I want nuclear power. LOTS of nuclear power.
Then, and only then, electric cars might make sense.
I can buy a Tesla Model 3 LR for $45,000 which is on pat with the S60 Volvo I already own in size and Luxury. I have contract solar panels on my roof that I get 3 cent per kilowatt hour for the next 20 years all I can use via a power concession for leasing my real estate from me. The model 3 will go 4 miles per kilowatt hour in gross charge from the charger. There is 34.4 kilowatt hours in higher heating value in a gallon of octane less in a gallon of Ethanol 10% that is mandated in Texas. At 3 cents per kilowatt hour on a kWh to kWh basis is equivalent to $1.02 gallon gasoline. 34.4*$0.03=1.02
That doesn’t factor in that electric motors are three times more efficient in using that HHV in kWh. 4 miles to the kilowatt is 100 mpge my S60 at best gets 30 mpg highway one third as much.
In cost per mile the real metric
$2.50 gal E10 prepandemic avg which will return as demand comes back.
$2.50 / 30mpg = $0.0833 per mile in just fuel
Vs
$0.03 per kWh / 4 MiKWh = $0.0075
An order of magnitude less, remember the vehicles retailed for nearly identical amounts I actually paid more for the S60 new than a Tesla would cost me today. The Tesla needs no oil changes, spark plugs, or filters and it’s battery has an 8 year unlimited mileage warranty. I have never owned a vehicle longer than 5 years so battery life is irrelevant to me.
The EU uses a different metric for fuel economy. Cost per 100 Km traveled let’s convert that to Merican.
100 miles / 30 mpg * $2.50 gal = $8.33
100 miles / 4 MiKwh * $0.03 kWh = $0.75
Let’s up the cost of electricity to what I used to pay in Texas deregulated power market. I used to contract 12 months at a time with an average of $0.11 kWh
100 Mi / 4 * $.11 = $2.75
What price of electricity equals $2.50 a gallon in E10 ?
$.0334 per kWh
100/30*0.33= $8.33
No where in the USA is the retail power rate $0.33 kWh
Again remember the cost buy the EV is already less than what I paid for my existing comparable luxury vehicle.
My next vehicle will be a Tesla and I’m a petroleum geologist that says something about how far th technology has come. Tha new model 3 will have a million mile battery pack life the current packs are 300_500 thousand mile packs and some commercial model S have already exceeded 300k