"Relatively affordable EVs at around the £35,000 mark"
Yes, they do seem to be a bit off the mark there, there are affordable EVs for much less. My Mini was £28k, and the Level1 trim version is £26k I believe. Corsa-e has just had a £3k price cut bringing it down to £25k. If they decide to bring the Dacia Spring to the UK it should be well under £15k.
But yes, it's going to be a long time before the less well-off can afford to buy new EVs - OTOH they can't afford new ICE cars either, so is it a fair comparison? Even used EVs aren't cheap yet though - the lowest price on Autotrader is around £6k for a ten year old Nissan Leaf. They are holding their value incredibly well at the moment, but that's probably a demand indicator more than anything.
What does this mean? Well, mainly that the migration to EVs isn't going to happen overnight, it'll probably be 10 or 15 years before EVs are in the majority, and probably 25 years before ICE cars are a rare sight. So the National Grid has got plenty of time to do whatever network upgrades are required, and for providers like Gridserve and Ionity to install the necessary charging points.
