If you are content with a used Leaf, iMiev or Think City, they can each be had off Craigslist for around $5,000. Or for a little more you could have a Chevy Spark, which will have longer lived batteries.
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I am from Europe.
I have eyed 3 variants:
Volkswagen e-UP
Smart Electric:
Tesla Model 3:
The first two are city cars, with the last one being a distant dream ( but it would cost roughly the same as the others) :)
In Europe we are being given 10.000 Eur discount and 0 tax for buying electric. So all of these cars are under 20.000$. For Europe this is good.
And our fuel cost is 5.44$ per gallon :)
Any electric car you buy, make absolutely sure it has a TMS (thermal management system) for the batteries. Air cooling is not enough, it must be liquid cooling.
Liquid cooled batteries have a much, much longer overall lifespan than passively air cooled batteries, as shown by the drastic difference in range loss over time between the Leaf and Volt (or early Teslas).
The Leaf being the TMS one? I will look into it, thanks!