RE: Tesla's Model S will go 300 miles and cost $77,400
Omnius: Even if gas goes up to $7/gallon you would need to drive the thing nearly 17 years just to break even on the price using your calculations. And that is not considering any maintenance such as battery replacement.
Looking at NickV5's post, let's split the difference and call it $30K for a battery swap. That adds another 8 years you need to drive every time you swap out batteries. If they start failiing after about 5 years (being very optimistic here), then you will never make up the difference with this car.
Battery prices need to come down fairly significantly in order for these vehicles to be anything other than a luxury item.
