Because I watched all the ‘Crank’ films and am a big fan. Could be a life saver.
Seriously, it is far more complex than just saving money on fuel. Electric cars tend to be smaller. Heating may be an issue, few are 4×4, they tend to have small boots. They seriously restrict what you can do and where you can go. I would not tour the highlands of Scotland for example. The KIA EV is wonderful, but its not 4×4 and has no sunroof, In the days when it was possible, two years ago we spent 7 weeks in two gites. One was old. Both were in scenic, quiet places. I would worry about further reducing the selection of gites. How many have a charging point, how many with elderly, or shared ownership are going to be happy with you charging there? The electric might be a cause for concern. I don’t want to have to take breaks to charge up. I don’t want to have to search for available or working charging points. Even having to time ferries or eurotunnel to allow for charging times there and back.
Of course none of the problems are insurmountable. I have thought it through, we would simply stay in a hotel on the way down, have an evening out and then travel after charging. Sounds simple but in fact it adds greatly to the cost of running an EV. You have to plan long drives much more and carefree, just driving is a thing of the past. On holidays, how do I take all the stuff I want in a small booted EV? Simple buy a tow bar and a box to go on the towbar, make sure its watertight and totally secure, add in another .8k-1k for that. But of course who is going to carry it and unload it? You have to park up more with possible valuables in a box on the back. That is all without any additional surcharges the government might add to pay for covid. during the next 3 yrs.
Whether it suits you is a choice. I like to go off the beaten track, muddy and slippery lanes. We take long holidays, I like to take lots of stuff. I have been on long holidays in small cars. Bought everything we needed there, even down to garden chairs and tables. Then dump them when we left. It adds greatly to the cost. What used to offset the cost? Mountains of wine. bye bye to that since the beloved botch up that is brexit. At least with a small booted EV you don’t have that option any more to further depress you about our new ‘global’ britain (if you can get to europe and back easily by car) without interminable delays. Think of the joy on a winters day as you queue endlessly sitting in your EV, freezing without a heater of the sunlit uplands then. You can’t drive to global Britain’s destinations. We are Europeans. Try hiring a disabled suitable car in these far flung places because everything has got harder with our neighbours.
If only life was so simple as fuel costs.