my best hope really is that the dobbies chargers come online at some point at a reasonable price as they would fit my routine quite well.
We have a PHEV, yet I wouldn’t have remotely considered one, let alone a full BEV, without having the ability to charge at home. Having to rely solely on public chargers doesn’t sound like an issue until you have to live with it over a prolonged period when the novelty has worn off. As I have mentioned elsewhere, a nephew of mine (who cannot charge at home) went BEV two years ago. It was OK to start with, but two years on he now finds it to be a complete pain in the a@se and he can’t wait until his lease is up so that he can go back to petrol. Aside from the time commitment, the costs of public charging can wipe out most of the perceived cost savings and you can end up with all the hassle for no meaningful benefit. Unless you can secure a 100% cast iron guarantee that you can have a home charging solution (which, from your descriptions and photos, sounds highly unlikely), the furthest I’d go in your situation is a self charging hybrid. You’d get a little bit of electric driving but no worries about charging and probably one five minute petrol stop a month.