I think we need to be clear, there’s sensible drivimg to get maximum benefit which is acceptable & then there’s ott stuff like slowing tight down on a hill & inconveniencing others which is unacceptable & verging on dangerous. One does not necessarily run into the other.
As for ruined driving experience, I think you’re expecting too much, subconsciously biased or just made your mind up before getting in the car.
If you’re anti BEV then stick with Dino juice for now there’s nothing wrong with doing so if your use case warrants it & some do esp towing for example.
I just don’t really get the ruined handling comment, very few reviewers have said this, occasionally you get mentions of body roll or wallowing but that’s not exclusively to do with being a BEV, I’ve drove ICE that weigh as much as EVs like the Toyota Estima, 2 tons. Being heavy isn’t a reserve of battery laden cars.
Take the Tesla models for example no one is saying they are bulky heavy with crap compromised handling are they? The MG5 I test drove completely fired you back into the seat on acceleration, I didn’t rag it round corners as those days are long gone for me & I simply don’t care but it drove very competently on very horrible rural roads covered in potholes & wrecked passing points.
There also needs to be a distinction between an EV conversion like the Kona for example & pure EV design like the Zoe or Ioniq as the cars available as both are the ones more compromised.
I think if you took a fresh look & acknowledged that perhaps you may have been a bit unfair maybe & give these cars an honest chance if interested in one.
I’ve must’ve driven hundreds of different makes & models over the years including doing 200 miles a say at one point as a field engineer driving all over the UK so I like to think I’ve got a decent base of experience to pull from there, I haven’t driven a lot of EVs unlike some but those I have driven have felt quite good when driven inside the safety envelope & not trying to pull a Richard Hammond ??