Originally Posted by
PeteHski
driveway and garage charging - yes
Long road trips - yes occasionally, up to around 800 miles, no issues. Annual mileage around 15k miles
2 electric cars - yes, my wife has one too.
£10k for battery replacement - not an issue for me, I don't run them out of warranty (8 years, 120k miles)
Electric doesn't work for everyone, but hardly a select few.
I'd say it's probably not a majority, but it might be close to 50% who would benefit long term financially by buying an electric. But my experience with talking with people about their car purchases is that most don't do a good job of calculating true operating costs over time. Their car purchase are typically more emotion driven than financial. So their perceptions may not reflect reality. That goes both for people who buy electric and for those who do not.