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Is it cheaper to fly or drive a Tesla from Houston, TX to Dallas, TX?
Take the TeslaYou keep
$244
In the car
3h 54m
Car is calmer by
77%
Car 14 · Flight 60
4h 22m by air, only 1h 6m of it flying. 1 in 5 run late.
How this was priced
Houston, TX to Dallas, TX is 239 mi by road — 3h 54m of driving and 1 Supercharger stop — against 4h 22m door to door by air. Driving is cheaper: taking the Tesla costs $32 against $276 to fly, a saving of $244. On the 0-100 stress scale the drive scores 14 and the flight 60.
Priced with fast charging at $0.50 per kWh and 3.7 miles per kWh, airfare from a $95 base plus $0.13 a mile per person, one $35 bag and a $30 ride at each end. Airfare is modelled from flight distance, not a live fare quote, so treat it as a typical fare rather than today's price. Rates last reviewed 14 September 2026; this trip last priced 9 October 2026.
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- Distance and drive time come from live road routing, not straight lines.
- Every rate used is listed on Cost analysis and sourced on Sources.
- This trip as raw data: houston-tx-to-dallas-tx.json
- Last recalculated 2026-10-09 · checked 8×. Costs are modelled estimates, not quotes.