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A comment on Tesla Model 3 vs. Amtrak's Acela Express: The Electric Future Acid Test. Parent comment

Re:Tesla Model 3 vs. Amtrak's Acela Express: The Electric Fu... by FireBeyond on Saturday September 15, 2018 @04:35PM (#17995923)
> The Acela has 3,442,188 yearly riders.

Divided by about 200 workdays a year and you end up with about 17,000. Even tripling that as you adjust for things and you probably have less than 25,000 semi-regular riders or better.

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Re:Tesla Model 3 vs. Amtrak's Acela Express: The Electric Fu... by dionidium on Saturday September 15, 2018 @04:46PM (#17995963)
That's an odd accounting. Acela isn't commuter rail. I'm sure some people use it for regular commuting, but your numbers seem to suggest that's its primary use. It's not.
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