While most of the commenters are talking about the time to charge the original op is talking about the cost overall. First you have to consider the premium for buying this car versus an average car and I know some people will say but it's like a Cadillac or a Lincoln and you going to pay more. But that's your choice. As I said before the many people you don't buy this car based on what it cost to run or not run it's obviously cheaper to fill it up with electricity and there's less maintenance overall. However considering the average person when they retire won't drive 50,000 miles a year there isn't really much difference if you compare apples to apples 10,000 miles a year with any decent hybrid. The question I have for most people is there you willing to spend up front 10 or 15,000 more for an all electric versus a gas car even though you know you would save it over 5-10 years. You can also argue it's more convenient to wait 5 minutes at the gas station in 30 minutes on a highway to recharge and you'll also hear of I don't need to be at a dirty gas station. The truth of the matter is that there are many cars that can still go 400 - 500 miles on one tank of gas without stopping and if you can hold yourself without going to a bathroom that certainly is one advantage for gas. The other thing to think about is that there's certainly an economic advantage of buying a two or three-year-old gas car for half the price of a Tesla 3 that's new and you'll save $20,000 easily for a pretty good car with about 20,000 miles on it.
Even if you drive 10,000 miles a year with that gas car, it's going to cost you $1,200 in gas versus maybe 3 or 400 electric and you'll still save $10,000 over the life of either car for 8 or 10 years.
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