[Da Coyote]

Ah, journalists. They cannot understand how the unwashed masses cannot see the economic benefits of spending an extra $30-$40 kilobucks for a car that'll allow them to save around $10k or so on gas, followed by an additional $30k or so cost for replacement batters in a few years (if those batteries are available at all). They should be glad that journalism low-T, Low IQ box top degrees were available to those to whom anything besides simple addition & subtraction were akin to manifold calculus (yes, there is such a thing).

[Sirius Lee]

for a car that'll allow them to save around $10k or so on gas

while paying an extra $12K on electricity.

[rxh4n1]

spending an extra $30-$40 kilobucks for a car that’ll allow them to save around $10k or so on gas, followed by an additional $30k or so cost for replacement batters in a few years (if those batteries are available at all).

This, especially replacing the battery. Even if the rest of the vehicle is still usable it will be junk. You can get Model T parts.