I quite like the idea of an EV, no gears to worry about etc and (at the moment), cheaper running costs. My issue comes with all the other problems of owning one, namely charging.
I don’t have off road parking, I have space for it but it would require a very large outlay to do it (we have to stick to certain rules here on who we can use, materials, look of it etc). Without off road parking, we just don’t have the infrastructure locally, I shop online for groceries but even if I didn’t, only one of the supermarkets has charging points….2 of them to be precise and they are either always in use or not working.
To charge a vehicle would mean a special trip to the next nearest town over 10 miles away, something I have neither the time nor the health/energy to do even once a week as it would need a stop of a good couple of hours to get enough charge for a week (if that was even possible), just sat in a bay waiting for the car to charge…or I would have to pay for someone to do it for me which would pretty much negate any savings made over ICE running costs.
What is needed to allow everyone to be able to drive in future, is fast charging, as in really fast charging, as in the time it would normally take to put fuel in a car and with the same capacity as fuel stations now. Too many people are unable to charge at home or at work for it to be viable for the masses and I can’t see that really changing massively in the next 8 years.