Absolutely, without a home charger, I don’t see the point in owning an EV. The cost of public chargers in the UK is ridiculous compared to our European neighbours. It certainly works out much dearer to run an EV compared to an average diesel model or a reasonably efficient petrol model if you’re relying on public charging. I’ve only had to use public chargers a few times and my cost per mile including those times is around 5p per mile, compared to 19p per Mike in our previous XC40!
This is the exact point that politicians (and Motability, for that matter) seem to be overlooking. EV’s can be great for those who have the provision for off road charging (as you, me and most EV / PHEV drivers on this forum do), but there are tens of millions who don’t have that luxury and their needs seem to be being overlooked.
We take delivery of a PHEV in just over a weeks time. Much as I shall be extremely sorry to see our excellent petrol BMW X1 go, I hope to make a saving on the current 15p per mile petrol cost as most of our journeys will be within the range of the battery. However, once EVs and PHEVs are around in far greater numbers I am under no illusion that governments will have to find a way to keep revenue from motorists at current levels. Whether that’s a charge per mile (surely the fairest way?) or something else I have no idea.