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DOE: Light-Duty PEVs in US traveled 19B miles on electricity in 2021; less than 1% of total VMT

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billion miles on electricity in 2021, according to the US Department of Energy (DOE). This includes all miles traveled in EVs and the electric portion of miles traveled in PHEVs. Total electric miles were still less than 1% of the 2.9 trillion vehicle miles driven in 2021, however. More than 2.1

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Plug-In Electric Vehicles in the United States Traveled 19 Billion Miles on Electricity in 2021

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All-electric vehicles (EVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) traveled a combined 19 billion miles on electricity in 2021, according to the data released by the Department of Energy (DOE). This includes all miles traveled in EVs and the electric portion of miles traveled in PHEVs.

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Great Britain and the United States show the same pattern of recent changes in vehicle distance traveled

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Vehicle distance traveled per person in Great Britain is currently about one-half of the distance in the United States. I documented recent changes in distance traveled per person for cars and light trucks in the United States in a study published last month.). For the United States, the data sources were the U.S.

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Distance driven in the United States: Did we reach the peak in 2004?

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This article is the latest publication in a series examining recent changes in various aspects of motorization in the United States. from 1984 to 2004 (from 6,612 miles to 9,314 miles), then decreased by 9.1% by 2013 (to 8,468 miles), and then increased by 4.3% by 2017 (to 8,834 miles). by Michael Sivak.

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DOE: US Light-duty electric vehicle miles traveled reached 13.7 billion miles in 2020

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The number of electric vehicle miles traveled (eVMT) has been increasing each year since the introduction of the first mass market plug-in vehicles in late 2010. Beginning in 2014, annual all-electric vehicle eVMT has exceeded that of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles in the US, reaching a new high of nearly 10 billion miles in 2020.

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Traffic volume on rural and urban roads in the United States: 1991-2016

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This analysis was conducted to examine changes in traffic volume on rural and urban roads in the United States from 1991 through 2016. Rural lane miles during the period from 1991 through 2016 showed a generally continuous decline totaling 6%, from 6.405 to 5.992 million miles. by Michael Sivak. Lane length.

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More than half of all daily trips in US were less than three miles in 2021

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A research study for the Bureau of Transportation Statistics focused on the number of daily trips taken in the United States. In 2021, 52% of all trips, including all modes of transportation, were less than three miles, with 28% of trips less than one mile. Just 2% of all trips were greater than 50 miles.

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