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by NovemberWhiskey 802 days ago
Your back-of-napkin calculations must assume values for the price of gas and the price of electricity.

If, like in CA, gas is $5.46/gallon (ref. https://gasprices.aaa.com/) and electricity is $0.19/kWh (ref. https://www.electricchoice.com/electricity-prices-by-state/) then the equation looks very different from if gas is $4.74/gallon and electricity is $0.33/kWh like HI.
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ac29 801 days ago
Those electricity prices are way off for California. PGE, which serves most of the state, charges over $0.30/kwh even off peak with a EV focused rate plan. Peak rates on any plan are much, much higher.
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NovemberWhiskey 801 days ago
My basic point is that "is a PHEV/EV good value?" is a very local question since the economics of electric power and gasoline are local as well.
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