, EV's are a rich person's purchase.
Yep, I think that's the 'current' reality.
As I said above, if my lottery numbers come up, then I'll get myself a Tesla - although it will be for the 'fun' factor rather than any attempt to be environmentally sound.
However, I can't see that I'll be in any position to afford to buy anything half decent in the next ten years, and then I'll be retiring which will cut my car mileage by 250 miles a week which will further decrease the economic viability of an EV (and or course, my income will be further reduced).
My partner is considerably younger than me and will retire much later. She has a 90 mile round trip to work each day. As she tends to buy a used car every four years (at around £4K) it may be in her interests to look at an EV in the next 5-10 years.
We did enquire about getting solar panels installed a few years ago, through one of those schemes where they'd install for free, but apparently my roof wasn't big enough. The cost of installation however means I'd be dead before I saw any savings on my initial investment.
I also wonder if they'll be a 'recovery' infrastructure introduced by the AA/RAC/Green Flag for when people run out of electricity mid journey. Big vans full of batteries that will come and give you a boost to get you to the nearest charge point. Apparently, in 2015 more than 800,000 people ran of fuel mid journey.......
