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

If you want you can stop for 40 minutes every hour in an IC car - however, most people using ic cars choose not to spend half their holiday in a happy eater

The difficulty with towing BEVs is that they don't have a gearbox (no need because of the torque graph of the electric motor) so you can't put it into neutral. You either have to tow it with the drive wheels off the ground or use a low-loader. But there are some that can be towed normally - you need to check the manual.

The data on how much CO2 BEVs save (relative to a petrol car) is very complicated. In the case of similar VW Golfs (EV and petrol) there are various reports (one in Autocar) that says that the extra CO2 emitted during the battery manufacture takes means it starts with a notional CO2 emissions of a petrol Golf that has done 30k miles. So until you've done 30k miles in your Golf EV you've generated MORE CO2 than a petrol version - in fact even after you've done 30k miles you've STILL emitted more CO2 than the petrol version because BEVs are NOT emission free - except at the tail pipe. They're still emitting CO2 because renewables only make up a small amount of our total energy production (about 40%).

So the net effect of replacing ICE cars by BEVs will be to increase CO2 emissions. Whether they ever save that CO2 depends on how far these cars are driven and how long they last. In general BEVs are NOT used by people who do high mileages (for obvious reasons) - they're used for short journeys (shopping). There are also concerns that BEVs have to be written off because of "uneconomic repair" for even minor shunts because any damage to the battery means it needs replacing.

The jury is out on whether BEVs actually save ANY CO2 at all.

You seem to live in this alternate reality to everyone else.

As I have pointed out before - ICE cars can meet the needs of everyone. Whereas EV's can meet the needs of specific people, with specific lifestyles, in specific regions of the world. EV's cannot (and will not) replace ICE cars for most of the regions in the world.

I see that the chairman of Toyota has said that he thinks that BEVs will never exceed 30% of domestic cars. I agree. Toyota were very late to start making BEVs (a couple of years ago) because they were dubious about the technology - they were pushing HFC. Actually HFC has the potential IMO to replace ICE cars, We'll see.

Yes well the point is the EV's range is good enough for normal use and now you are complaining when you push it to the limit. It just is what it is. Like I say, put some extra batteries in the caravan if you want to do over 100m with a caravan and a small car. The blondes are just using it as another bitching point.

Major car manufacturer Ford has announced that it is rethinking its strategy when it comes to electric vehicles amid a huge investment into transitioning away from petrol and diesel.

Tell me why you don't think so.