Electricity is delivered in kilowatts, not gallons.
The article talks about low upfront costs for EV.
Then there is some allusion to a kind of cost accounting?
I believe the stated premise to be factual. But it is phrased so clumsily; it could be said better, I think.
They are saying it costs $17 for an EV to get the same mileage as an ICE vehicle gets per gallon.
In Florida there’s plans for yearly taxes on EV’s .
Florida leaders propose bill forcing electric car owners to pay $200+ annual license fee https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/region-pinellas/florida-leaders-propose-bill-forcing-electric-car-owners-to-pay-200-annual-license-fee