Even when they’re a mesmerizing shade of shiny blue and cost a gasp-worthy $500,000. According to this article on Engadget, the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG E Cell will be available for the money-burning-a-hole-in-their-pocket crowd mid-2103.

Seeing as AMG is the high-end version of regular, low-end, cheap-seats, run-of-the-mill Mercedes-Benz’s, and since electric cars are always more expensive, a high price seems understandable. But the technology and approach to turning the wheels is novel; it has an electric motor for EACH WHEEL. 750 horsepower as a result. Very nice.

Even so, you’d have to drive a long time before you saved that amount of money in gas.