“We want a box and a spacious box, we want to sit up high. To cram kids, wheelchairs, dogs, sports equipment and holiday stuff in the back.” Well, not all of us, sif. I do appreciate that there is a dearth of proper EV SUV types on the scheme, especially ones that will take a big powered scooter. But there is also a lack of ordinary saloon or hatchback EVs. Of the nearly 60 EVs on the scheme listing, about half are saloon/hatchback types, the remainder being crossovers and/or SUV or people carrier types. Of the “super sexy slippy shaped cars” most are the small Vauxhall or the Nissan leaf or tiny town-cars which will take neither shopping nor a ‘chair.
At present I only need a motorised shopping trolley with the potential to take a wheelchair once in a while. Not a crossover or SUV, thank you, I have problems climbing up and down to access them. Thus, I have an ICE Mini. Like to have the EV one when, and if, any Mini hatches get back on scheme. The ID3 holds some promise but it still has the pumped-up Crossover gene in it. To get an ordinary car-sized EV, I have to look at Teslas and the like – damned expensive and not ever going to be Motability cars. Of the forthcoming EVs, this new Kia looks quite good for me; still a bit big though. A two door would be better! ?