Good points. Right now you are paying $10K+ extra upfront for an EV. Over the lifetime of a vehicle cheaper fuel and lower maintenance costs will break even. Even then the EV has to put up with long charge times and limited range.
That will change as there is no theoretical reason for an EV to cost more than an ICE. With fewer moving parts EVs should be cheaper to build. There is a future where EVs have a sticker price $10K below an equivalent ICE vehicle, and that’s when they will gain real market share.
That’s when the government steps and starts taxing the hell out of gasoline and ICE vehicles.
there is no theoretical reason for an EV to cost more than an ICE.