Most cars still cost more to charge than to fill up with gas

I don't think it "depends", at least not in the US and home charging. Take the worse condition of F-150 (16 mpg), F-150 lightning (2 miles/kWh). With the average gas price of $3.78 in the US, and $0.23 per kWh. For 100 miles, it'll cost $23.63 in gas, and $11.5 in electricity. This means that in order for electric car to cost more than an ICE, you need your electric price to be near $0.47 kWh. That's California price but gas also cost $5+ a gallon.

We can repeat this for a Versa compared to a Tesla Model 3. If we use the best conditions of 35 mpg and 4 mi/kWh. Repeating this exercise, you're paying $10.80 for 100 miles compared to $5.75 in electricity. Once again, your electric price needs to be $0.43/kWH for ICE to cost less.

Long story short, you're almost always saving around "2X" the "fuel" cost going electric. But that completely ignores the fact that EV cost more but fuel wise as the article talks about incorrectly, you're almost always on top if you charge at home for an EV.

Because in most of the US, it is dramatically cheaper to charge an EV than fuel a similar gas vehicle.

These costs in this article are surprising to me, and very questionable without any actual numbers behind it. As a PHEV owner who can fuel with either gas or electricity, the 13c per kWh I pay is dramatically cheaper than gas at circa $3 a gallon, to drive any distance at all.

Confounding factors across the US may be that in some places using more electricity results in an increase in your marginal rate, in others it results in a decrease. Typically EV charging is not broken out as its own line item, so owners may not know exactly how many kWh their car is consuming. That doesn't change the fact that only a small number of places with very expensive electricity will have electric charging cost anywhere near gas.

For us a 400km recharge is $2 overnight at home or $15 at a supercharger.

I pay $.04 per mile of charging on my Tesla Model 3 ($.12 per KWh in Maryland.) Right now premium gas averages $4.54 and regular unleaded $3.85. At those prices I'd need a gas car to get 96-113 MPG in order for gas to beat those prices.

Bottom line: This article is disinformation.

23 cents the bulk retail rate, not the actual cost.

To get actual cost, you need to include monthly fees and overhead and other amortized costs, like that of upgrading your home to a fast charger. (Or even the amortized installed cost of a regular 120v outlet and everything upstreamof it, if that's the assumption. )

Which is why epa requires car companies to use a higher "rate" when calculating economy, roughly double the the natl bulk retail rate avg.

Still not a great study...when you say its "cost to charge" but include incidentals like EV registration fees you might as well look at the total cost of ownership and call it that. Throw oil changes in and other maintenance for ICE vehicles...don't just do it lopsided.

Not to mention they added completely unrelated costs like "time prices" for how long EVs take to charge: Hourly wage at a $70,000 annual salary: The average hourly wage foran individual earning $70,000 annually is about $33. This implies a fueling time cost of around $100 per month for an EV driver, and $30for an ICE drive (page 42 of their report).

They mention cars like the Leaf. 212 miles on 40kWh. Even if say 20kWh for 100 miles, that's like >$0.60/kWh for at home charging based on their calculations. They don't cite any variables used and I'm guessing using cheapest gas and most expensive electricity costs...to make the point they are trying to make.