Prsoanlly, if I was in the market for a new vehicle, I would be looking at hybrid, so you can keep a decent range but with vastly better fuel economy.
I think some form of hybrid has got to be a better solution than a pure EV...
I guess most reasonable sized family cars can do 500+ miles on a single tank of fuel
and IMHO whatever the fuel type, a car needs to be able to match that range between re-fuelling stops..
I think something that allows use of batteries for urban driving, where congestion, pollution and population are the big factors..
with the ability to use other fuel source on longer journeys, or those occasions where it is not practical or convenient to wait for a recharge..
is a much better solution...
BUT, there are then statistics saying that hybrid vehicles aren't actually that green anyway..
with stuff like carrying all the extra weight to accommodate two fuel sources!
(bit like the old, don't drive with an empty roof-rack on your car.)
Hence hybrids are on the phasing-out list as well!
A key measure in my books is..
Most people spend many hours at work and have less hours leisure time..
So when family / friends do have time off to socialise..
The last thing they will want, is to waste time waiting for the car to recharge..
when they would rather be having a pub-lunch, or walking a costal path, or climbing hills, sailing, surfing, horse riding, wandering round a NT garden, etc.. etc..
Just listen to the worries about extra delays at airports with proposed queueing verifying vaccine passports..
Generally people don't like, delays or hanging around on journeys..
and there's going to be hoards of board kids at service stations who don't want to sit still for 25mins reading a book while the family car is recharged..
Which is going to make service stations even less pleasant..
Bit like trapped in an airport lounge with the obnoxious kids waiting to board your flight and hoping they don't have a seat near you!!!!
Guinness