I toured rural Ireland once and range anxiety then was a nightmare. I can understand that re your Scottish trip. It is not yet practical for an EV to stray far off the beaten path. Regarding pig ugly, the trouble is there will be so many of them and the virtue signalling will be so strong as to corrupt your aesthetic appreciation over the years. Daft as it sounds in the future we may be waxing lyrical over one of the present ugly EVs and comparing it favourably to an E type. Shocking I know, but just let the influencers get to work. Don’t forget we used to dream of avocado bathroom suites and bubble lamps once upon a time…..
Once range hits 400 miles, I think there is no argument against. We aren’t quite there for affordable cars.