Currently have a PHEV on Motability and a privately owned Mini JCW, which I purchased recently for fun and driver engagement.
I have found that I’m often wishing the PHEV has a longer EV range, or that EV mode will engage instead of the engine (short trips in cold weather means the engine is on for 80% of the time). This strongly suggests that for any journey beyond where the purpose is purely for the fun of driving (my Mini) an EV would be very suitable.
But if I could only have 1 vehicle (such as DWP suddenly deciding I no longer qualify for PIP), I think I would stick with pure petrol, non-SUV. I didn’t once take my last Motability car (Sportage mhev) or current Motability car (Sportage PHEV) out for a drive, purely for the pleasure of driving and I missed that coming from MANY years of driving mid-sized hatchbacks (mostly Golfs).
In short, unlike many that like EVs as a second car for short journeys, I like to have a comfy EV as my primary car, with the petrol saved for fun.