It’s a little binary in the questions which leaves a few cases of yes or no where much further research is very necessary.
Public charging isn’t an automatic ‘no’ but there’s more to the decision than is there chargers nearby.
You’ll also need to take into account if there’s something else you could be doing whilst the car charges or whether the car can stay until fully charged. There’s no point relying on a Tesco 3.7kWh charger if you get an £80 charge every time you stay until fully charged. Likewise, do you need to pay for a MacDonalds (Instavolt) expensive rapid just because it’s the nearest option available?
Similarly, with long journeys, there’s one thing having chargers on the map for your route but which chargers are they? How fast? How much? How many? If you’re going to visit family for Christmas but are travelling at the same time as half the country? The one charger on your route could well mean waiting for hours as there’s no sensible alternative within your remaining range.
When planning these things, Motability haven’t accounted for the lesser intelligent disabled person who could well make the final decision. We aren’t all eloquent, well rounded researchers who know all they need to know to make a well informed decision. Some just look for the pretty colour and quickly available and ‘the website said it’d be ok’.
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Mark