Real Cost of "refueling" an EV equals $17.33 a gallon

[turkeydance]

quote:

“The real cost of a Ford Lightning is closer to $172,00 and no one would buy them at that.
I know their sales have tanked. The [electric] Silverado sold 18 electric trucks last quarter,” Isaac said.
“Buying a car is more expensive today and people don’t understand why that is.
I’m trying to help them understand if they buy a gas or diesel car
they’re paying for an electric vehicle for a wealthy EV owner.”

Study: Cost of ‘fueling’ an electric vehicle is equivalent to $17.33 per gallon

(The Center Square) – The complete costs of "fueling" an electric vehicle for 10 years are $17.33 per equivalent gallon of gasoline, a new analysis from the Texas Public Policy Foundation says. The study authors say the $1.21 cost-per-gallon equivalent of charging a car cited by EV advocates...

www.gopusa.com

 

[Ferrisfan]

These numbers seem…off, but I won’t pick a fight over them.

 

[GymB]

He double counts electric infrastructure costs, I don’t know about the rest.

TPPF is a far right lobbying group, they are funded by a billionaire oil man, and they dislike all things power generation except rotating mass thermal plants.