Thinking of moving to EV

I did it for 10 years charging, planning, working around infrastructure gaps. It’s not that the issues don’t exist, it’s just that over time, you adapt your life around them.

That might work fine for some, but let’s not pretend the compromises magically disappear, they just become part of the routine. For people considering EVs, it’s worth being honest about that instead of downplaying it.

I drive one for work & am up & down to Belfast in it no bother. I've also done a holiday down to west Cork in my EV without any bother. Charging was really straightforward & I was surprised at the number of chargers around. Never an issue. Even the Aldi near us had one! As for climbs - we drove around without any issue in it & I've never had a problem on steep roads etc. I get from your posts you don't seem to like it but again you can't lump all EV's in together as each brand & model will be different. The same was as ICE cars are all different. It's just lazy arguing.

Glad to hear it’s working well for you, genuinely. That’s the kind of experience I was hoping to have long-term, but it didn’t quite work out that way.

I’m not lumping all EVs together, I’ve owned a few over a 10 year stretch, and I’m well aware of the differences between models and generations. I’ve done road trips, mountain climbs, winter commutes, all the usual scenarios. It’s not that EVs can’t do these things, they absolutely can. But there’s a big difference between can and conveniently.

You might not see charging as an issue, and that’s fair, but for many people, the reality of having to wait around at chargers (especially on longer journeys or in unfamiliar areas) is still a real factor. You adapt, sure, but it’s not the same as the near-universal ease of refuelling an ICE car.

I did two trips from Carlow to Belfast in the ID.3 (77kWh) and found charging there a pain. Some chargers were in petrol stations I couldn't access without specific cards, and I eventually ended up using a slow 45kW charger — stuck in the car much longer than I wanted. On the second trip, I charged at the Transport Museum (great spot, by the way), which just barely got me to the Ionity in Stamullen, arriving with low charge and restricted power.

In the Outlander, I could have done the whole journey on a single tank of diesel. Even in the Kia Cee'd I could do all that including the trip to the Zoo and transport museum and still have plenty of kms left when I get home. There’s no getting around the extra planning and downtime with EVs, it just becomes part of the routine. But after a while, even adapting gets tedious.

I did

The point I'm making is we have heard this all 100 times.

I never claimed to be driving 400 km a day. I’m not sure where that came from. Longer trips, occasional travel, or lacking home charging at both ends are very normal scenarios. Even with home charging, the public network matters as soon as you leave your local bubble.

I had home charging and managed fine for ten years, but it was never completely seamless and there were always compromises. That is the point I’m making. EVs can be fantastic in the right circumstances, yet being open about their limitations helps people decide if they truly fit their lifestyle. That honesty is far more useful than dismissing any experience that doesn’t match an ideal even if there are longer range cars than my old id3 77 Kwh the range difference isn't massive and you still have to charge and even the fastest charging EV is limited by the amount of proper fast chargers 350 Kw + and even then they still can't come close to ICE full up time.

893 has done high mileage in a relatively short period, hasn't had issues with public charging because like most people he rarely has to do it....