To me if you can afford a 40 grand rig, why would you worry about gasoline cost unless you were a road warrior?
Well, yes.
Most people would in fact be much better off with a $10-15k used car that got less mpg.
That’s the electric/hybrid/diesel problem exactly. Miles really have to pile up fast to make them worth the extra cost.
Upscale vehicles bring better technology that quickly makes it way downscale. And who doesn’t like a little more personality in their drive?
That’s the Tesla scam; hope that the extra money brings the overall technology cost down. It’s just never seemed to work that way with electrics, but the results with internal combustion and overall drivability have been spectacular.