One other thing that is a massive problem for EV adoption here in the UK is the pricing of the actual EVs. When you add in the extortionate costs some of these rapid chargers are then it's not even close to a recipe for success. I only considered my E-Tron 50 because it was a great lease price and it was a great car. The fact it is electric was a serious disadvantage I was prepared to overlook.
I know this will offend some EV owners but if someone were to offer most people a choice between a Nissan Leaf, Hyundai Kona or Kia E-Niro compared to a BMW X1, Mercedes GLA or Audi Q3 and say they are all in the same price range. Well I'm sorry but there's not a chance in **** I (or any other non EV zealot) would pick any of those EVs over the equivalently priced ICE.
There is not a single EV out there that is not significantly more expensive that the ICE equivalent (Kona ICE from ~£18k, Kona EV from ~£30k). So not only are you paying more but the savings in fuel costs do not come close to offsetting that initial cost. Additionaly when doing longer range road trips, EV ownership brings the low level stress of range anxiety and having to use military precision planning with a plan A, B and C "just in case". I'm sorry but if BEVs (and I don't mean pointless hybrids because they are not a solution) are to become mainstream they need to offer at least parity over ICE cars and right now that parity just isn't there.
Unfortunately clearly most of the rest of the UK feel the same considering the utterly poor ~7.7% new car EV adoption rates. It's not the EV Zealots that need convincing, it's the masses and there is currently zero incentive for them to ditch the ICE.
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