In May I bought my Kia EV and had the weird experience of the dealer’s sales manager telling me pure EV FUD foolishness about range anxiety while I was signing the purchase papers.

For sure! The Ioniq is head-turning slick looking. I envy OP.

Canada’s Globe and Mail pulled one of these today, with an anti-EV clickbait-y headline:

Oh no, the cost to charge my EV just doubled

The article focuses on high prices at fast charging stations, while willfully ignoring that that vast majority of EV charging is done at home. We get one line about how cheap his home charging is, and at 9c Canadian per kwh, it is indeed cheap - which completely punctures the stupid headline.

Still, despite that cheap home charging, the author ends his EV bait with this evidence-free hypothetical:

At a small fraction of the operating cost of a gas-powered car, EVs can make a lot of sense for drivers contemplating the switch. But if savings slide from 90 per cent to 30 per cent? I fear that many drivers may just shrug and stick with gas.

I don’t have the luxury of a wall charger where I live.

Do you live in a home with an ordinary outdoor power outlet? That’s plenty if you have a PHEV. You use the Level 1 charger that most cars come with overnight, and you’ll be full in the morning.

If you live in an apartment or some other home with no outdoor plug access, don’t get a PHEV. A BEV would be more viable, especially if you have public chargers around.

but who’s buying Kias and Hyundais?

Me! They’re good value in Canada because they’re eligible for our government rebates. That’s a big deal: my 40,000cdn car became a 30,000ish car. I probably wouldn’t have made that purchase without the rebates.