By Selwyn Duke

First there was the claim that because of the tremendous amount of CO₂ released during an electric vehicle’s (EV’s) production, you’d have to drive one hundreds of thousands of miles to reach CO₂-emissions parity with a gas-powered car. Next came an assertion from a think tank that an EV costs “approximately $48,698 more to own over a 10-year period.” Now there’s another apparent blow to the EV dream:

The true cost of charging such a vehicle, factoring in hidden expenses, is the equivalent of $17.33-per-gallon gasoline, reports the aforementioned think tank, the Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF).

There’s a kicker here, too: Since much of this cost is covered by government subsidies, it means that middle-class and other taxpayers are subsidizing wealthy EV owners.

These realities and more are revealed….

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