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That's all great, but the real thing that will stop it is economics. We have a PHEV and I calculated it out and we pay $8 per gallon equivalent compared to $5.50 for regular gas. That's a pretty big difference. Right now we ignore the EV part of the vehicle. (Live in California and I pay $0.50/kwh.)
We're planning on getting solar shortly and that may make it feasible, but until then, it's not.
Is electric pricey where you are? It's been a while since I calculated, but last I checked, electric was cheaper in my area than gas for most of the electric vehicles.
50 cents per kWh sounds fucking insane to me. That's like 5-6 times more than I pay in Canada.
I just checked prices in my region. About 0.07 cents per kWh. Without subsidies. Including "Crimea Tax".
A friend was telling me he pays that much in Hawaii, but you'd probably expect as much on an island like that
Yeah for Hawaii that pricing is sort of expected, but for anything mainland that prices is just disgusting
It's shockingly high. I live in the SF bay area and I'm a bit pissed off at how bad we're getting screwed.