Variability of daily car usage and the frequency of long-distance driving

The limited electric range of battery vehicles (BEV) and plug-in hybrid (PHEV) requires an understanding the variation in day-to-day driving frequency long-distance driving. Existing literature suggests high regularity human mobility. However, large longitudinal mobility samples for empirical tests are hardly available. Here, we analyze daily vehicle kilometers travelled (VKT) 10,000 observed between two months several years quantify VKT Our results indicate beyond one day time lag (mean autocorrelation ≤ 0.11). Long-distance with km over 100 (200 km) typically take place on less than 20% (5% 200 days but make up 40% (18%) annual VKT. have implications sustainable transport research design travel surveys.