Electric cars Buying a car is usually the first major purchase a person will make in their life. It's actually considered the second largest purchase, right after buying a home. Cars can now do things like park themselves and even drive themselves. Electric cars are also attracting a lot of attention, and studies show that they will be what dominates our streets and highways in the near future. Many people turn to electric cars because they are very efficient on our pockets. Not spending money on gas for the rest of your life is a huge selling point for many people. The problem is that charging your car takes so long that sometimes it's not even worth it. Electric cars are also very good for our environment. Electric gas prices rise and fall at very rapid rates every month. According to a 2012 report by the Huffington Post, the average human being will spend two thousand dollars every year to fill up. Electric cars will turn this statistic into zero dollars a year for some people who have made the switch. According to Mary Kathryn Campbell, “The average cost of electricity in the United States is 12 cents per kWh. Therefore, the average person who drives an average of 15,000 miles per year in an electric vehicle pays approximately $540 per year to charge it.” (Plug in America, Campbell). Electric cars will save the average person about one thousand four hundred and sixty dollars a year. Even though switching to an electric car is very good for your pocket, you will still have to spend a lot of money on the maintenance and electricity that the car needs. Motorists will have to purchase things like home charging stations, which range from five thousand to a thousand dollars. It is also a challenge to calculate how much money is spent on electricity per year. As Brad Berman, of PlugInCars.com, states, the actual cost for a kWh varies widely across the United States and can fluctuate greatly even within a location based on utility rate plans, seasons, tiers, and programs in based on usage time and home solar energy. Predicting actual fuel costs for electric vehicles is a difficult challenge.” (Plugin Cars, Berman). Switching to electric cars will save you a lot of money on gas, but you'll also have to worry about other things like maintenance and charging