My Corolla cost me $13,000 (6 years ago).
I can travel about 375 miles at highway speeds >70mph on one charge of the energy storage system, leaving a reasonable safety margin of energy remaining in the energy storage cell. I can recharge the energy storage cell in less than 10 minutes. Recharging stations abound, in a competitive marketplace.
If the purveyors of electric cars wish to succeed in a free market, that is approximately the performance standard they must meet.
And, in my F150, I get about 600 miles on a tank from the storage system at highway speeds. and that’s with 5 people and luggage for each. It costs about $100 for that tank refill. If gas ever returns to non speculative pricing, it’ll be half that.
A 2013 Chevy Spark base model cost $13,000 and gets 38mpg on regular unleaded.
A 2013 Chevy Volt cost $40,000 and gets 40 mpg on premium unleaded
I drive 380 miles a week, all highway miles. Using $3.75/gal regular gas and $3.95/gal premium gas even with the modest increase in economy, I could save $94/year. Therefore it would only take me 287 years to save the increased cost of the Volt...
Sign me up!