Another good reason for not buying into the electric car scene.
I was speaking to someone who has a frien who has an electric car. He drove from north of London to Cornwell and it took 15 hours one way. Re-charging was a nightmare and he ran out of charge when a charging point was not working.
I'll stick with my 3-litre diesel BMW and my old Land-Rover Discovery. Last year I went to Stirling, in Scotland, to collect a Mini with my big trailer. It was 361 miles each way. I did it non-stop with a friend and we only stopped for one refuelling, and 3 meal/snack breaks. It took 16 hours in total. You sure as hell won't be doing that in a leccy car any time soon.
All a nice story but here's the reality ...
Using the "A Better Route Planner" app for my own EV, London Hyde Park to Lands End is 6hrs 6 minutes total journey time including 36 minutes of charging, obviously this could differ for changes in traffic conditions and any delays.
Maybe the driver was using a Renault Zoe and didn't bother to check on their app whether their planned charge point was actually working. Yes EV's are a very different technology to ICE vehicles and have their own set of foibles, but hasn't any technology we've used been the same, they're here to stay so we need to get used to it!
I do 100 miles/day in an EV, charging is cheap and I do it at my destination (work) so don't need to go anywhere near those mucky garage forecourt things. On longer journeys the sat nav works out where best to stop to charge, the time needed and knows whether the charge points are available, of course this can be altered if I want to stop for a break at a particular time or place.
I'm a petrolhead, love anything with a proper engine that makes plenty of noise, fast cars, classic cars, bikes and the rest, but for the daily grind there's no way I'd swap back from electric. Maybe I should carry a set of Gojoks though ....