Having had an EV, I'll unashamedly say the original reason I did was because at the time it was very cheap motoring, and I was prepared to put up with the associated inconvenience.
Then suddenly it wasn't cheap, but still inconvenient, and I went back to ICE.
I priced a replacement car yesterday - the same ICE one as I have now and also the next ICE model up. Just out of interest, as there's no way I can afford a new replacement. The cost - 35k ish - is similar to a few new EVs.
But at my end of the market, buying a used replacement for perhaps 12-15k, there aren't yet any EVs at that price point that are sensible for our regular usage.
So at no point yet has it really crossed my mind to consider an EV again. Can't be doing with thinking "Fancy the Norfolk coast today, might go round as far as Cromer, take a meander back, then divert here and there as the mood takes. Now, how far is that likely to be, can I make that distance? Where are the charging stations, ah, nowhere near where I might be so I have to change my plans. And will they even be working? Will there be an hour long queue? Will they need an app, and have I got it set up and registered? Oh look, it's going to cost me the same in charging as putting in petrol anyway. What if it's really cold? I'll have to watch the range like a hawk..."
Not going to happen. I prefer get in and go.
There might be a little hyperbole in there, but in general EV is still just an unaffordable pain for that kind of stuff.
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