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Electric cars are cheaper to fuel. It costs $600 per year to charge a Leaf... by comparison, you'll spend $1,050 on gas to fill up the Civic.

That's A phony comparison.

In fact, it's the biggest deception that EV proponents and EV makers keep perpetrating.

Sure enough, it might cost around $1,000 per year to fuel up the Civic.

But, "fueling" up the Leaf is a lot more expensive.

So, for ten years usage, the Civic might cost $10,000 to fuel up.

The leaf will cost $6,000 for ten years. But, that's where the BIG deception lies.

Here's why it's a big deception...

When you use a flashlight with batteries, you need to get new batteries to "refuel" the flashlight. Thus, the "fuel" will end up costing more in the long run than the flashlight itself, because of the many batteries that have to be bought.

Now, the "fuel" for electric vehicle is NOT JUST THE ELECTRICITY to "refuel" the vehicle. The TOTAL fuel for an EV is the total cost of the battery and the electricity. So, if an EV's battery were to cost $10,000 if bought separately, the total cost of "fueling" up the EV would be $10,000 plus the $6,000 electricity. We're talking about $16,000 for 10 years.

BUT, THAT'S NOT ALL!!!!

An EV's battery will have to be replaces some 6-8 years down the line; perhaps 10 years if you're lucky. So, at that point, we're talking about another $6,000 for replacing the old battery with a new one, if we're lucky.

So, at that point, we're talking about total cost of "fueling" costs of $22,000 for an EV.

In order for the "deception" to disappear from the total cost of ownership, the ICE car makers would have to toss in the cost of refueling for 10 years or 100,000 miles, whichever comes first. At that point, EVs would be completely out of the question.

Bottom line is that, when an EV is purchased, people are also being sold the "fuel" to power the vehicle. Without the battery the electricity would be a moot point. Thus, the total fuel for an EV is the batteries plus the electricity.

This is true, and means that the car is worthless when it needs a battery because by that time, the car would be worth less than the battery.

Which means that these “green” cars will be headed to the junkyard even faster than those “dirty” gasoline cars.

Yep, these “clean” cars will actually be most “dirty” to the planet than the gasoline cars they replace.

Also, just how are we going to fund the highways when the electrics take over. Road use taxes, where the government will track your every more and bill you for it. No thank you!