Originally Posted by
prae
Say for sake of argument we buy 2500L of gas annually. To your point, a change in per-litre price of $0.4/L would only cost us ~$80/month. Not enough to change our habits. Gas would have to hit $3-4+ per litre in order for it to really become material to our budget and make a change away from ICE and towards a more fuel efficient vehicle (hybrid/EV) cost neutral.
I expect we'll see this within the next decade; I am not sure what our per-kwh cost of electricity will be at that point. A pure-EV would already make sense as our second vehicle, but I'm at the point where I'd like to ditch the second car entirely.