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Tesla missed on its Q3 expectations and is now in danger of missing its 2022 delivery target.
As the push toward more electrified vehicles seems to be growing, questions still linger.
The Virginia Tech Transportation Institute is addressing a key question drivers have when it comes to electric and gas-powered vehicles: How do they compare financially?
The transportation institute has developed an online tool to help answer that query.
Hesham Rakha, director of the institute’s Center for Sustainable Mobility, has created the Cost Comparison Tool, which compares the two types of automobiles.
“After finding no tool available to the public, I wanted to create a tool that anyone can see to determine where a gasoline-powered vehicle or battery electric vehicle is best for them financially,” Rakha said in a VTTI news release last week.
The VTTI comparison website is basic, with a box that breaks down “yearly mileage, electricity cost, the Environmental Protection Agency-rated miles per gallon, loan interest rate, loan duration, and price,” according to the release.
The website also includes a chart with several years of gas prices showing the cost of using each style of vehicle.
The online tool keeps it simple at this point, but Rakha plans to add more details to the site, including maintenance costs of electric vehicles “and variables such as different routes and energy versus fuel consumption.”
Rakha added an interesting tidbit in the release about how the vehicles travel differently.
Gas-powered vehicles are more fuel-efficient when traveling on interstates and highways at higher speeds than slower, stop-and-go urban driving.
Electric vehicles are less efficient at higher speeds because that consumes more power.
Commuting easily ranks as one of the least enjoyable parts of a person’s day. Commuters encounter more physical health problems, and low-income commuters are less likely to gain financial stability — among a host of other negative impacts. And yet, America’s commutes keep getting longer as people move farther away from the office, according to census data.
Stacker compiled a list of counties and cities with the worst commutes in Virginia using data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Localities are ranked by longest average commute time according to 2020 5-year estimates.
– Average Commute Time: 30.3 minutes
— 1.7 minutes longer than state average – Workers with 60+ minute commute: 9.5%
– Left for work from 12 a.m. to 6 a.m. 18.5%
– Worked outside county of residence: 65.9%
– Means of transportation: drove alone (87.1%), carpooled (5.1%), walked to work (0.5%), public transportation (0.1%), worked from home (6.2%)
– Average Commute Time: 30.3 minutes
— 1.7 minutes longer than state average – Workers with 60+ minute commute: 19.7%
– Left for work from 12 a.m. to 6 a.m. 20.8%
– Worked outside county of residence: 40.1%
– Means of transportation: drove alone (80.7%), carpooled (7.7%), walked to work (1.6%), public transportation (0.2%), worked from home (5.8%)
– Average Commute Time: 30.4 minutes
— 1.8 minutes longer than state average – Workers with 60+ minute commute: 17.0%
– Left for work from 12 a.m. to 6 a.m. 18.2%
– Worked outside county of residence: 55.1%
– Means of transportation: drove alone (69.9%), carpooled (11.5%), walked to work (6.3%), public transportation (4.6%), worked from home (6.1%)
– Average Commute Time: 30.7 minutes
— 2.1 minutes longer than state average – Workers with 60+ minute commute: 15.3%
– Left for work from 12 a.m. to 6 a.m. 22.7%
– Worked outside county of residence: 62.6%
– Means of transportation: drove alone (84.7%), carpooled (8.6%), walked to work (0.5%), public transportation (0.6%), worked from home (3.2%)
– Average Commute Time: 30.8 minutes
— 2.2 minutes longer than state average – Workers with 60+ minute commute: 10.8%
– Left for work from 12 a.m. to 6 a.m. 6.9%
– Worked outside county of residence: 59.7%
