Honestly, I do not know in witch country you live in, but here (France) the cost per km of an EV is essentially on par on a common gas ones (diesel are still a

Honestly, I do not know in witch country you live in, but here (France) the cost per km of an EV is essentially on par on a common gas ones (diesel are still a bit cheap). Perhaps large and not much tuned USA gas engines and USA prices are different but half the cost per unit distance is very bold. Not only: personally I live in a home with a domestic p.v. so I can almost charge "for free", since WFH makes less usage of cars, witch are typically used during the day, so exactly when the p.v. can charge them for free, but using them less makes possible recharge one day for another etc. but most people do not WFH, and potentially only around 30% of total work population can and probably only 10-12% of us can do so from a home with domestic p.v. speaking at latitudes where p.v. make sense, otherwise the sole option is micro-hydro witch is potentially available only for veeeeery few. Not even only that: an ICE car can potentially last more than a decade, so people who cant afford frequent changes a car is a significant investment once in 10+ years, or a far little investments (used cars) once in 5+ years. EV have essentially ZERO resale value, so the little capex for those who can't afford more is not an option, and even facing that expensive capex if used frequently mean EV can last 5 years, after the battery became too fable for most usage, 8 years if less intensive usage, but 10 years at 80% IME is more theoretical than something else. Not even counting tech shift that can make a car un-rechargeble perhaps because inverters after 5 years have switched from AC to DC from X volt to Y from one phase to three etc. For me, with the little daily car usage, with domestic p.v. in a place good enough for it, an E.V. will be cheaper when diesel will cost around 4 euros per liter (16-17 USD per US gallon), witch is the double of the actual price, and actually due to diesel hi prices there are protests everyday around the country. I know that it will happen, but so far IMVHO the sole interesting EV are just bicycle for people living in a flat, bike-friendly city and climate with all service/work/school near enough to do almost anything with the bicycle... Rooftop solar on cars is ridiculous, at maximum on the surface of a Tesla model 3 it can produce 400Wp few hours a day, not even enough for air-con, it can just be an option if you live the car for months in a sunny place just to have it charged when you came back.