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You’d need to look at the costs on a case by case basis.

For me, no, an EV would not save money but my use case doesn’t fit very closely to the average car owner. I don’t drive all that many miles in a year, live in a cheap gasoline area and my current vehicle is averaging 43.7 mpg over its life.

By the time I add up the cost of trading/selling my current vehicle for an EV, plus the substantial insurance increase, plus the loss of income from selling my excess power back the electric company through net metering it’s a money losing proposition. And this isn’t even looking at depreciation, increased tire costs or registration fees.

But if you drive the average distance people drive, live in a higher gasoline price area and can charge at home most of the time

Not just your age. Tesla’s are expensive to insure. They are expensive to repair and tend to be totaled out over what appears to be modest damage.

I was seriously considering purchasing one but once I called my insurance company I changed my mind. The increase in insurance premiums would have wiped out my fuel savings and them some. It just didn’t make sense in my situation.

100k desert southwest city and EV’s are still pretty few and far between. Mostly Teslas, Bolts, occasional Leaf, a few Ioniq 5 & ID4, one EV5. I’ve seen 2 Lightnings but have never seen a Rivian, Polestar, Lucid or any of the other exotic brands. As you would expect there are almost no public charging stations in town with only 1 DCFC that I’m aware of and it is at a car dealer. Although Tesla put in a new Supercharger location out by the highway which is nice for travelers but I’d guess close to 100% of local owners charge at home.

Hybrids seem pretty common though with mostly Toyota’s.