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>>8280806
Looking at some current electric vehicles like the Roadster and Leaf, consumption is around 200 Wh for kilometer.

AP1000 nuclear reactor that has net output of 1117 MW produces around 9 TWh per year.

So a single AP1000 can power 45 billion kilometers of driving a year.

The average american driver drives 21 561 km per year. So the NPP can power the cars of around 2,1 million US drivers. With 210 million licenced drivers in the US, a 100 NPPs would be enough to power their vehicles.

Does sound a lot more than the case here in Finland, where a single NPP (EPR of 1600 MW) could easily power every vehicle and have half the capacity left-over.