What is particularly concerning now is the surging cost of insurance that thankfully I am protected against.
We reported this week how electric vehicles are in danger of becoming uninsurable due to the vast cost of any damage to the battery, with cars being written off after minor prangs and drivers being quoted thousands for an annual policy.
Manufacturers say batteries should last between 10 and 20 years, but if I’m forking out for a new car, I expect it to last a lot longer than 10 years.
Even signing up to a three-year lease seemed like a gamble with the extra red tape and lack of working and available charging points across the country.
After making the order, my local council said it would not let me install a charging point at my house because I do not have off-street parking.
It didn’t matter that there’s no pavement in front of my house and the cable would cross over the boundary and onto the road by only a few inches.
Instead, I run a cable directly into an ordinary outdoor household socket, which is allowed but means the car takes a while to charge – more than 24 hours for a full charge or 300 miles, but it is not required often.
As most electric car drivers know, you still cannot rely on public chargers. I’ve lost count of the times I’ve tried to plug in while out and about and the charger doesn’t work or I haven’t got the right app to use it.
