Good story, Peter. I live in
Good story, Peter. I live in Metro Boston, which embraced EVs from the get-go. We have full-service Tesla dealers in our state. They even get dealer plates for the test-drive vehicles. In this area, we have electricity from Eversource in many communities with a cost per kWh of around $0.35 if you opt-in to the discounted providers. Higher if you choose the green electricity option. Gas is about $3.30 right now here. So a gas SUV like a Forester has about the same cost per mile as an EV does. Hybrids like the Accord, Camry, Prius, Elantra, have a cost per mile for energy well below EVs. Making things harder, Eversource does not offer off-peak discounted EV charging rates (at night). Although the National averages definitely point to EVs being more affordable per mile, all that really matters is one's own local energy market. You are spot on about 4 miles/kWh being an EV average. However, I tested the Ford Lightning again recently, and my average for the week was 2.3 miles/kWh. And that was in conservative driving with moderate temps and no payload. With hydro maxed out, nat gas going ever higher in cost way above the inflation rate,and nukes now leaving the picture, electricity costs are having double-digit annual increases in this area. Yet the price of gas is relatively stable, and nowhere near its inflation-adjusted highs.