[jcanoe]

BEV and PHEV displaced 39% more gas in in the US in 2017 than the previous year.

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[JRRF]

BEV and PHEV displaced 39% more gas in in the US in 2017 than the previous year.

plug-in-electric-cars-displaced-216-million-gallons-of-gas-in-u-s-in-2017/

That does feel nice. But for some perspective, it's still less gas than is used in the US on any given day of the year

 

[firehawk72]

I went so long without gas my car had to burn some to keep everything lubricated. The Volt is so smart.

 

[jcanoe]

That does feel nice. But for some perspective, it's still less gas than is used in the US on any given day of the year

I came up with this analysis: 216M gallons would power 357,615 passenger vehicles for approx. 1 year (assumes 14,500 miles per year and 24 mpg for ~604 gallons per year per vehicle.)

 

[JoeReal]

US burns on the average 391.4 Million gallons of gas a day in 2017.

I displaced about 1,800 gallons of gas in 2017.

 

[obermd]

So EVs reduced our transportation oil consumption by 0.15% in 2017. Not much, but it's also not an insigificant number in that it has the oil industry starting to take notice and get nervous.