r/electricvehicles

Does it still make sense to get an EV in 2026 if you live in an apartment and have no access to charging at home or at work (landlord will not install)? I'm thinking about my next car being a used EV with NACS. I average around 150 miles of daily driving. Plenty of access to fast chargers (including superchargers) in my area, but wondering if the math still works out. Just getting tired of maintenance with my ICE car and prefer the driving dynamics of an EV.

I live in the Bay Area and charging isn’t too much of an issue. I’m wondering if making the switch to EV is worth it. I’ll still have an old ICE truck (Tacoma) but I’ve gotten so used to Toyota I’m wondering if Prius Plug ins can be better than let’s say an Ioniq 5. I’m scared of the new…..I can install a charger at home..

I recently shared a post on Facebook detailing my transition from a full-sized SUV to a traditional hybrid, then to a plug-in hybrid, and finally into an all-electric MME and to my surprise, it was picked up and covered by TorqueNews.com. Everyone seems to take a slightly different path toward electrification, so I’m curious: what was your journey to the Mach-E?

I’m wondering if EV efficiency like MPG is something universally comparable between different EV cars?
And if yes, which ones have the highest average efficiency?
For example, my Optiq is at 2.4/kWh on average.
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Edit: tons of knowledge shared and I’m glad many people involved to share their knowledge as well as real world experiences.

For instance, u/Chilidoggo [HERE] & u/Cory5413 [HERE] shared pretty good break down and link to what are the most efficient EVs in the US market and how to understand the efficiency in EVs.
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I’m glad some other users also shared links for Europe and Australia, too.

A couple nights ago, one of the other nurses joked that I could be charge nurse the rest of the night. We get like an extra dollar an hour if we are in charge, and they said that that would pay for a gallon or two of gas. I said that thats ok, I havent gone to a gas station in years for my vehicle. They asked if I had an EV, to which I said yes. Quite a few of them started asking me questions about how to charge them, driving long distances, how much money I save, etc. i also told them about vehicle to load which allowed us to have power during an outage this spring. A few of them were really interested. One was thinking about getting one anyway but said she would pass on what I told her to her husband, as there were things I told her that she didnt know about them. Another one said that she never thought about getting an EV but now she is gonna look into getting one. Hopefully I helped convinced a couple more people that they are worth considering.

Historically, up until the 1970s, oil cost around $30/barrel, reflecting the cheap cost of producing it in the Gulf. Then it shot up due to the OPEC embargo following 1973 Israel war, and never came back down to the $30s again except for a couple very short periods.

Now with EVs flattening and eventually decreasing oil consumption, we could see the return of sustained super-cheap crude oil, assuming "geopolitical" shenanigans that *conveniently* raise the price of oil don't continue to happen.

Inflation adjusted price of oil per barrel

Oil demand projection by British Petroleum

While these extra registration fees probably won't stop someone from buying an EV, the reality is that with the expiration of federal credits, the state-by-state landscape varies significantly. Some states offer decent purchase incentives to balance things out, but many others are layering on heavy annual surcharges and multi-year upfront fees. This makes the actual cost of going electric more complicated than it looks on paper.

Here is the updated 2026 ranking of states by additional annual electric vehicle registration fees, listing every jurisdiction individually from highest to lowest cost.