alt Hacker News>If you can charge at home then trading in for an EV makes sense. Electric at home is vastly cheaper than fuel. If you can't charge at home, electric prices are all over, generally cheaper, but often not by enough to be worth the bother.
Sadly, in CA, charging at home (minimum $0.26/kWh) isn't that much cheaper. Sure, maybe half the price of fueling up an efficient gas car, but not like 5x cheaper or anything..
I do have SUV ( Pathfinder ) for camping, skiing, kayaking, and other long trips. And 2 seats electric Smart for local commute - groceries, school drop off/pickup, gym visits etc. This is 95% of my family car use. The 90 miles charge is about $2, I do it 2 times a week. Yes, this is CA