Every guide we maintain, in one place. These are the pages we keep current rather than publish once and forget — costs, incentives and hardware specifications all change, and each guide carries the date it was last checked.
What an EV actually costs
- EV charging cost calculator — put in your car, your electricity rate and your mileage. It runs in your browser, needs no account, and reports the honest answer — in Hawaii it shows charging costing more than petrol.
- EV charging costs by state — home charging rates for all 50 states, with cost per 100 miles and per full charge.
- EV vs petrol: the real cost comparison — purchase price, fuel, maintenance and depreciation side by side.
- How fast EVs lose value — verified five-year depreciation by model, and why the post-credit market changed the picture.
- The cheapest electric cars on sale — verified MSRPs, plus an honest hybrid-versus-EV decision rule.
Incentives and tax, after the federal credits ended
- State EV incentives in 2026 — what survived after the $7,500 and $4,000 federal credits ended on 30 September 2025.
- The home EV charger tax credit (30C) — it expired on 30 June 2026. This explains who can still claim it for an earlier installation, and what replaced it.
- Form 1098-VLI, the vehicle loan interest statement — the car loan interest deduction replaced the purchase credit. This is the form that proves it, explained box by box.
- Was your car assembled in the US? — the assembly test the deduction turns on, checked properly rather than by guessing from the VIN.
- Utility EV charger rebates — with the federal 30C credit gone, this is the money still available on home charging, and how to find yours.
Charging at home
- Level 2 home charging, explained — how it works, what it costs to run, and how to size it.
- The Tesla Wall Connector — including whether it makes sense for a non-Tesla.
- 40 amp vs 48 amp home chargers — the wiring, breaker and onboard-charger limits that usually make the faster unit pointless.
- What installation actually costs — itemised, with the load-management versus panel-upgrade decision.
- Charging without a garage — right-to-charge law, apartment options and what a 120V socket really gives you overnight.
- V2G, V2H and V2L, explained — powering your house from the car: what each term really means, and what the home hardware costs.
- Home EV charger payback calculator — whether a Level 2 charger earns its cost back, and when the honest answer is never.
Charging away from home
- NACS adapters: what fits what — which 2026 cars have a native NACS port, which need an adapter, and what the adapters cost.
- DC fast charging, explained simply — the difference between AC and DC, and why peak kW is not the number that matters.
- EV road trip calculator — simulates a long drive stop by stop, using average charging power rather than the advertised peak. Free to embed.
- Finding and using public chargers — networks, pricing models, connectors and reliability.
- Idle, congestion and session fees — what Tesla, Electrify America and EVgo actually publish, and the fixed fees that cost small top-ups the most.
The emissions question
- An EV’s full carbon footprint — manufacturing, driving and end-of-life, with the payback period.
- Why the grid matters more than the tailpipe — how clean your charging is depends on where you live.
- EV statistics — the numbers, each traced to a primary source.