Welcome to car talk! Matt's VW is in the shop for expensive repairs and he's pondering an EV

[DinerDave]

mattkime wrote:
[quote=anonymouse1]
FWIW, if you have solar panels, operating costs drop close to zero.

We don't, and its unlikely we would anytime soon, although I like them.

I just looked to how much it costs to charge on the road and I'm kind of surprised that it can be more expensive than pumping gas.
It CAN be, but you still weigh the pros and cons. Charger costs vary greatly, probably more than checking each gas station pump price. However, how many times are you going to drive far enough to pay for charging? I've had my Bolt EUV for almost one year, bought last March. I paid for high speed charging on our trip from home, (Western Mass) to Virginia to visit my son. Timed it with bathroom and food breaks. Another trip to Cape Cod, I topped it off at Wrentham Village Outlets, as we stop and shop there anyway, cost $18 dollars. Then when we got to our hotel, we found they had 8 L2 chargers for hotel customers. didn't even need to spend that $18 as the hotel was within driving range.
Point is, something like 90% of charging is done at home according to what I have read, so all that time, you are not buying gas and saving that way, so the occasional higher charge price on the road, doesn't't matter.

Dave