+1 for Toyota hybrid. It's relatively inexpensive vs my income and satisfies all the non-functional requirements I care about (safe, reliable, low emissions etc...).
Wasn't a Toyota, but I got burned with Honda's similar car, the Insight hybrid. The engine leaked oil, taken in to the shop multiple times until it died just under 90k miles. Many people had similar stories online.
It was new tech at the time, so hiccups happen. But I'm sticking with gas cars until there's a longer track record of reliability in hybrids or electric.