– Means of transportation: drove alone (69.4%), carpooled (9.5%), walked to work (3.9%), public transportation (6.4%), worked from home (9.8%)
– Average Commute Time: 30.9 minutes
— 2.3 minutes longer than state average – Workers with 60+ minute commute: 13.5%
– Left for work from 12 a.m. to 6 a.m. 18.8%
– Worked outside county of residence: 27.2%
– Means of transportation: drove alone (83.5%), carpooled (10.5%), walked to work (0.3%), public transportation (0.0%), worked from home (5.3%)
– Average Commute Time: 31 minutes
— 2.4 minutes longer than state average – Workers with 60+ minute commute: 9.7%
– Left for work from 12 a.m. to 6 a.m. 10.6%
– Worked outside county of residence: 38.3%
– Means of transportation: drove alone (80.7%), carpooled (7.2%), walked to work (1.4%), public transportation (0.2%), worked from home (8.7%)
– Average Commute Time: 31 minutes
— 2.4 minutes longer than state average – Workers with 60+ minute commute: 13.9%
– Left for work from 12 a.m. to 6 a.m. 16.4%
– Worked outside county of residence: 63.6%
– Means of transportation: drove alone (83.1%), carpooled (6.6%), walked to work (0.6%), public transportation (1.2%), worked from home (4.6%)
– Average Commute Time: 31.2 minutes
— 2.6 minutes longer than state average – Workers with 60+ minute commute: 9.0%
– Left for work from 12 a.m. to 6 a.m. 20.0%
– Worked outside county of residence: 70.2%
– Means of transportation: drove alone (84.8%), carpooled (7.0%), walked to work (1.4%), public transportation (0.7%), worked from home (5.4%)
– Average Commute Time: 31.2 minutes
— 2.6 minutes longer than state average – Workers with 60+ minute commute: 12.8%
– Left for work from 12 a.m. to 6 a.m. 19.1%
– Worked outside county of residence: 54.3%
– Means of transportation: drove alone (75.7%), carpooled (8.9%), walked to work (2.6%), public transportation (0.3%), worked from home (9.1%)
– Average Commute Time: 31.8 minutes
— 3.2 minutes longer than state average – Workers with 60+ minute commute: 6.5%
– Left for work from 12 a.m. to 6 a.m. 15.5%
– Worked outside county of residence: 68.4%
– Means of transportation: drove alone (74.5%), carpooled (12.5%), walked to work (0.7%), public transportation (0.9%), worked from home (9.3%)
– Average Commute Time: 32 minutes
— 3.4 minutes longer than state average – Workers with 60+ minute commute: 10.8%
– Left for work from 12 a.m. to 6 a.m. 8.9%
– Worked outside county of residence: 34.2%
– Means of transportation: drove alone (56.6%), carpooled (7.6%), walked to work (3.5%), public transportation (18.6%), worked from home (10.9%)
– Average Commute Time: 32.1 minutes
— 3.5 minutes longer than state average – Workers with 60+ minute commute: 12.9%
– Left for work from 12 a.m. to 6 a.m. 9.8%
– Worked outside county of residence: 22.6%
– Means of transportation: drove alone (66.8%), carpooled (9.3%), walked to work (1.7%), public transportation (8.5%), worked from home (11.7%)
– Average Commute Time: 32.8 minutes
— 4.2 minutes longer than state average – Workers with 60+ minute commute: 9.4%
– Left for work from 12 a.m. to 6 a.m. 10.5%
– Worked outside county of residence: 68.0%
– Means of transportation: drove alone (77.1%), carpooled (10.6%), walked to work (1.2%), public transportation (1.0%), worked from home (9.0%)
– Average Commute Time: 32.9 minutes
— 4.3 minutes longer than state average – Workers with 60+ minute commute: 12.5%
– Left for work from 12 a.m. to 6 a.m. 23.1%
– Worked outside county of residence: 57.4%
– Means of transportation: drove alone (84.1%), carpooled (8.3%), walked to work (1.5%), public transportation (0.2%), worked from home (1.7%)
– Average Commute Time: 33 minutes
— 4.4 minutes longer than state average – Workers with 60+ minute commute: 3.6%
– Left for work from 12 a.m. to 6 a.m. 14.2%
– Worked outside county of residence: 67.4%
– Means of transportation: drove alone (90.2%), carpooled (7.2%), walked to work (0.2%), public transportation (0.0%), worked from home (2.4%)
