Xeshra: In my mind electric cars are great for city and short distances. Hybrid is great at medium distances but for long distances... nothing can really beat a good old gasoline-car and it is not even more pricy.
timppu: Depends. Here where I live gasoline is quite expensive (around 2€/liter = 8 USD per gallon) while electricity is quite cheap, so electric cars make much more sense than in places where gasoline is cheaper and electricity might be quite pricey.
You e.g. mentioned that fast charging stations are bloody pricey. Here a pretty normal price for e.g. a 80-100kW DC charger is around 30-33 cents/kWh. I consider that an ok price if you are really on a much longer journey and need to get a refill as soon as possible to continue your trip. Slower public AC chargers (11 or 22kW) usually cost around 20 cents/kWh, sometimes less (e.g. I sometimes charge at 22kW power on a local grocery store charger which costs me a measly 6-7 cents/kWh, while I go buy the groceries).
My daily trip to work is about 60km so I drive at least 120km per day, up to 200km per day consider other driving after work. I save quite a bit of money by driving an EV instead of a gasoline car. I can charge the car at home at nights, and at work slow charging (around 2.3 kW AC) is free at least for now.
I specifically didn't want a plug-in hybrid because I abhor the idea of having two separate motors (combustion engine and an electric engine) in one car. More stuff that may break down. I specifically love the simplicity of an electric car, an electric motor is quite simple compared to a combustion engine, no need for catalytic converters, heck EV does not even need transmission.
It seems to work for you, with the environment available at your location. It may not be the same benefit for other locations. In Germany for example, some review sites was checking out the energy cost between a Diesel-car and a EV-car while driving 1000 KM, and the diesel car was cheaper doing so (EV was always using fast charge). However, Germany is very expensive at the electricity bill... so a worst case. Funny enough... the government is trying to support EV like mad... even using taxes for it...
Some other countrys simply lack the required charging stations or the required competence repairing a EV car... but if it works for you... you are indeed lucky. It always depends on the personal situation, of course.
Regarding the vulnerability of gasoline cars: It totally depends on the car. Some gasoline-engines are that well build, they can last you up to 30 years or over 300k KM with nearly zero parts breaking down on the engine and even the transmission can last way over 300k KM without breaking down. However, automatic transmissions is generally more durable, and more expensive to build.
My gasoline car is 22 year of age, over 200k KM, it is still going strong... not any issue on the "complicated" engine.
The main issue in general is the electronics, of any car... every car is in need of vulnerable electronics nowadays. And a EV got even more electronics including a sensitive huge battery... and once the battery will break down, it is comparable to a engine-breakdown of a gasoline-car, not fun at all. I know some people who had this issue... and no warranty, so they was doomed. However, the technology is still improving on the battery.
The other parts... if we exclude the main battery (EV only), engine and transmission, are actually almost same for any car... so a car is not that different still. But i do agree that a hybrid car got the highest amount of parts able to "break down", yet... if the quality is alright they are very long lasting, for example the Toyota Corolla Hybrid... a proven hybrid with high reliability.
°Catalytic converter is a "forced part", a car is not really in need of it but most countrys are enforcing it by law. However, the key is to sufficiently heat up your engine in a regular manner... this way this converter may last very long (up to 10 years is possible). If you always drive short distances, barely heating up the engine (and converter), it can break down rather quick... so it depends on driving style. Gasoline and short distances (diesel even worse) does NOT fit.
However, the cars with highest endurance possible are probably some gasoline and diesel cars with very few, but high quality, electronics. Toyota Land Cruiser is known for its legendary reliability (although very expensive at any age), but... even some "hidden gems" (so the price is not that crazy) that are mostly overlooked such as some old versions of the "Subaru Outback" (Lancaster in the US) with exceptional reliability.
