the problem with EV in Japan is that electricity is quite expensive (30~40 Yen/kwh) to the typical salaryman who earns around 300,000 Yen a month pretax/pensio

the problem with EV in Japan is that electricity is quite expensive (30~40 Yen/kwh) to the typical salaryman who earns around 300,000 Yen a month pretax/pension. It could be an easy 5 - 10% of their allocatable income. To make it worse, the capacity of Japanese power grid isn’t very well. Although people are adapting EV cars and e-bikes in Japan, the price parity per charge isn’t that much comparing to gas. I think what made it popular today is that gas price is skyrocketing (140->180/L within a year), so people started seeking alternatives.