This is the dirty secret of EVs (or one of them): public charging costs as much as gasoline for an equivalent ICEV, or more. Whenever I run the numbers to deci

This is the dirty secret of EVs (or one of them): public charging costs as much as gasoline for an equivalent ICEV, or more. Whenever I run the numbers to decide between an EV or an ICEV, I get payback periods in the hundreds of years. (I can't charge at home. YMMV.) Edit: This would change if a battery-swapping industry model were widely adopted. If the battery was not included in the cost of the car but amortized over 10 or 20 years by a swapping station, the NPV of an EV looks much better.