Every route, priced both ways
Should I fly or drive?
Your Tesla with FSD, or a flight?
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Real road routing · Published estimates · Every source listed
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Tesla wins
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Just fly it
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Toss-ups
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Kept, 4 seats
Trips outside the US are priced in their own money. Totals across every trip are converted to US dollars at fixed published rates so they can be added up.
Flying won because the other option was eight hours of work. The car does that part now.
Both seats
You're not flying the plane. You're not driving the Tesla either.
It used to be a passenger against a job — eight hours of your own attention on a highway. The car does that part now. Two seats, and only four things left to weigh.
The plane seat
Someone qualified is flying it
- A departure time set by the airline
- Two airport runs, one at each end
- Bags checked, gate changes, delay odds
- Food bought at the airport
The car seat
The car is doing the steering
- A departure time you set yourself
- Your own door to their own door
- Bags loaded in the back
- More hours end to end, and they are charged for
Money, time, stress, carbon. That's the whole list.
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Plan my tripDistance and drive time come from live road routing. Costs, airfare, the stress scale and carbon are modelled estimates, not quotes or measurements, and the rates are listed in full. Independent and unpaid; built by a Tesla owner, who prefers to drive. Free to quote and cite with a link back. Cost analysis · Full disclaimer