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To break even on the cost of a hybrid, generally 130-150 thousand miles of driving is required. The typical driver keeps a car from 3-7 years @ 15k per year. That means that the average new car buyer will never ever save a dime on one of those E cars.

If you live in a urban traffic jam, and you are not running the A/C. those hybrids start to shine because they don run very much when you are trying to leave Philly at rush Hr. driving 8 miles in an Hr and 1/2. But generally that is a small fraction when a typical similar non-hybrid car will be using less than a Quart of fuel an hr to idle. The second you turn on the heat or the A/C that savings goes out the window.