Electric vehicle charging cost

Having driven electric going on 7 years (first a Volt, then a Caddy ELR) I will never go back. Don't give me the garbage about "cost analysis", driving electric is the biggest reward. No engine noise/vibration anymore. You may think your vehicle is smooth and quiet but that perception goes away once you ride in an electric car. Acceleration is like the hand of God shoving you down the road. Being retired, it's infrequent we drive more than about 45 miles per day so we rarely visit a gas station with our car. We recently installed solar panels on our house so now the sun does our charging. Even using our house power, at Reno NV power rates, it costs us about $1 to charge and that translates to about 45 miles of travel. Compare that with anything that burns gas. Do the math. In addition, vast numbers of businesses here (and across the country) have realized free charging stations are a good business strategy. Electric cars still cost more than ICEs so attracting electric car owners means you are getting people into your business who have more disposable income. Not a guarantee of more sales but most likely enough to more than pay for the equipment and electricity cost. It's looking more like electric car batteries are good for about 12 years so replacing batteries is pretty much on par with engine/transmission repair on an ICE vehicle. As we rarely use the ICE, maintenance is just an annual oil change and tire rotation. Electric vehicles have so little that needs attention. I'm amused at all the people with absolutely no experience with electric cars who seem to think they know so much about them.