Apartment Life Can Shrink EV Savings by Two-Thirds

One irritating thing about the discussion around EV savings to be made, it treats different use cases the same. But they’re not. Most EV charging cost talk is built for people with a driveway. One clean price, easy math, smug savings. If you live in an apartment, that story often doesn’t apply. You don’t get “home electricity.” You get whatever charger you can reach, whatever price it posts, and whatever time it steals.

The numbers are moving, too. In the latest EIA electricity price table (October 2025 data)...