I paid £24.5k for an estate car with a near-300 mile summer range. There aren't many with a significantly higher range even for much more money. (yes Zero, I know it's cheap Chinese tat :-) )
I do agree that they aren't for everyone yet but there is an element of having to change your way of thinking in order to make the change. I as just chatting with someone who is more used to owning a full EV about long journeys and he said he tends to stop fairly frequently for say 10 or 15 minutes rather than maxing out his space between stops then stopping for 45 or more minutes. Seems like a reasonable idea to me, though i rarely go places which would be beyond my range, and I can imagine if I were clocking up high mileages daily it would be more of a bugbear.
If you can keep within range of your home charging capability it becomes very cheap motoring. Seems my first few years' service will be significantly under £100 a pop. When I can charge at home a mile costs me about 5p in leccy. No tax.
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