@kezo those numbers look optimistic to me. A car that’s regularly used for short trips, EV or otherwise will always be less efficient although the EV losses are somewhat reduced over driving an ICE that rarely gets to warm. I’d honestly expect 2.8-3.0 miles/kWh over a year if it’s mostly 1-3 mile trips.
I know that going to charge isn’t a fantastic idea and going where there’s something tempting around could be worse, our local best rate chargers were right beside KFC and a budget restaurant as well as a Costa. The costs of a charge wasn’t horrendous but when you add lunch or drink it quickly hits the wallet harder than we now get charging overnight.
Personally, the prospect of long term charging away from home isn’t one that would appeal to me. Not so much because of the cost, finding the right chargers plus subscription could make it viable, even if it’ll never compete with the dirt cheap home charging, but the time or additional costs. Going to charge effectively takes an hour out once every other week and if you add in wondering around a garden centre or, worse, eating out more often and the whole costs just get horrid. The novelty definitely wears thin, I was relieved when our charger went in, mainly because it meant no more running off for an hour because we’ve a few hospital trips coming up.
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