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EVs are taking over the rest of the world much faster than the US (electrek.co)
submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (8 children)

And the worst part is that charging for local drives costs as much as gas (because that’s what the free market has determined people will pay) so there’s no savings to owing an EV unless you own a space that you can charge your car off your own home power and not a public one.

Do you have a source on that because the national average is 0.35¢ per kWh for DC fast charging. That means to completely charge the avarage ev battery (71.8kWh) would cost $25.13. The national average for gas is $3.62 as of today meaning it would cost an average car (13 gallon tank) a whopping $47.02 to fill up.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Are those approximations equivalent for miles traveled?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yes, even the worst EV for efficiency gets 50MPGe which is double the national average for MPG.

In other words, even in the most expensive to operate EV you would be paying half the cost per mile over driving an average ICE vehicle.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Also the problem is no ev is affordable at all the are double the price.

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