– Average Commute Time: 33 minutes
— 4.4 minutes longer than state average – Workers with 60+ minute commute: 8.1%
– Left for work from 12 a.m. to 6 a.m. 11.6%
– Worked outside county of residence: 68.7%
– Means of transportation: drove alone (82.2%), carpooled (4.9%), walked to work (0.6%), public transportation (0.0%), worked from home (12.1%)
– Average Commute Time: 33 minutes
— 4.4 minutes longer than state average – Workers with 60+ minute commute: 19.6%
– Left for work from 12 a.m. to 6 a.m. 19.4%
– Worked outside county of residence: 52.3%
– Means of transportation: drove alone (83.8%), carpooled (8.5%), walked to work (0.9%), public transportation (0.3%), worked from home (5.9%)
– Average Commute Time: 33.4 minutes
— 4.8 minutes longer than state average – Workers with 60+ minute commute: 12.7%
– Left for work from 12 a.m. to 6 a.m. 16.0%
– Worked outside county of residence: 28.7%
– Means of transportation: drove alone (82.0%), carpooled (9.0%), walked to work (0.8%), public transportation (0.0%), worked from home (7.3%)
– Average Commute Time: 33.6 minutes
— 5.0 minutes longer than state average – Workers with 60+ minute commute: 12.1%
– Left for work from 12 a.m. to 6 a.m. 10.8%
– Worked outside county of residence: 42.1%
– Means of transportation: drove alone (78.6%), carpooled (8.3%), walked to work (1.0%), public transportation (0.1%), worked from home (10.5%)
– Average Commute Time: 33.7 minutes
— 5.1 minutes longer than state average – Workers with 60+ minute commute: 6.1%
– Left for work from 12 a.m. to 6 a.m. 13.8%
– Worked outside county of residence: 69.2%
– Means of transportation: drove alone (81.5%), carpooled (5.0%), walked to work (0.9%), public transportation (0.3%), worked from home (11.8%)
– Average Commute Time: 33.8 minutes
— 5.2 minutes longer than state average – Workers with 60+ minute commute: 13.3%
– Left for work from 12 a.m. to 6 a.m. 21.4%
– Worked outside county of residence: 62.4%
– Means of transportation: drove alone (81.9%), carpooled (9.1%), walked to work (1.9%), public transportation (1.3%), worked from home (3.5%)
– Average Commute Time: 33.9 minutes
— 5.3 minutes longer than state average – Workers with 60+ minute commute: 14.6%
– Left for work from 12 a.m. to 6 a.m. 9.9%
– Worked outside county of residence: 53.5%
– Means of transportation: drove alone (78.5%), carpooled (10.5%), walked to work (0.9%), public transportation (0.5%), worked from home (9.1%)
– Average Commute Time: 34.3 minutes
— 5.7 minutes longer than state average – Workers with 60+ minute commute: 16.8%
– Left for work from 12 a.m. to 6 a.m. 26.5%
– Worked outside county of residence: 49.8%
– Means of transportation: drove alone (78.1%), carpooled (15.1%), walked to work (1.4%), public transportation (0.1%), worked from home (4.6%)
– Average Commute Time: 34.3 minutes
— 5.7 minutes longer than state average – Workers with 60+ minute commute: 17.7%
– Left for work from 12 a.m. to 6 a.m. 11.7%
– Worked outside county of residence: 37.3%
– Means of transportation: drove alone (72.1%), carpooled (8.6%), walked to work (1.5%), public transportation (2.9%), worked from home (13.4%)
– Average Commute Time: 34.4 minutes
— 5.8 minutes longer than state average – Workers with 60+ minute commute: 16.4%
– Left for work from 12 a.m. to 6 a.m. 21.3%
– Worked outside county of residence: 61.3%
– Means of transportation: drove alone (85.2%), carpooled (7.2%), walked to work (1.0%), public transportation (0.3%), worked from home (4.9%)
– Average Commute Time: 34.5 minutes
— 5.9 minutes longer than state average – Workers with 60+ minute commute: 8.3%
– Left for work from 12 a.m. to 6 a.m. 18.1%
– Worked outside county of residence: 79.3%
– Means of transportation: drove alone (82.6%), carpooled (7.5%), walked to work (2.4%), public transportation (2.4%), worked from home (4.2%)
– Average Commute Time: 35 minutes
— 6.4 minutes longer than state average – Workers with 60+ minute commute: 16.0%
– Left for work from 12 a.m. to 6 a.m. 20.7%
