I am seeing a lot of negative articles on EV’s lately. They are using the slowdown in EV sales as a result of people abandoning EV’s. Yet I believe the slowdown is from high interest rates, inflation on everything, and people don’t have as much money right now because of inflation.

I just seen an article saying the true cost of running an EV is the equivalent of $17.33 a gallon, based on infrastructure, charging equipment, subsidies, etc. This kind of talk makes me sick, feels like some are pushing against EV’s in a big way, twisting the truth.

Coming from true EV owners what do you all think of this?

  • DanceNSk8@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    We have a Tesla 3. My husband is an electrical engineer and installed the charger himself, which is admittedly not the usual case and saved us money there. However, he also built and installed a meter over it to actually calculate the electrical usage (it’s good to be married to a science nerd). Rounded off during a six month period since May 2023, the car has cost us approximately $300 in additional electrical usage. The same period for his previous ICE vehicle (2017 Kia Sorento) would have averaged out to about $700. And he is basing this on the lower end of gasoline costs during that period here in southeastern PA, around $3.50 a gallon.

    Please take into consideration that the serious EV haters are like most conspiracy theorists. They will overblow anything they can find into “EVs are too expensive, unreliable, dangerous, - EVIL” to support their points.