Cost analysis is dependent on where you live. In the Pacific Northwest electric power is $0.11 kWh and gas $4.80 or so. In Texas price of gas 3.18 electric power $0.146. Some EV s offer 230 watts per mile, others at the same price point are 380 watts per mile.


Next point is price of equivalent car. If you have an EV with high torque and quiet ride what do you compare it to? In many cases the $40 EV provide the same satisfaction as a &55 gas model. Of course you can find attributes like safety reputation in gas that attracts a high price.

Manufacturing margins. One vendor charges $50000, another charges $45000 but has higher profit. What does the consumer get when one vendor gets more profit per car?

An EV with LFP battery and electric motor drive train has an expected life of 1,000,000 miles. For applications like police or Uber the expected life of the gas car is about 4 years because 100 miles a day of stop and go driving is harder on gas cars. EV s will last 12 years. One $50,000 EV is less then 3 $40,000 gas cars over 12 years

I suspect the Texas study is half true.