Charging a Tesla is actually cheaper than gas in most cases, but it also depends on your KWH cost.
Charging a Tesla at home costs around 4 to 6 cents per mile and gas cars costs around 13 to 16 cents per mile or more.
When you drive a Tesla you save around $1,200.00 to $1,800.00 a year over buying gasoline.
However when you factor into the cost of eventually needing to replace the Tesla battery which can be $12,000.00 or even more than it's really not cheaper to charge a Tesla and drive a Tesla over driving a gasoline car.
There's also the inconvenience of having to wait for the Tesla to charge which can take hours and you have a limited range on the charge.
With a gasoline car you can just put gasoline in and go.
The average cost to replace a Tesla battery is between $12,000.00 to over $22,000.00 depending on the model of Tesla you have and the battery capacity.
Also whether the Tesla battery is a new or refurbished battery will also factor into the cost as new Tesla batteries will cost more than refurbished Tesla batteries.
The labor to replace the Tesla battery also adds to the cost of another $1,000.00 to $3,000.00 which can bring the total cost to replace the Tesla battery to as much as $15,000.00 to $25,000.00 for Tesla models of S/X and Tesla Models 3/Y are often lower in costs.
Replacing the Tesla battery is often not worth the cost, especially if the car is older.
Tesla also provides an 8 year or 120,000 to 150,000 mile warranty their high voltage Tesla batteries, which mean that most Tesla battery replacements within this warranty period are free.
An replacing a Tesla battery can take around 1 to 3 weeks depending on how long it takes to get the new Tesla battery and how busy the shop is.
Tesla vehicles are nice, although they really do not save you money even when you don't have to buy gasoline.
The cost of charging the Tesla as well as the replacement costs of a new Tesla battery cost more eventually than just buying a regular car and putting gasoline in it.
This is one reason why I haven't wanted to buy a Tesla or other electric vehicle as I can get a good car for the cost of a replacement Tesla battery.