Been doing some more digging and looking at the MG4, purely because I could get the top of the range one potentially and it’s meant to be a very fun car, the winter motorway range is about 150 – 160 miles.
Which means I’d have to charge at least once on the way up and the way back from my girlfriends place. And at least twice when I’m there, once because of running around and once ready to come back home.
Then there’s the cost of public rapid chargers. Around 69p a kWh.
Nearest rapid charger to my girlfriends place is about 1.5 miles away at a very dreary but clean services. I’d have to spend a fair bit of time there over the course of a long weekend and I don’t have enough time with her as things are.
My Puma I fill up once before I leave and once before I come home.
If there Motability could arrange something with the supplying dealer that I could park my (for example) MG4 up at the dealership, pay a small fee and take a hybrid vehicle away when I go to see my GF, I’d have an EV.
As it stands right now the cost of public chargers, the winter motorway mileage and the poor infrastructure makes a full EV highly unlikely for my next car.
