For the first time, electric drives reduce petrol consumption in the USA
US gasoline consumption fell 0.4 percent in 2022, compared with 2021, to 369 million gallons per day, 1.3 billion liters, for all types of gasoline combined, below the level reached in 2002 and down 5.7% from 2019 and 5.9% from its 2018 peak, according to data from the EIA, the Department of Energy taken up by Wolfstreet . We remind you that diesel in the USA is used only for commercial transport, while there are different qualities of petrol
All this in the face of greater employment and a growing number of km travelled. So people traveled
It may be that the recession has prompted the purchase of machines that consume less, which is a technology trend, however this is not evident from the EPA data on the power of the vehicles sold
At the same time, electricity generation in the US has grown:
Let's sum up the clues provided thanks to the Wolfstreet website: petrol consumption has dropped, yet Americans travel more kilometers and work more and buy more powerful cars, or at least as powerful as those of a few years ago. In addition, more electricity is generated in the USA. All these indications suggest that, for the first time in history, the use of electricity is affecting petrol consumption in the USA, which is decreasing due to the greater use of electric cars.
This is an epochal change that, perhaps, is happening before our eyes. Technological history unfolds and involves us.
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