Look around and buy what you want and can afford. I’m in ohio and an ev saved me a significant amount of money. I had a city car and loved it, bmw i3. I now have a bigger less efficient ev, etron,and it will save me less money over my last ev, but still much less than an equivalent ice.

My insurance costs are similar to ice, but I do pay the extra registration fee. It’s probably a larger fee than the equivalent gas taxes.

In California it sounds like EVs are not as obvious of a choice as electricity can be expensive. If you don’t have a place to charge and you drive a lot, the a hybrid or phev can save almost as much as an ev.

The Audi etron has lots of double pain glass and the doors are crazy heavy with insulation. In addition it has an automatic slide to cover the top glass. It’s mostly to cut down on noise and it is really plush and silent. It probably helps with insulation too. They also have a very good heat pump with electric back up.

The etron list almost no range hit at colder temperatures.

Unfortunately all that weight takes a toll on efficiency. It’s just not very efficient to start with. It just doesn’t get worse with temperature.

I’m in ohio so EVs aren’t everywhere. However I’m no longer happily surprised to see a non Tesla ev. I see several id4s and Mach-es on every commute. It’s less common to see a BMW or lightning. Many model y and some 3 as well. I even see one of 3-4 i3’s in the area.

They are definitely more common.

That’s a tough choice. Unfortunately there are too many variables to really declare a winner with the info given.

The Toyota seems to get 24 or 27 mpg on the C&D loop or highway tests. While that likely changes the final results it’s probably still close. Have you looked at a plug in hybrid. C&D says the CX-90 is rated higher and 35 miles all electric means charging on 110 and generally more savings.

I can say look beyond the car for some of the upgrades. Even talk to a realtor. In your area a house on the market without upgraded electric or a charger may get less traffic, a lower price or both.

Also time of use billing could reduce your base home load bill significantly. If you can load shift you can completely offset the 5c 4-9 peak. Your overall bill will go up, but your house portion can go down.

Finally energy prices are anyone’s guess. Cali is reducing solar incentives, which is not good for you. But the duck curve means that tou pricing may get inverted. Electricity has gone negative in Texas before.As for gas, it costs whatever Russia and Saudi want it to cost. Dropping demand is killing gas prices now, but that may move up Russia and Saudi’s next cut. Russia has a war to pay for.

It looks like they use 10-80 and then normalize to the 100 mile figure. Giving only 15 min of charge rewards the cars who have a fast charge for a portion of the curve, particularly early on. This may be why ford does well, they allow much faster charging for a short time. Whereas an Audi etron has a nearly flat curve. Based on max charge rate it looks middle of the pack, but few can match it for 10-80.

I really like most everything about this car. It’s really nice. Unfortunately every external shot seems to show wobbly, bouncy ride. Also 102kw is an improvement but I would like better. But she said $9k less than the I5, and that’s nice.