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by jeromegv
1413 days ago
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EV growth of the last few years was nothing compared to the increase size of the average car (more SUV and pickup sales in proportion, compared to standard “cars”). So really the EV market is still insignificant and gaz consumption for the average household has gone up, not down. |
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Historical data shows that overall gas consumption is more strongly linked to the frequency of highway travel than to recent changes in car purchases. See:
https://www.statista.com/statistics/188448/total-us-domestic...
There's a drop during the Great Recession, a rapid rise during the recovery, and a roughly flat line during the Trump administration until another crater during the COVID pandemic.