I’m just saying the EV paradigm in general is more upfront cost, with long term fuel and maintenance savings. But high interest rates make upfront costs a bigger part of the equation than if interest rates were lower.
This post compared a ton of EVs with non-EV equivalents. There’s still a lot of red in there, and an extra $10k is one thing, but when that $10k costs an extra $1k a year in interest, that wipes out a big more of the cost savings. If interest rates were really low again, people would be more likely to get EVs with 8 year loans and experience immediate cost savings.
The 3.6L Pentastar engine only weighs like 80lbs more than a Prius engine. Hardly a rounding error in a full size truck.