Also, the cost of electricity is about 22 cents per kilowatt-hour, so a Tesla which has a 100kwh battery requires $22 to charge not $8. There is also some waste heat in the charger so it’s probably $25 to charge. A small car with a 10 gallon tank at $2.5 a gallon can go 300 miles for $25, a Camry has a combined mpg of 33. Nothing miraculous about the cost/range of a Tesla.
You numbers don’t hold up in CA.
$5.50 gallon average gas price.
45/cents kwh at Tesla chargers which has gone up 30% since that turn of the year.
You statement about the efficiency in the charging cycle is WAY off. more like 1% if even that high. Things electric are usually way more efficient that things mechanical.
So I just took a 200 mile trip last weekend. Hit the chargers 3 times because I have the smallest Tesla battery out there - 54Kwh. My charging sessions lasted 30 minutes each. Cost per charge was about $20 - so the trip cost me $60 bucks.
Gas vehicle gets 25mpg. 16 gallons at $5.50 a gallon $88.
The advantage wasn’t as pronounces as it was at 0.31/kwh.
As for infrastructure, etc. I produce my own electrons and can run my house off/grid if required and still charge my vehicle every day there is good sunlite - which admittedly isn’t all the time - and less so in winter.
The cost of those electrons has to be amortized over 10 years to reach payback.