I think that BEV comment needs qualifying. Plenty of people have BEVs who don’t have their own off road charging. What what be more accurate us to say I wouldnt go BEV unless you have a charging strategy that could be: Neighbours house (zap map now have list available chargers at people’s homes) Nearby chargers in local bays/car parks Charging at work And more. There’s more to charging than having your own charge point although how whether that is suitable for one is up to the individual concerned but not bring able to charge at home us certainly not a deal breaker. Some people even throw a granny charger across the pavement then put commercial grade cable safety covers over them to protect the public altho I wouldn’t like to do that personally. Say you got a Kona that’s easily 250 miles before you need to charge for many people that’s a top up charge once or twice a week which you could do at your local supermarket whilst you shop & job done. Changing to BEV is about a total change in approach to fueling, instead of driving until empty & refill like dinopop it’s more convenient to topup whenever you can that 40 mins at Tesco adds up (esp as it’s free)
Richard. There was nothing inaccurate about my comment. I said that I wouldn’t consider a fully electric car without off road charging and I wouldn’t. Others might, but I wouldn’t. The ‘solutions’ that you suggest further underline the reasons for my view! Of course, if an EV is what people want and they don’t have safe and proper off road charging then there are ways to make it work, but I was assuming that as Laura wanted a petrol car, she was wanting to simply pop in to a petrol station every 500 to 600 miles and after 3 or 4 minutes be on the road again for the next 500 to 600 miles. Certainly a lot simpler and a hell of a lot less time and hassle, but each to their own. That’s why I suggested the PHEV as a compromise. You get a bit of electric puff but don’t have any of the issues or challenges that you mention in your post.