Electricity prices went up too. I have no idea which went up more

But I have no regrets from buying an EV, except that I can’t get my family on board because they’re so expensive and rare ( in the us)

Smug, but transportation runs on fossil fuels so it’ll catch up in groceries and everything, so then I return to the standard anxiety and depression these days.

We lived without a car in the city, rented out our apartments 2x parking space to cover common area fees, walked, used PT and rode my escooter

Now we live in a rural area and have solar panels on the roof and an ecar. Rather NOT have a car but only one bus a day (I take it on occasion). My total electric bill is about $20 a month and that includes charging my ecar, I get paid for excess solar going back into the grid

This is Australia through and we have a huge choice of ecars.

It is going to cause additional pain to those already tight on finances.

I been fortunate enough to be able to get a large solar array and battery storage system to pair with the EVs to help insulate against direct impacts of energy price shocks. Only good that can come is for more people with the means to start looking for more cost effective options such as heat pumps and fuel efficient cars, EVs, and public transit. Ideally it would garner more support for local renewable power generation, but the reality seems to be that some countries would rather just invade others for their oil resources.

I’m locked in to an energy tariff for the next year, so my supply price (in theory) can’t go up.

But I do have an oil fuelled heating system in our house, as we leave rurally. We accidentally ran out of oil just before the strikes on Iran, so managed to get a full tank before the prices went up by over 40%. Saved about £350, so from our perspective we got lucky.