I also have never tried drowning, still know that it’s not a great experience. That’s not an argument.
Realistically, it depends on your monetary situation as well as what chargers you have around. One of the biggest advantages of EVs, the cheaper running costs, are moot if you can only charge at public chargers. If you want your car charged within the hour, expect it to be more expensive than a petrol powered vehicle.
You’ll also have to charge it more often than you have to refill a petrol car (especially in winter, where, depending on the car, you effectively only have 230 miles range on a 100% battery – optimistically), and of course depending on the charger, you’ll either sit there for a while, or dust off the wallet. For reference, an ID3 from 10-80% takes an hour on a 50kw charger. It can charge faster, but then you’re getting into territories of £0.80+ per kwh, taking a full recharge to £50+, while having at most 3/4 of the range of an equivalent petrol engine.
If you want “somewhat” of an EV experience, look into PHEVs. Those you can charge from a socket just fine. Pure EV, as someone who drives mostly electric in a PHEV, would not be an option without being able to charge at home. Categorically.
It just is an incredibly inconvenient way of motoring, you always gotta have “some” juice in the pack for emergencies etc pp. That’s at least my opinion on that front – and also, our “use-case”. If you only drive 3 miles a week, of course that all changes, it very much depends on how (and how much) you intend to use it.
Prior: SEAT Ateca Xcellence Lux 1.5 TSI DSG MY19, VW Golf GTE PHEV DSG MY23
Current: Hyundai Ioniq 6 Ultimate
Next: we'll see what's available in 2028.