shk292:

 

If you're only driving 10km a day, that's less than $500 per year on petrol in an average car.  Really hard to see how the cost of an EV is going to stack up.  I can't make the numbers work and I do about 20Mm per year.  Better off just driving a moderately economical car and if you want to do some environmental good, donate some money to a tree planting fund or insulate someone's house with it

 

Oh pfffff....you're right! 

This whole thread just goes to show that you shouldn't post on geekzone if you don't want to hear the truth.
All I was looking for is someone to say: "Great idea, go buy an EV, here's One Simple Trick to make the council install a free power plug across the road from your house."

Instead I got all these sensible comments. Meh.

Thanks everyone for weighing in. Turns out that there will be charging-points installed at work in the future, so it does seem more realistic now.