I am in the process of getting an electric vehicle. The car is actually waiting for me at the dealers, just need to get the charge point installed before i can have it. The vehicle was already in the country, so not the usual factory order / 3 month wait.
Before lockdown when I was driving in to work 5 days a week, 40 miles per day, I was spending around £120 per month on petrol to do 800 miles a month.
Based on the same mileage, my new EV will cost me an extra £23 per month in electricity at my current electric unit rate. That is around £300 per year instead of £1500 and £900 over the 3 year lease compared to £4500 in my current petrol car.
The charger installation is being a bit of a nightmare, but will hopefully be all sorted in a couple of weeks, and then I will be all set for my new car and future Electric Vehicles to come when this one is handed back.
I don’t anticipate needing to use public chargers very often, but when I do, I will just have to plan it out in advance. Maybe not as easy as petrol, but for one or two trips a year, the savings will outweigh the longer stays at services etc. At least to me anyway, but I appreciate everyone has differing circumstances.