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Discussion in 'Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News' started by bwilson4web, May 24, 2023.

  1. bwilson4web

    bwilson4web BMW i3 and Model 3

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    Source: The Most and Least Driven Electric Cars - iSeeCars.com

    iSeeCars analyzed the data of over 860,000 vehicles to determine which electric vehicles were driven the most and the least, and to compare the EV numbers with traditional 3-year-old cars powered by internal combustion engines.

    “Tesla drivers come the closest to matching the driving behavior of traditional car owners,” said iSeeCars Executive Analyst Karl Brauer. “Without Tesla, the average miles per year for EV drivers would drop from 9,059 to 6,719. It’s also interesting to see the Porsche Taycan, a direct competitor to the Model S, being the least-driven electric car. At 4,846 miles a year, it’s driven about half as much as the Model S at 9,340 miles per year.”    ​

    With 108,000 miles on my 2019 Tesla Model 3, guess I didn't get the memo.

    Bob Wilson
     
    #1 bwilson4web, May 24, 2023
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    Makes sense though. Most people probably drive as far as their wall charge will take them
     
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    Trollbait It's a D&D thing

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    Many with an EV at this time also have access to an ICE car for longer trips. Plus, the ICE average could be higher because of use cases that simply don't work for EVs now. Longer range can mean an EV is used more, but better public charging can also support that.

    How many Porsche sports cars of any type are daily drivers?

    "iSeeCars.com analyzed over 860,000 model year 2020 used cars from January to mid-May 2023."
    That's the problem with this site's analysis, it's always of a narrow time frame of the used sales listing on their site. And their is little actual in depth analysis(I suspect you can pay for that). The result can be an interesting factiod, but doesn't show much in way of overall trends.

    In this specific case, the model year and time frame point to many of these sales being off lease cars. There could also be a larger portion of cars being retired from a rental fleet. Are those two groups equally spread between EVs and ICEs?
     
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    bisco cookie crumbler

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    So true, my 15 year old Miata only had 25,000 miles when I sold it.
    My 18 year old Dakota has 30k.
    Some vehicles are purpose built, and some are simply used that way.
    Even my Prius only has 85k, because we use the hycam for long trips
     
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    mikefocke Prius v Three 2012, Avalon 2011

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    All three of my Porsches mid-engined sports cars were daily drivers. Darn reliable and never worried about MPG or even the cost of Premium back then. I probably put as many miles/year on them as any thing else I ever drove. Why have a fun car and leave it garaged?

    But a Tacan means a certain lifestyle and maybe the Cayenne gets to share the use.
     
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    Tideland Prius Moderator of the North
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    Don’t forget that the Taycan charges at 50kW as standard unless you get the optional 150kW booster for 400V stations. You’ll need to find 800V stations to charge at the full 270kW.

    The beauty of E-GMP cars is that they’ll take whatever amps the station can output so an owner is more likely to see the max power of the station than a 400V car. (Except superchargers since Tesla loads up on amperage to get the power rather than voltage and so you run up against the amp limit of the E-GMP’s rear motors)
     
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    Trollbait It's a D&D thing

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    Yeah, those buying a Taycan could have opted for a rear engined Porsche. Plus, those living with a real winter might choose to garage the car instead of swapping tires and dealing with salt.
     
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