We bought a used EV, and I ran the numbers vs. a 20mpg car.

The EV will pay for itself in saved gasoline after about 53K miles.

That’s not breakeven time; that’s “the car is free” time.

Breakeven was less than half that long because the old ICE car would have had non-zero depreciation.

Apples-to-apples break even would have been 10-20K miles (ignoring free charging at work), but it ended up being closer to 300 miles. Thanks to a fuel crisis, the price of the EV increased by $5K shortly after I bought it. (It’s back down now.)

I don't even much care. I couldn't see myself driving back to ICE purely on account of the driving experience. They feel like janky fragile technology from the past with too many moving parts.

My car got totalled in September and I had to replace it. Since I didn't drive much at the time I entertained just getting a super cheap old ICE to replace it. Then I started remembering all the annoying maintenance.

Still, back to DC fast charging... I use it rarely. But it's not cheap. And it's a shit non-standardized, fragmented experience.