I can't read that, it's too small.
I could buy an EV for commuting, but I already have a car I like and have no intention of changing it. I'm not a person that needs to have a nearly new (under six years old is "nearly new") vehicle on my drive to impress the neighbours, my car is 18 years old and I've owned it for 14 of those, so why would I splash a massive wedge of cash?
If I could buy a new eTwingo (made up name as there is no electric Twingo) for the same price as the current basic Twingo (£9,995), it's likely I would. I can't. What small EVs cost under £10k new? I'm not getting involved in battery leasing as the battery leases cost is more than I spend on commuting fuel so where's the sense, so it needs to be an outright purchase. Electric motors are much simpler than ICEs, far fewer moving parts in an EV than one powered by an ICE we keep being told, so why the cost, even when the batteries are not bought with the car?
It's a slide put around by Pod-Point - EV charging company trying to justify what the reasons put forward against EV are wrong, but simplistically ignore the range/cost.
The incentive for me is to cut the commuting cost, but I'd need something that could comfortably do real motorway speeds, with decent range, not crawl at 60mph for best battery usage, or be heading towards top speed at 70mph.
It's not cost effective for me to change the MX-5 yet, I can't make the figures work. £30K+ for a new leaf is silly money, a 30Kw one year old car is £17-18K.
As an example:
At the moment I'm using the wifes MX-5 for the short commute of 60 miles, worth about £8k, 30mpg, so 2 Gallons a day, about £50 a week, £200 per month. Any longer journeys and I use the Mazda 6 diesel, 45Mpg+, but then work pays the mileage so it's free
When I borrowed a leaf and commuted to work it was about £4 a night for the charge. Assuming I bought the car with the battery, had no mileage restrictions/costs I'd save about £6 a day with EV costs over petrol. 250 working days a year means it's a 6-8 year period to pay off the difference for buying a 1-2 year old EV car, ignoring any other costs for simplicity.
On my motorway commute cycle you sat the leaf at 60-65mph in the inside lane for best battery usage and where it felt happiest, with the occasional squirt to pull out into the faster traffic and overtake the lorries. But it didn't have much pull at that point so with the speed of approaching traffic you either got stuck, or inconvenienced someone, headlights flashing the usual result.
If I tried to keep up with the flow of traffic which was slightly faster then it was running out of steam and the battery usage increased significantly. I bottled it and topped the battery up at work the day I did it.
It was weird having limited noise, but radio 4 on the commute was easy listening because of this.
So I could make it work, but it would be boring driving and only works for that specific commute. My wife could use it for some of her local journeys, off to the parents once a day, but the dog wouldn't go in the boot, size/shape and the lip.
Now if I win the lottery...
In real terms I need to wait a couple more years for technology/manufacturers to catch up with my needs. Meantime I've negotiated working from home sometimes.