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Is it cheaper to fly or drive a Tesla from Sugar Land, TX to Austin, TX?
Take the TeslaYou keep
$241
In the car
2h 31m
Car is calmer by
85%
Car 9 · Flight 59
4h 10m by air, only 54m of it flying. 1 in 5 run late.
How this was priced
Sugar Land, TX to Austin, TX is 162 mi by road — 2h 31m of driving and 0 Supercharger stops — against 4h 10m door to door by air. Driving is cheaper: taking the Tesla costs $22 against $263 to fly, a saving of $241. On the 0-100 stress scale the drive scores 9 and the flight 59.
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 2 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: sugar-land-tx-to-austin-tx.json
- Last recalculated 2026-10-02 · checked 6×. Costs are modelled estimates, not quotes.