Gas vs electric prices
I mean, it's cheaper to run electric than gas over here.
I don't know Californias gas prices, but it's a very simple calculation, at least in Germany.
I can drive my Polo at about 6l for 100km if I drive efficiently.
A liter of gas is about 1,60€.
So, about 9,60€.
A similar electric car uses about 15-20kWh per 100km.
At the current, state capped power price of 0,40€ per kWh, that's 6-8€.
With ratings in miles to the galon and so forth, it's a bit more difficult.
The average fuel consumption of 2021 vehicles was about 26 miles per gal according to the EPA.
So let's make it 30.
So, lets say 3,3gal per 100mil.
A Hyundai Ioniq 5, one of the fastest charging, but not most efficient car, get somewhere around 3,5 miles per kWh.
So, something like 30kWh per 100 miles.
AAA says average California gas prices are 4,87$ per gal.
That's 16$ and change for 100 milles.
Census data says something like 26 cents per kWh for California, let's say 30.
That's 10$ per 100 miles.
Or the other way around: If gas prices stay consistent, a kWh could cost up to 53 cents and you would stay price equivalent or cheaper with an electric car.
And I don't know how US electric rates work exactly, but over here, once you have a contract, that is limited to one year and for that year, prices are fixed.
So you know exactly how much fueling up costs for the next year.
No timing when and where to go to a gas station and still be playing a bit of roulette with prices.