Mine has a lifetime electric MPG display which tops out at 250 mpg, which is what it would show if it had been used solely on electric (and some have). Mine is on about 75 mpg because it was previously owned by a company car user who more or less didn't use it as an EV. I expect there are numerous other less obvious means to tell how much it's been used on electricity, of you have an OBD2.
For a year I charged mine on standard 13 amp socket, which gives a slow charge but uses leccy at a level which my solar panels can sometimes completely provide, in good weather. However I have just changed to an EV tariff with my supplier which gives me overnight electricity for 4 hours at 5p a unit which means I am now using the (free) wall charge, and thus charging at a faster rate. My car will charge from empty to full just inside the 4 hours, and that takes me between 30 - 45 miles at a cost of about 60p at the cheap rate.
As I have a garage and drive I do not have to have cables through windows, the wall charger is just inside the garage and a standard length cable reaches the car parked on the drive.
There are different cable standards but they seem slowly coming to one standard. Public points can often cater for more than one type, but I have no experience of using them - my car charges too slowly, or they are too expensive, for them to be of much use for me. Would be useful for someone with a different driving pattern etc.
There are public chargers (in car parks and parking bays), and some have chargers at work, but yes, as per previous discussions here the infrastructure isn't there for everyone to be doing it yet.
Last edited by: smokie on Thu 20 Dec 18 at 12:46
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If not plugging in a PHEV 
If not plugging in a PHEV 