 miles [2]). Assuming that he drives as much as the average driver, his cars generate as much Co2 as a Model 3 (definitely not true for the Cybertruck, but he probably has low-build-emission ICE cars in the other 8 to lower the average), and he buys a car a year, he has roughly the equivalent emissions of someone who drives twice the average number of miles each year. For reference, a long haul driver (of which there are 300k-500k in the US [3]) drives 100-110k miles [4] a year (7-8x the average).
[1] https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/when-do-electric-vehicles-become-cleaner-than-gasoline-cars-2021-06-29/ https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/when-d...
[2] https://www.thezebra.com/resources/driving/average-miles-driven-per-year/#:~:text=On%20average%2C%20Americans%20drive%2014%2C263,to%20the%20Federal%20Highway%20Administration https://www.thezebra.com/resources/driving/average-miles-dri....
[3] https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2021/05/25/999784202/is-there-really-a-truck-driver-shortage#:~:text=The%20ATA%20says%20the%20real,long%2Dhaul%20truckers%20in%20America https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2021/05/25/999784202/is-t....
[4] https://www.caltrux.org/driver-faqs/#:~:text=Begin%20a%20Career%20as%20a,miles%20behind%20the%20wheel%20annually https://www.caltrux.org/driver-faqs/#:~:text=Begin%20a%20Car....
- maxerickson 2y agoTruck drivers are doing a commercial activity where it is reasonable to largely attribute the emissions to the customer.
- linotype 2y agoYes, those Americans driving on average 77 miles a day. Every day.