Eleven Fun Facts About Driving
From money, to greenhouse gas emissions, to time, here are 11 ways you save or spend by driving.
1) Metric tons, in billions, of greenhouse gases that vehicles emit annually: 1.7
2) Miles driven annually by the average American: 13,476
3) Gallons of gas, in billions, the U.S. used in 2011: 134
4) Cost, in dollars, of driving 25 miles in 2012's least fuel-efficient car, the Bugatti Veyron: 10.05
5) Cost, in dollars, of driving 25 miles in 2012's most fuel-efficient car, Mitsubishi's electric i-MiEV: 0.90
6) Dollars saved in five yeras by driving a vehicle that gets 30 mpg instead of 20 mpg: 4,480
7) Time, in minutes, needed to charge a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle's battery up to 80 percent: 30
8) Approximate number, in millions, of hybrid electric vehicles sold in the U.S. between 1999 and 2010: 1.9
9) Approximate number, in millions, of cars and light trucks soldduring that same period: 89.6
10) Fuel efficiency, in mpg, of the 1908 Ford Model T: 21
11) Fuel efficiency, in mpg, of the 2012 Honda CR-V 4WD on city streets: 22
I think the key objective
I think the key objective here is to have the electric car industry boost up their efforts in making electric cars as mainstream as fuel cars. Commuters can save a lot on costs while saving the Earth too at the same time. Yes, going public is much more efficient in reducing green house gases emissions but sometimes owning and travelling in a private car/vehicle is inevitable like transporting the old or the really young.