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The value add for an individual is minimal to nonexistent in electric vs gas. Not so with a horse vs a car. This guy is delusional if this isn't just hype (it is) and thinks the comparisons are comparable.
Meanwhile gas starts at $8.34 per gallon where I live, while I can charge my car for $0.42 per kWh.
While I'm sure there's a large saving, a gallon of fuel is not the same as a kWh of electricity.
Agreed, most people don't really know how far an ev goes on a kWh. In my experience: Trucks average 15-20mpg. Evs average 2.5-4mi/kWh.
Let's take the high of the truck and the low of the ev for comparisons. 8.32/20=0.42/mile gasoline 0.42/2.5=0.17/mile electric
In my case both are cheaper as my fuel is~$4.30/gal, and the car I drive gets 38mpg. (0.11/mile) But also my electricity is 0.12/kWh and my electric car gets average 4mi/kWh. (0.03/mile)
My ID.3 does about 300km fairly reliably, for €25. My wife's Mazda 2 does 650km for €71. But destination charging around the corner went up €0.10/kWh in my street, so it used to be cheaper. My home charger installation is still backlogged (ffs it's been months).
To me it doesn't matter really because my boss all of my charging as well as the EV car payment. I just pay a tax to be allowed to drive my company car privately without restrictions. Obviously my wife takes the EV when I don't need it.