EVs have a direct impact on gasoline consumption. Nearly 1 BILLION gallons of gasoline reduction is expected in the US in 2022.
These number are encouraging, and they are becoming much greater with higher EV adoption. In 2021, over 690 million gallons of gasoline were offset by EVs only in America. *It means ~2 million gallons reductions per each day!*
Comparing the electricity-grid to gasoline combustion emissions, electric vehicles reduced GHG emissions by 5.4 million metric tons in the USA in 2021 (nearly 20MMT cumulative over the last decade).
As EV sales increased in 2022 to nearly 1 million vehicles a year and total EVs on American roads jumped to ~3.33 million vehicles, gasoline displacement is expected to increase to 1 BILLION gallons in 2022 only in the US. New data to come soon!
For EV drivers in Wyoming, the Smith’s grocery store in Rock Springs is an oasis. It’s just off I-80, there’s a Petco across the street, and it has six plugs promising to charge at 350 kilowatts. At that rate, a Tesla could go from em…
Electrifying U.S. Homes Can Save $96 Billion in Energy Costs—If Done Equitably
Residential electrification can save American households $96 billion through reduced energy costs if lower-income households electrify alongside higher-income ones, according to a new American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) report.