Thanks for your comments everyone.
I’ve just done a test drive of 39 miles in an Explorer Premium, rear wheel drive with driver assistance, on a very good A road, probably averaging just 50mph because of the amount of traffic and lack of safe overtaking opportunities. It averaged barely more than 3 miles per kWh, that’s really poor, my 7 year-old Kia Soul EV averages close to 4 miles per kWh on the same route. I asked them to bring it to me so that I could drive it on a familiar route. Furthermore I got out of it and went straight for an ice pack for my back as I found the mock leather seats too firm, firmer than my Soul, but I have a spinal injury that makes sitting uncomfortable. That was despite heated seats, which my old Soul has. I wouldn’t let a trained masseuse loose on my back, so I wouldn’t leave it to a mechanical roller randomly put in a seat, so the massage button was left alone.
For info I measured from inside the tailgate to the top of the back seat when laid flat, it’s 56 inches. If you don’t need whatever you are putting in to be supported from there you’ve got maybe another 4 inches to the back of the front seat with a 6ft1″ driver.
It drove perfectly adequately, looked fine, better than most, but given that I’m more comfortable in my old Soul, with its fabric seats, I’ll stick with that for the time being, yes it only does 80 miles in cold weather but that’s maybe, given my situation, all I need. But I do like changing cars, so I guess I will one day, again.
Recent cars: Hyundai Kona Ultimate EV; Volkswagen Caddy Maxi wheelchair accessible; Skoda Enyaq iV SportLine; Vauxhall Mokka-E; Kia Soul EV, Hyundai Kona (again)