– Worked outside county of residence: 61.2%
– Means of transportation: drove alone (77.5%), carpooled (11.2%), walked to work (5.3%), public transportation (0.4%), worked from home (4.5%)
– Average Commute Time: 35.8 minutes
— 7.2 minutes longer than state average – Workers with 60+ minute commute: 21.0%
– Left for work from 12 a.m. to 6 a.m. 21.1%
– Worked outside county of residence: 68.0%
– Means of transportation: drove alone (73.8%), carpooled (14.3%), walked to work (1.7%), public transportation (3.2%), worked from home (5.5%)
– Average Commute Time: 36.3 minutes
— 7.7 minutes longer than state average – Workers with 60+ minute commute: 25.6%
– Left for work from 12 a.m. to 6 a.m. 21.4%
– Worked outside county of residence: 56.3%
– Means of transportation: drove alone (81.3%), carpooled (10.8%), walked to work (1.0%), public transportation (0.0%), worked from home (5.1%)
– Average Commute Time: 36.4 minutes
— 7.8 minutes longer than state average – Workers with 60+ minute commute: 13.7%
– Left for work from 12 a.m. to 6 a.m. 15.9%
– Worked outside county of residence: 56.4%
– Means of transportation: drove alone (78.8%), carpooled (11.9%), walked to work (0.6%), public transportation (0.4%), worked from home (7.8%)
– Average Commute Time: 36.4 minutes
— 7.8 minutes longer than state average – Workers with 60+ minute commute: 19.9%
– Left for work from 12 a.m. to 6 a.m. 20.8%
– Worked outside county of residence: 33.7%
– Means of transportation: drove alone (82.3%), carpooled (8.8%), walked to work (0.8%), public transportation (1.5%), worked from home (6.1%)
– Average Commute Time: 36.8 minutes
— 8.2 minutes longer than state average – Workers with 60+ minute commute: 19.8%
– Left for work from 12 a.m. to 6 a.m. 16.8%
– Worked outside county of residence: 78.7%
– Means of transportation: drove alone (82.9%), carpooled (8.1%), walked to work (0.2%), public transportation (0.0%), worked from home (7.0%)
– Average Commute Time: 37.2 minutes
— 8.6 minutes longer than state average – Workers with 60+ minute commute: 25.0%
– Left for work from 12 a.m. to 6 a.m. 25.1%
– Worked outside county of residence: 47.4%
– Means of transportation: drove alone (78.4%), carpooled (13.3%), walked to work (1.7%), public transportation (0.5%), worked from home (4.8%)
– Average Commute Time: 37.7 minutes
— 9.1 minutes longer than state average – Workers with 60+ minute commute: 22.9%
– Left for work from 12 a.m. to 6 a.m. 16.6%
– Worked outside county of residence: 65.7%
– Means of transportation: drove alone (78.1%), carpooled (9.7%), walked to work (1.3%), public transportation (0.5%), worked from home (8.5%)
– Average Commute Time: 37.9 minutes
— 9.3 minutes longer than state average – Workers with 60+ minute commute: 21.8%
– Left for work from 12 a.m. to 6 a.m. 19.5%
– Worked outside county of residence: 56.3%
– Means of transportation: drove alone (80.4%), carpooled (10.8%), walked to work (0.7%), public transportation (0.5%), worked from home (7.3%)
– Average Commute Time: 38.2 minutes
— 9.6 minutes longer than state average – Workers with 60+ minute commute: 23.1%
– Left for work from 12 a.m. to 6 a.m. 22.7%
– Worked outside county of residence: 54.3%
– Means of transportation: drove alone (76.6%), carpooled (11.5%), walked to work (0.8%), public transportation (2.5%), worked from home (7.6%)
– Average Commute Time: 38.2 minutes
— 9.6 minutes longer than state average – Workers with 60+ minute commute: 29.4%
– Left for work from 12 a.m. to 6 a.m. 24.6%
– Worked outside county of residence: 62.9%
– Means of transportation: drove alone (77.8%), carpooled (10.7%), walked to work (1.1%), public transportation (1.4%), worked from home (7.9%)
– Average Commute Time: 38.3 minutes
— 9.7 minutes longer than state average – Workers with 60+ minute commute: 19.6%
– Left for work from 12 a.m. to 6 a.m. 27.4%
– Worked outside county of residence: 71.1%
– Means of transportation: drove alone (87.5%), carpooled (4.6%), walked to work (1.1%), public transportation (0.6%), worked from home (5.5%)
