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Wow, Mass electricity is expensive; nearly twice the price I'm paying for hydro power.

It costs me about 2 cents per mile for EV, and about 4 cents per mile for gasoline in the Prius.

Many people have access to free charging from work or other public source, so it makes driving essentially free.

EV driving also has very low wear and tear costs, and therefore lower maintenance. It turns out that battery life has more to do with age and temperature than how often the vehicle is driven.

That said, there are many areas at the moment where gasoline prices are low enough that it's cheaper than electricity. Hawaii and CA come to mind.

I wonder how efficient an Insight converted to pure EV would be? It makes more sense to compare the cost per mile of gasoline vs EV using similar vehicles rather than cherry picking the most efficient type of one and the least efficient type of the other.