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Electric cars are affordable now, assuming electricity is dirt cheap.

Nissan Leaf: $17K after tax incentives, $27K before.

Gas is $5/gallon. You can buy 5400/gallons for the price of an unsubsidized leaf.

Assume a leaf-alike ICE car gets 40 miles per gallon. It will go 216K miles for the unsubsidized retail price of the leaf.

Leaf batteries last at least 100K miles, and cost about $6K.

The purchase cost of the ICE car, and 216K miles of motor oil, engine and exhaust work have to be under $6K ($12K if the leaf batteries need to be swapped twice) or the leaf is cheaper.