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There’s an overall hype in the auto industry saying that people are not driving that much anymore, especially teens who seem to be not interested in getting their license as fast. Well, Americans at least are en route for the highest driving level in 7 years now.
As a Detroit News report tells, low gas prices, a milder winter and an improving economy have encouraged Americans drive 2.5 billion more miles in November compared with the same month of last year, representing a 1.1 percent.
Through the first 11 months of 2014 however, there’s a 1.4 percent increase in traveling, but overall, drivers are on way to top 3 trillion miles for the first time since 2007.
The population is growing fast as well as the number of cars. Looking at the numbers, there were 184 million vehicles in 1988 on the US roads. Now there are 253 million roaming around each day.
And the miles number could go even higher with gasoline price being low and cars getting more mileage out of each gallon. So when you hear next time someone say people don’t drive like in the old days, just tell them about all these trillion miles.
We should all be thankful to Mr. Henry Ford that put the basics of vehicle mass production, who by the way got the idea looking at how people in a butchery are tasked to cut only one part of the animal. He simply reversed the process and gave only one piece to be mounted on the car by one worker while the chassis was slowly moving down the assembly line.
Through the first 11 months of 2014 however, there’s a 1.4 percent increase in traveling, but overall, drivers are on way to top 3 trillion miles for the first time since 2007.
The population is growing fast as well as the number of cars. Looking at the numbers, there were 184 million vehicles in 1988 on the US roads. Now there are 253 million roaming around each day.
And the miles number could go even higher with gasoline price being low and cars getting more mileage out of each gallon. So when you hear next time someone say people don’t drive like in the old days, just tell them about all these trillion miles.
We should all be thankful to Mr. Henry Ford that put the basics of vehicle mass production, who by the way got the idea looking at how people in a butchery are tasked to cut only one part of the animal. He simply reversed the process and gave only one piece to be mounted on the car by one worker while the chassis was slowly moving down the assembly line.
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