Fox Business correspondent Jeff Flock reports on the shortage of electric vehicle chargers in New York City amid the state’s decision to ban gas-powered cars by 2035.
Owner of for the first time in over a year conventional gas-powered cars They saved more money at the pump than those driving their electric counterparts, according to a consulting firm.
When excessive gas prices While falling late in the last few years, fuel costs for most internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles were comparatively cheaper than charging an electric vehicle (EV) in the last quarter of 2022, analysts at Anderson Economic Group (AEG) said.
The cost of driving 100 miles in a gas-powered car fell by more than $2 in October, November and December 2022. And as electricity prices have risen over the past year, mid-range ICE cars have become more fuel-efficient than EV cars for the first time in 18 months, the firm said.
AEG’s cost analysis looked at the underlying energy costs for petrol, diesel and electricity, as well as road taxes and tolls, additional costs for running a petrol pump or an electric vehicle charger and the cost of driving to a filling station. The costs were calculated for vehicles driving 12,000 miles per year.
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A Nissan Leaf electric car being charged, London. Picture date: Friday March 5, 2021. (John Walton/PA Images via Getty Images/Getty Images)
Tesla cars charge at a Supercharger station in Irvine, California on Friday 14/28/2022. (Paul Bersebach/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images/Getty Images)
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The analysis found that a typical driver of a mid-range gasoline car paid approximately $11.29 to fill up their vehicle for 100 miles in Q4 2022. That was about 31 cents cheaper than what a mid-range EV driver paid to charge their vehicle at home, and more than $3 less than what comparable EV drivers pay to charge their vehicle at a gas station .
Unless you drove in expensive luxury electric vehicleYou’ve lost money by charging your car instead of paying for gas, experts said.
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A driver refuels a vehicle at a gas station on Jan. 23rd, 2023 at Miami. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images/Getty Images)
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“The rise in gasoline prices made EVs look like a bargain for much of 2021 and 2022,” said AEG’s Patrick Anderson. “With electricity prices rising and gasoline prices falling, drivers of traditional internal combustion engines saved a little money in the last quarter of 2022.”
