John Williamson wrote:
My brother owns an electric car. When it was new, it did about 100 miles
per charge, so it was useful for trips to his kids' sports fixtures in
the same county as well as going shopping in the nearest town a few
miles away. After less than 5 years, he has to get his Ford Focus out if
it's more than a 60 mile round trip. Also, when his electric car was
new, he could just plug in to one of the (then rare) charging points and
top it up for free while he was shopping. Now, he is not guaranteed a
charge when he's away from home as the points are all being hogged by
plug in hybrids, and he has to pay to top up due to changes in the
systems. Progress...

What model of car is it? All are not created equal. The battery lifetimes
seem much worse on those without a battery temperature management system (eg
Nissan Leaf), against those with liquid cooling.

Theo