--- title: "Digits: Terrible gas mileage, Coca-Cola cocaine, and more wild numbers - The Hustle" description: "Plus: Retirement bitcoin, Apple’s revenue per second, and more." image: https://hs-sbup.thehustle.co/hubfs/The%20Hustle%20News/Assets/Images/1944015512-HS-News-Brief_2022-05-02T014728.450Z.webp --- # Digits: Terrible gas mileage, Coca-Cola cocaine, and more wild numbers ![Jacob Cohen](https://thehustle.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_5670-1-modified-768x768.png?width=48&height=48&name=IMG_5670-1-modified-768x768.png) [Jacob Cohen](https://hs-sbup.thehustle.co/author/jacob-cohen) [Jacob Cohen Twitter profile ](https://twitter.com/ImJacobCohen) Published: May 02, 2022 Updated: October 11, 2023 **1) **Sixteen states filed lawsuits against the USPS over its decision to buy tens of thousands of gas-powered vehicles instead of EVs. The trucks are slated to get a measly** **[**8.6 miles per gallon**](https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/04/16-states-sue-us-postal-service-to-block-purchase-of-gas-powered-trucks/), though the USPS said they can get 14.7 mpg when the air conditioning is off. How nice. ![Digits: Terrible gas mileage, Coca-Cola cocaine, and more wild numbers](https://hs-sbup.thehustle.co/hs-fs/hubfs/The%20Hustle%20News/Assets/Images/1944015512-HS-News-Brief_2022-05-02T014728.450Z.webp?width=595&height=400&name=1944015512-HS-News-Brief_2022-05-02T014728.450Z.webp) **2)** Last week, Elon Musk jokingly — or not, who even knows anymore? — tweeted that his next move is buying Coca-Cola “to put the cocaine back in.” It’s now the [**2nd most-liked tweet**](https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1519480761749016577) of all time, with 4.7m+ likes. **3)** In April, Times Square saw [**290.4k average daily visitors**](https://www.wsj.com/articles/times-square-plots-its-comeback-and-it-looks-like-las-vegas-11650965581?mod=hp_lead_pos11), well below the 375.2k it saw in April 2019. Interestingly, despite Manhattan offices only returning to 37% capacity, Broadway attendance and hotel occupancy are at 90% and 80% pre-covid levels. **4) **Last week, Apple posted Q2 revenue of [**$97.3B**](https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2022/04/apple-reports-second-quarter-results/), up 9% YoY. Last year, we made a visual showing how Apple makes [**$11.6k every second**](https://thehustle.co/11112021-apple-sales/), $696k every minute, etc. At this quarter’s rate, our numbers are now obsolete. **5) **Fidelity said it plans to give [**23k employers**](https://www.wsj.com/articles/fidelity-to-allow-retirement-savers-to-put-bitcoin-in-401-k-accounts-11650945661?mod=article_inline) the chance to add bitcoin to their company 401(k)s later this year. The US Labor Dept. is concerned over the move, but hey, Fidelity has [a lounge](https://www.fidelity.com/social-media/metaverse) in the metaverse, so they know what they’re doing. 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