Electric Cars Vs Gas Cars: Comparing Costs

Which city’s residents are really saving by driving electric?

It’s more than likely that within this century we will see the complete switch over to all electric vehicles throughout the world and the internal combustion engine will be relegated to the museum.

Electric vehicles have a host of benefits including being good for the environment by reducing emissions, reported cheaper running costs, and being more convenient allowing you to use a plug in charger and charge your car at home.

But for those early adopters commuting in all electric vehicles today how much are they actually saving? Which cities are the best for saving money in electric vehicles and which are the best for regular gas vehicles?

To answer these questions we analyzed the average commute length as well as gas and electricity prices in each major city in America and used these to generate the annual commute costs for electric and gas vehicles using an electric vehicle using 34kWh per 100 miles and a regular gas car obtaining 30mpg.

Using our interactive map below you can see just how much you could save by switching to electric cars in your city.