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How Rural Families Are Saving Thousands With Electric Vehicles
03 Jul 2024 | Abstracted from Yale Climate Connections
"Just 17% of rural Americans live less than a mile from a public EV charger, while 60% of urbanites do...Rural drivers consume 25.6% of all U.S. light-duty vehicle gas despite representing only 18.8% of drivers...Rural superusers earning below the national median income spend 25.5% of household income on gas - a higher proportion than their urban or suburban counterparts... 'It's an economic equity issue as well as climate issue and policy implications.''"
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