– Average Commute Time: 38.4 minutes
— 9.8 minutes longer than state average – Workers with 60+ minute commute: 19.6%
– Left for work from 12 a.m. to 6 a.m. 24.4%
– Worked outside county of residence: 63.9%
– Means of transportation: drove alone (82.5%), carpooled (8.4%), walked to work (0.7%), public transportation (0.7%), worked from home (5.0%)
– Average Commute Time: 38.8 minutes
— 10.2 minutes longer than state average – Workers with 60+ minute commute: 15.5%
– Left for work from 12 a.m. to 6 a.m. 17.2%
– Worked outside county of residence: 68.1%
– Means of transportation: drove alone (86.3%), carpooled (5.4%), walked to work (0.5%), public transportation (0.2%), worked from home (7.0%)
– Average Commute Time: 39.4 minutes
— 10.8 minutes longer than state average – Workers with 60+ minute commute: 29.5%
– Left for work from 12 a.m. to 6 a.m. 24.7%
– Worked outside county of residence: 50.4%
– Means of transportation: drove alone (74.9%), carpooled (13.0%), walked to work (2.5%), public transportation (0.1%), worked from home (8.1%)
– Average Commute Time: 39.7 minutes
— 11.1 minutes longer than state average – Workers with 60+ minute commute: 26.9%
– Left for work from 12 a.m. to 6 a.m. 23.5%
– Worked outside county of residence: 52.9%
– Means of transportation: drove alone (79.7%), carpooled (7.8%), walked to work (1.1%), public transportation (0.8%), worked from home (9.8%)
– Average Commute Time: 39.7 minutes
— 11.1 minutes longer than state average – Workers with 60+ minute commute: 27.6%
– Left for work from 12 a.m. to 6 a.m. 27.7%
– Worked outside county of residence: 52.7%
– Means of transportation: drove alone (71.9%), carpooled (13.0%), walked to work (1.6%), public transportation (4.0%), worked from home (8.1%)
– Average Commute Time: 39.8 minutes
— 11.2 minutes longer than state average – Workers with 60+ minute commute: 24.6%
– Left for work from 12 a.m. to 6 a.m. 21.7%
– Worked outside county of residence: 48.2%
– Means of transportation: drove alone (73.1%), carpooled (11.2%), walked to work (1.2%), public transportation (4.4%), worked from home (8.0%)
– Average Commute Time: 41.2 minutes
— 12.6 minutes longer than state average – Workers with 60+ minute commute: 32.5%
– Left for work from 12 a.m. to 6 a.m. 14.6%
– Worked outside county of residence: 72.7%
– Means of transportation: drove alone (82.4%), carpooled (8.7%), walked to work (1.5%), public transportation (0.0%), worked from home (5.6%)
– Average Commute Time: 41.2 minutes
— 12.6 minutes longer than state average – Workers with 60+ minute commute: 34.5%
– Left for work from 12 a.m. to 6 a.m. 25.3%
– Worked outside county of residence: 54.8%
– Means of transportation: drove alone (73.5%), carpooled (11.9%), walked to work (4.9%), public transportation (1.2%), worked from home (8.2%)
– Average Commute Time: 41.4 minutes
— 12.8 minutes longer than state average – Workers with 60+ minute commute: 23.4%
– Left for work from 12 a.m. to 6 a.m. 22.9%
– Worked outside county of residence: 48.6%
– Means of transportation: drove alone (79.1%), carpooled (7.8%), walked to work (1.1%), public transportation (0.3%), worked from home (10.5%)
– Average Commute Time: 41.6 minutes
— 13.0 minutes longer than state average – Workers with 60+ minute commute: 26.2%
– Left for work from 12 a.m. to 6 a.m. 34.0%
– Worked outside county of residence: 72.4%
– Means of transportation: drove alone (74.5%), carpooled (10.9%), walked to work (0.4%), public transportation (7.7%), worked from home (5.4%)
– Average Commute Time: 42.2 minutes
— 13.6 minutes longer than state average – Workers with 60+ minute commute: 27.2%
– Left for work from 12 a.m. to 6 a.m. 24.6%
– Worked outside county of residence: 74.6%
– Means of transportation: drove alone (83.5%), carpooled (8.3%), walked to work (0.8%), public transportation (3.0%), worked from home (2.2%)
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