We went on a road trip that usually cost $30 in gas and it took $7 of charge. So yeah, I’m still paying for power, but it’s a fraction of what gas is and will be. The crazy thing is that I can sit between the car seats. The whole reason for the outback was to fit a grownup and two car seats in the back. The scion couldn’t fit a grownup in the FRONT seat with a rear facing car seat in the back. There is now cobwebs on the wheels of the outback.