I have a 110k daily round trip. What's the cheapest EV that will do it?

My advice would be not to buy something that can just barely do it. You need a buffer.

There is no such thing as a "28k Leaf"

The 24kWh Leaf will not make your trip in bad weather in winter. You will have to get the 30kWh Leaf. Or 28kWh Ioniq. Or 40kWh Zoe. Or eGolf 36kWh. Or BMW i3 94Ah. These are the only EVs that I can think of that can do that, that you might be able to buy for under €18k. The Leaf 30kWh the cheapest by far of these, but still over €10k

You should have stated that you had the 30kWh Leaf, not the 24kWh Leaf! The latter wouldn't have made those bad weather trips.

Definitely. The 24 kWh LEAF (L24), when new, was a 110-120 km car when conditions were good. On national routes the main driver regularly did 65 km each way trips and, in ideal conditions, the car had about 40% of battery remaining at the destination but usually less. On motorway 90%->brown trousers driven at Leafspeed 100 km/h indicated was 100 km max.

The L40 on the other hand under similar conditions did the same journey return with ease regardless of the weather. Even combined with local driving at the destination the car usually returned with 20-40% remaining depending on how much was driven. Usually there was 170 or so km on clock on return.

I never did the much talked about 120 km/h test on the L40 but it did seem much less thirsty at speed compared to the L24. Based on these two a L30 with a battery in good conditions would do your commute with almost no stress but a L40 or Ioniq would be a safer bet.

Not sure who is going to pay €8k for a car that is only going to be capable of 100km real world at a push.

My predictions of staggering depreciation on EVs was well founded.

I expect that, all in cost of ownership for an EV doesn't differ significantly from an ICE, even with todays fuel prices. Whatever savings your EV makes on fuel and engine servicing consumables will be offset by a much higher initial purchase cost, a very much shorter vehicle lifespan and depreciation to near zero value in 10 years. Even shorter lifespan if there are significant developments in battery technology.

LOLOLOL! Are you trolling or just deluded? EVs have near zero depreciation, in many cases they have gone up in value. I bought a brand new Ioniq in 2017 for €25k, sold it 3 years later for almost €20k and now, another 2 years later, it's still worth that.

Name one ICE family car in recent decades that only depreciated 20% from new in 5 years?

Also I had zero maintenance on that car except for 2 tyres after 45k km. 75% discount on most tolls, €120 tax and over the 3 years I spent less than €50 per year on fuel. Total cost of ownership was lower than a cheap petrol or diesel banger.

Yeah I got a few other ones too. Bought a Renault Fluence Z.E. last summer for a bit over €2k. Now worth 100-200% more

Bought a Tesla Model S in 2020 for €24k, sold 2 years later for €36k

The depreciation on EVs is painful. And then there is the huge running costs and maintenance 😂

We are good at this game, but we do spend a lot of time looking and when we find something, we jump on it. It's not just pure luck 😁

But seriously, in general, apart from the first gen Leaf up to about 2016-2017, depreciation of EVs has been glacial. Not just here, everywhere in the world. Now wait until you see the depreciation of diesels over the next few years when nobody wants them any more.

L30 with a battery in good health will done nicely and the petrol generator idea won't be a good one. A fully electric version of that would be something like what the Irish agents for Muxsan battery expander do. A workable idea if you have a L24 and don't want to change cars.