When we look at Electric Vehicles nowadays, we tend to think that they’re titans of the industry. They’re hot off the presses. These supercharged ionic creatures of currents and velocity are on the tips of everyone’s tongues. Nobody can resist the allure of a Ford Mustang Mach-E, or a Toyota Prius C. And who can deny the flagship model of the automotive industry’s most definitive era of environmentalism? Of course, I speak of the Tesla Model

In general, it looks like Electric Vehicles are shocking the competition into submission. And why could that be? Maybe it’s the gas economy, being that it has none and just powers off the building it grasps on alone. Perhaps, Universal Basic Income is sneaking it’s way into our societal infrastructure and injecting some good fortune to buy it with. Or it might be the ads on TV that give people the motivation to think conscientiously and name their own kids after a random assortment of letters. Just like Elon!

Whichever, whatever and however the case, saving fuel has played a larger role as the motor industry has recognized. Take this entry level luxury EV and say it repped a cool $15,000 in savings. Wouldn’t that be enough to junk the Ford Explorer for ages to come?

Maybe. Maybe not.

Remember, electric vehicles, though very swanky, can also peak with federal and state incentives. Depending on the state that you live in, and the state of that state therefore, value propositions vary on the amount that the state is able to offer. True, you may not see any gains when living in a colder state, but high utility rates can also counter someone who lives in warm weather throughout the entirety of the year.

No one should find the front prices of Electric Vehicles off-putting, so long as the incentives can tip the balancing act as is.