People with plugin Priuses actually need gas to be $5 or higher for plugging in to payoff at my energy costs.
Californias love complaining our fuel costs 30% more than most states. Yet most don't know our electricity is 300% more.
We bought our BEV in California and were on Schedule EV with PG&E, and it was always a delicate dance of "charging at the right time" to make things cheap. Here, our EVs just don't cost us much.
Subaru Outback Full tank of gas (ca avg 4.89 18.5 gallon capacity) = 90.46 Range = 476 mi Cost of fuel per mile = $0.19
Its still almost half the cost of gas. That said, experientially at times it feels more expensive. Also, there are rate plans that move the cost lower to something like $0.21 instead, which really relies on you managing your charging times.
I just signed up for $0.0949/kWh in Pennsylvania, but I'm paying a little bit extra for that feel-good wind power.
It's even cheaper in my part of my state: 0.029/KWh