But if we're going to argue against EV's, we should have our facts straight or we wind up sounding as ridiculous as the Dims when they argue their positions. Our EV is financially beneficial for us as our main car because we drive it 15K miles annually from local charging (read: cheap charging at home). We get about 3.6 miles/kWh local driving (that's average throughout the year, more during spring and fall, less during summer and winter when we run the A/C and heater). That also accounts for a 10.6% loss when converting AC to DC while charging at 9.6 kW with our Level 2 chargers.
At about 16 cents per kWh (I know that Alabama Power says they charge 12.62 cents per kWh, but after they add the fuel rate rider per kWh, then the 4% state tax, it comes out to 15.8 to 16.1 cents per kWh). Thus, it costs 4.44 cents per mile, or 300 miles costs $13.33. Since we drive it about 15K miles per year on home charged miles, we're talking $670 to drive 15K miles (assuming I didn't have solar and I had to get all of my power from the grid). Plus avoiding 3 oil changes per year (I change the oil in my gas truck at 5K miles, which is how often I'd change the oil in our car if it was still a gas car.)
So the gas savings and oil change savings are real ... IF...and this is a big IF.... you drive lots of home charged miles. By my math, the extra we pay for tires is balanced by saving on brake jobs. Our EV weighs 10% more than the gas crossover it replaced. After the first year of driving it like we're teenagers with the zippy acceleration and low center of gravity for handling curves, our tire wear seems to have slowed down to what I expected (10% more wear than its gas car predecessor). No brake work needed at least on the first 58K miles we've driven it in the 27 months we've owned it.
Last but not least IMHO is the fact that with an EV I can use solar to energize my local traveling. If I could produce my own gasoline I probably wouldn't have considered an EV. But with my skepticism of government and the warmageddon cult they push with their restrictive energy policies, I'm trying to have my wife and me be a bit more energy self-reliant.
I drive a 2012 Toyota Tacoma Double Cab.
It is my third Tacoma(88, 99).
This is the best vehicle I have ever owned.
It currently has 113K miles.
Up until now the only part I have ever replaced on it was a module under the airbag that controls the horn, airbag and other controls on the steering wheel.
I replaced the front brakes at 92K miles.
Five years ago I had an issue with two emissions pumps/gizmos. However, Toyota had a recall on them up to 70K.
So, they replaced them for free.
These two same emissions gizmos failed again. This time I am on the hook. The parts from Toyota are $1600. One can be bought after market OEM. The other you can only get from Toyota. So, this repair is going to coast about $1700 total.
EVs do not have emission pumps, exhaust systems, mufflers or catalytic converters that people want to steal for their scrap value.