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Originally Posted by OhioBuckeye
Sorry, I thought you were paying that much for gasoline but you’re saying that’s what it cost to charge an EV is equal to $17.33 for a gal. of gas, that’s exactly why the present govt.wants EV’s. I’ve been saying that since they’ve been selling these expensive EV. Sorry my mistake about you paying $17.33 for a gal. of gas!
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Not exactly.
Some calculate an equivalent cost per gallon like this:
- A typical EV gets 4 miles per kWH
- One kWH might cost 12 cents
- That make about 3 cents per mile for the "fuel" for the electric vehicle
- A typical gasoline car gets 30 mpg
- At 4 cents per mile and 30 mpg you get an equivalent cost per gallon of $1.21 for the electric vehicle (if gas was $1.21/gallon then the 30mpg car and the EV would have the same cost per mile)
- The article uses this number
The article says that the cost of electricity isn't the only cost. It claims the price of an EV is subsidized in many ways like Federal tax rebates, not paying gas taxes, not paying for the electric company to build a bigger infrastructure, and even penalties imposed on car manufacturers. The article says that when you add all these up they show that your EV is receiving $48K of free benefits. Rather than claiming the EV should cost $48K more, the article computes an equivalent cost per gallon of $17.33.
No one is paying $17.33 for gas.
No one is paying $17.33 for electricity.
In fact, no one is paying the $48K the article calculates.
The article just attributes this cost to the EV in order to come up with a scary number.