Electric car: in the face of rising energy prices, is it still a good deal?

Expensive to buy, the electric car dangles its ultra-competitive cost in use. In a time of shortages at the service station and soaring prices at the pump, electricity remains accessible and cheap. Cheap, really? Those who drive a rechargeable hybrid are pouting, and those who drive 100% electric downright grimace, because prices have soared. At the end of August, the wholesale price in France reached 1100 euros per megawatt hour (MWh), against 85 euros a year earlier, a consequence of the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, but also of the unavailability of nuclear power plants in the hexagon.