$4 a gallon for gas? These drivers don’t care | CNN Business

Tim Heitman has been checking the gas prices at his local Costco every day since the US-Israeli conflict with Iran started. But he isn’t bothered by the fact that the cost has jumped by more than $1 a gallon over the past month or so. That’s because the Seattle resident drives an electric vehicle. Gas prices weren’t a consideration when he decided to purchase a Ford Mustang Mach-E last June to replace his Audi Q7 SUV – he mainly liked the look of the car and enjoyed the test drive. But now Heitman is especially happy that he can fill up with electrons in his driveway, as he puts it. He estimates he would have paid around $70 more for gas in recent weeks than it has cost him to charge the Mustang at home. “I smile every time I drive by the gas line at Costco,” said Heitman, 75, who worked in commercial real estate. More than a dozen EV owners have written to CNN about how they have been able to avoid the spike in gas prices that is squeezing many Americans’ wallets and exacerbating the nation’s affordability crisis. Gas topped $4 a gallon on Tuesday, up $1.04 from the end of February, when the war began. While electricity prices have also climbed in recent years, man