About SUVs

Average Price of an SUV
$40,000


Time
Americans spend more than 100 hours commuting to work each year. This exceeds the two weeks of vacation time (80 hours) frequently taken by workers over the course of a year.

For the nation as a whole, the average daily commute to work lasted about 24.3 minutes in 2003.

Residents in California spend an average of 26.5 minutes in one-way commute times.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau


Moms and SUVs
Moms are the primary consumer group driving suvs.
Source: California Resource Recovery Association

"I wasn't born to carpool. I never fantasized about spending weekends at the home improvement store. I am a mother of two, but not just a mother of two. I am more than the sum of my errands. That's why I bought my Saturn."
Source: Print ad for the new Relay, by Saturn


Environment
There are 30 million cars on California's roads every day. California represents about 2% of global warming emissions altogether.
Source: Bluewater Network, Environmentalist Russell Long

An SUV that gets 14 mpg will emit over 100 tons of carbon dioxide over its lifetime.

Concentrations of selected air pollutants inside California vehicles: arb.ca.gov/research