Charging an EV may be more expensive than you think...

As the saying goes - Old soldiers don't die, they just fade away. 

Its not exactly progress though is it?. Progress used to mean things getting better - more convenient, less hassle, cheaper, etc etc.

All we seem to get now is a return to the way it was decades ago..

Things are getting better, the air is getting cleaner. Many can charge their car at home and never need to go to a charging station at all. 

As far as what's better, it would be more convenient for you to throw your rubbish out your car window, but I don't think many would call that progress. 
More convenient would be restaurants not cleaning their ovens after each sitting, progress?
More convenient to drive through town at 50mph, progress? 

You choose your words very poorly in your glib answers. 

What makes me laugh is that in any other arena this would be considered absolutely right, but just because its electric cars it triggers the haters. 
Imagine if some one suggested you should be allowed to leave your diesel car on the road outside the shops while you do an hours shopping to the inconvenience of other motorists trying to get round you. In that case the word progress would be replaced with selfish. 

The air is getting cleaner because of that wonderful invention the catalytic convertor. Petrol cars now emit no pollution whatsoever.  And if you take the life cycle of a petrol car the amount of CO2 emitted is less than that of a BEV in most cases. This is partly because the manufacture of the batteries is so energy intensive and partly because electricity generation is by no means CO2 free - people always forget this because BEVs don't have an exhaust pipe.

Someone above mentioned the fire problem of BEVs. Now that they're getting (slightly) more numerous the number of fire incidents is growing - some from e-bikes and e-scooters but many also from BEVs. And the consistent problem is that a burning li-ion battery is almost impossible to put out. It will burn until it's completely destroyed. We've had the almost complete destruction of the Fremantle Highway (vehicle carrier) which caught on fire with, I believe, the loss of most vehicles on board (about 4,000, 500 being electric or hybrid). Some of the cars were completely melted and molded into the deck of the ship - and the ship burned for many days and is possibly a write-off. Some of the crew had to jump overboard to escape the fire. And we've also had the Luton airport fire where 1500 vehicles (some electric) have been written off. In addition the multi-storey car park has been left structurally damaged because the intensity of the fire melted the steel framework, causing some of the floors to collapse.

These are NOT normal events zany. Cars do catch alight sometimes but even in car parks the fire is usually localised. The problem with these li-ion fires is that they burn at 5000C which melts steel (and most other things). I read in the Telegraph recently that car repair firms are advised to separate BEVs in their car park by a minimum of 5 metres from other cars.

You say you can charge your BEV at home but you would have to be mad to charge a BEV anywhere near your house. I've got an e-bike and I always leave it in a shed some way away from the house - and I charge it using a VERY long extension cable.  

Well I have them and my house is lovely and warm. I agree on heating water, but you just need to think differently if you find that possible. I have an electric boiler for that. The two still cost the same as my old boiler did. 
I notice you never mention stopping Co2 emissions, I guess you're to old to care about the future.