Agree with most of it. You didn't say it, but you probably agree with me, a fellow EV owner (not Tesla), that the EV tax credit and other things just artificially inflate the cost of an EV. Much like govt money increases prices in other industries. IMHO EV's would be a lot cheaper if govt got out of the way and let the free market do its thing.
As for Alabama, our rate is 16.6931¢/kWh, 15.2528¢/kWh, 16.4816¢/kWh, and 16.5846¢/kWh cents on my last 4 power bills. Our stated rate is 12.4384¢/kWh, but that doesn't include the rate riders per kWh nor the 4% state tax. Since some of the rate riders vary per month (most notably the fuel charge whenever Brandon jacks up the cost of natural gas after Brandon and Obama forced Alabama Power to shut down some coal plants and replace them with "clean burning natural gas" fueled plants), the only way I can calculate my true per kWh rate is to subtract the flat fees and tax ($15.60 for us) from the total bill to get the total usage charge, then divide that by the total kWh pulled from the grid during that billing period. That tells me for every kWh I pulled from the grid the past few months I added about 16 cents to the bill, not 12 cents. I don't know if Texas' power rates have similar add-ons to the per kWh charges.
I'm not saying you and I made bad choices in getting EV's. I'm just saying if anyone reads us FReeper EV owners and think about getting one himself he should know the real math before doing so.
For many people an EV doesn't make sense. In my opinion with Alabama power rates and gasoline prices, a good rule of thumb is you should drive at least 12K miles per year (with Brandon's gas prices) for the gas savings to be worth the increase in power costs (and other costs with having an EV). If we go back to Trump's year 2019 lower gas and power prices (I hate using 2020 as a standard because the china virus and lockdowns affected prices too), then the threshold is probably 15K miles per year. In the past 12 months my wife and I put 28K miles on our EV, we can charge at home, and being married we have two cars anyway (with the other being an ICE pickup to handle the few times an EV won't do such as pickup chores or long trips through charging deserts). So our use case is a classic example of it being practical to get an EV and do most of our driving in it.
Since last year my wife and I have been living in Japan.
In our retirement years, we decided not to own a car in Japan because we live in the mid-sized city with plenty of good train and bus options. Japan also requires yearly car inspections and the cost are several hundreds dollars or more per year. They also discouraging seniors from driving cars because they are involved in so many accidents here.
Japan also has strict no-alcohol driving laws. And so non-alcohol beer is a big seller here.
Statistica claims 49% percent of cars sold in Japan in 2022 were hybrids --- and another 3% were pure EVs.
I've ridden in the Toyota Prius in the States and it's not a stylish car. But we often get rides to the Pickleball courts from two friends who own fine hybrid cars.
One couple has a Toyota hybrid with plenty of backseat comfort -- a bit boxy compared to American models, but something you and I would be proud to own and drive.
The second couple owns a racing-red Honda CRV, a spectacular car: great performance yet quiet idling, nice curves, tinted windows, comfortable backseat, big electronics for GPS / radio / TV. I have no idea what he paid for it.
The husband is actually a test driver for Honda which has a big R&D facility nearby where he works and drives cars on a huge tilted testing track that circles the Honda campus.
Yet the wife also has her own small boxy "plain jane" hybrid with tiny wheels that does the job of getting her around town economically. BTW, they live in a modest-sized single family home very close to the city and they have no kids.
So these are some comparative observations from Nippon.