Quoted from comments and decided to analyze:
"A family sedan for $80,000. That will work."
At an average of 15K miles/year, 30mpg, and $3/gal of gas, that's $1500 in gasoline a year. Over 5 years, that's a savings of $7500 ($10000 for $4/gal). We're not quite at that point where it offsets completely from a pure 'gas vs electric' POV (I'm not sure if the car has a Mercedes-comparable interior or a Toyota-comparable interior).
I don't think this means it won't work, but I was interested in the gas savings over time. I would buy one if I could afford an $80000 car.
At an average of 15K miles/year, 30mpg, and $3/gal of gas, that's $1500 in gasoline a year. Over 5 years, that's a savings of $7500 ($10000 for $4/gal). We're not quite at that point where it offsets completely from a pure 'gas vs electric' POV (I'm not sure if the car has a Mercedes-comparable interior or a Toyota-comparable interior).
I don't think this means it won't work, but I was interested in the gas savings over time. I would buy one if I could afford an $80000 car.