A friend purchased two non-electric cars this year and realised after spending >$100K combined, that one could have been a Tesla, if the other was a cheaper car, rather than two premium cars. I bought a cheap Smart ED and followed up with the Tesla, and if you look at total costs, the Tesla+Smart are cheaper to fuel/run than two gas cars, so over a 3 year span, my maintenance costs have been low ($3 recently for a Smart ED tail lamp) and fuel has been very cheap, like driving on $0.20/L gas.
I routinely see $50K new cars in the parking lot at work, and wonder, does that person also have a spouse who drives a similarly priced car. One of them could be driving a cheap electric (used Leaf, Volt, Smart ED, etc) and the other a Tesla if they pooled their funds.
