Urs Villiger hasn’t been to a gas station in months.

Now that his family has two EVs, he figures he’s saving $2,000 a year in gas he doesn’t have to pump.

This week, that deal is getting even better. That’s because Villiger had a home charger installed that pays him more than the cost of electricity to charge — making charging cheaper than free.

“When I heard that you can actually make money charging your EV, I said, ‘OK, let’s do this,” Villiger said shortly after his charger was installed, just inside his garage door.

Getting paid to fill up your car is just one way that EVs are turning assumptions about vehicle ownership on their head. Instead of burning gasoline, EVs consume electricity, a commodity that can fluctuate wildly in price over the course of a day. Meanwhile, there are t

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