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Is it cheaper to fly or drive a Tesla from New York, NY to Las Vegas, NV?
Book the flightFlying is cheaper by
$375
In the car
43h 14m
Flying is calmer by
26%
Car 100 · Flight 74
8h 19m by air, only 5h 3m of it flying. 1 in 5 run late.
How this was priced
New York, NY to Las Vegas, NV is 2,526 mi by road — 43h 14m of driving and 14 Supercharger stops — against 8h 19m door to door by air. Flying is the better call: the flight costs $533 against $908 to drive, and it saves 34h 55m of travel. On the 0-100 stress scale the drive scores 100 and the flight 74.
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 28 September 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: new-york-ny-to-las-vegas-nv.json
- Last recalculated 2026-09-28 · checked 12×. Costs are modelled estimates, not quotes.