Having owned one for over 13 years now I can say, YES. Much lower maintenance costs. At least in my case. I bought a used 2008 Camry Hybrid back in 2010. It is easily the best car I've ever owned to include Mercedes Diesels. Without going into ridiculous detail at 325,000 miles it still has the original pads and rotors (brakes) on it. There is no conventional alternator, no conventional starter, no conventional AC system, etc... Not as many mechanical devices to fail. As an example, my Tacoma has has been through 2 starters and 2 alternators since I bought it in 2015. We drive a lot. That truck has 275,000 miles. Back to the Camry... I did have to pull the "traction battery" at 265,000 miles. Pretty good for the original battery pack. I found tons of corrosion across the bus bars. I cleaned all of that up, revived the batteries with hobby chargers (took about 2 weeks), balanced the pack and re-installed. It's been fine ever since. Anyway, the only real bad thing about electric cars and hybrids is the damn battery anxiety. It's always in the back of your head that it could fail. For this reason alone, I'll never own another Hybrid or Electric car. It's been fun, but I'll pass. When the Camry is worn out, I'm done. Cost of ownership over all those miles is/was extremely low compared to just about any other vehicle I've owned since the 80's. Just oil changes, tires, coolant changes, brake fluid changes, etc... Stuff you would have to do on any other car. Fuel economy and power are both much better than the standard Camry. Over those miles, it's averaged right at 32mpg almost 33mpg. Granted if you drive it easy, it can get 36 to 38mpg. But, I drive normally and lots of interstate driving at 80+. I'm sorry you have had a bad experience with yours. Mine on the other hand has been nothing short of phenomenal.