Hybrids like the Toyota Prius have been successful and well-received.
Electric cars on the other hand, occupy a niche market. Tesla Motors is a toy for the well to do.
It’ll be a long time before the electric car has potential to appeal to mass market car buyers.
Prius has the option now of being a “plug-in” hybrid, which greatly extends the electric-only range to the point that it’s possible to seldom use the gasoline engine for local driving. The cost of this option is fairly high, and so it hasn’t sold especially well.
Toyota also makes a hybrid full-size Avalon sedan now. Big, cushy, leather interior, nice car. 40 mpg city, 39 highway. I know a few people who have one, those EPA numbers are reportedly pretty accurate for once. Drive it like you rented it and it’s still tough to get it to dip below 38 mpg. Only complaints I’ve heard are the typically grabby regenerative brakes with a slight whirr or whine when applied that take some getting accustomed to (they all do it apparently), accelerator pedal application that takes some getting accustomed to (again, they’re all like that but the Avalon has multiple settings at least), and under very hard acceleration you can tell it’s a four, it becomes audible.
I’ve been watching for an off lease return of either one or a certified used resale, thinking of getting one or the other while the resale value is depressed due to gas prices declining. I don’t think for one second that it’s going to last. You can find a 2013 Avalon hybrid in the low 20’s. Plug-in Prius is uncommon enough that I can’t really say what it would command.