Some EV-relevant stats on trip length from the 2017 National Household Travel Survey

It's worth remembering that although averages are useful, there are no actual average-in-all-respects households. Also, the tail of the distribution is likely influenced by some very-high-mileage outliers.

If we do the same stats with the fitted distribution (which avoids some strange outlier noise at the end of the empirical data) we get:

  • 13.8089% of trips are less than 1 miles
  • 29.1367% of trips are less than 2 miles
  • 40.7579% of trips are less than 3 miles
  • 56.5076% of trips are less than 5 miles
  • 75.9097% of trips are less than 10 miles
  • 89.3057% of trips are less than 20 miles
  • 94.0451% of trips are less than 30 miles
  • 96.2666% of trips are less than 40 miles
  • 97.4779% of trips are less than 50 miles
  • 98.4630% of trips are less than 65 miles
  • 99.1088% of trips are less than 85 miles
  • 99.3715% of trips are less than 100 miles
  • 99.5826% of trips are less than 120 miles
  • 99.7533% of trips are less than 150 miles
  • 99.8428% of trips are less than 180 miles
  • 99.8799% of trips are less than 200 miles
  • 99.9257% of trips are less than 240 miles
  • 99.9597% of trips are less than 300 miles
  • 99.9741% of trips are less than 350 miles
  • 99.9825% of trips are less than 400 miles
  • 99.9877% of trips are less than 450 miles
  • 99.9911% of trips are less than 500 miles
  • 99.9956% of trips are less than 625 miles
  • 99.9976% of trips are less than 750 miles
  • 99.9991% of trips are less than 1000 miles
  • 99.9998% of trips are less than 1500 miles

and

  • 257.56 trips of 0-1 miles
  • 285.89 trips of 1-2 miles
  • 216.75 trips of 2-3 miles
  • 293.76 trips of 3-5 miles
  • 361.88 trips of 5-10 miles
  • 249.86 trips of 10-20 miles
  • 88.40 trips of 20-30 miles
  • 41.44 trips of 30-40 miles
  • 22.59 trips of 40-50 miles
  • 18.37 trips of 50-65 miles
  • 12.04 trips of 65-85 miles
  • 4.90 trips of 85-100 miles
  • 3.94 trips of 100-120 miles
  • 3.18 trips of 120-150 miles
  • 1.67 trips of 150-180 miles
  • 0.69 trips of 180-200 miles
  • 0.85 trips of 200-240 miles
  • 0.64 trips of 240-300 miles
  • 0.27 trips of 300-350 miles
  • 0.16 trips of 350-400 miles
  • 0.10 trips of 400-450 miles
  • 0.063 trips of 450-500 miles
  • 0.084 trips of 500-625 miles
  • 0.037 trips of 625-750 miles
  • 0.028 trips of 750-1000 miles
  • 0.013 trips of 1000-1500 miles
  • 0.0038 trips of more than 1500 miles
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