I drove an electric car over 3,000 miles in three months. It tested my sanity
Story by Andrew English • 2d
“Biscuits?” I shook my head, refusing Mrs English’s kind offer of comestibles to munch on while recharging the battery-powered Ford outside.
I was starting as I mean to go on. Since I don’t have a home charger, a three-month experiment to discover how a high-mileage driver copes with running an electric car (or not) would surely be accompanied by plenty of snacking opportunities as the volts flowed into the battery.
I was determined that three months of not buying petrol or diesel was not going to be accompanied by sucking at the teat of the international coffee ’n’ cake industry, despite myriad opportunity afforded. A trusty vacuum flask, perhaps an apple? A library book? I feared the experience was going to be expensive and time-consuming enough without gaining even more middle-aged pounds.
It’s the PR-inspired received wisdom of the new electric world that what we most want while we wait to plug in our car is sugary, fatty, ultra-processed fast food, which one leading EV charging provider has the brass neck to call a “premium” experience.
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