Seems unreasonable to damn a whole technology because as of now it may be difficult to take a few adults, dog and luggage to Cornwall for a holiday.

Perhaps civilisation ends at the bottom of the M5 at Exeter. Expecting any sort of modern tech west of Plymouth is clearly naive. Just have to put up with ICE for a few more decades.

What would be good is for those Backroomers who own EVs say how they get on whilst on holiday in the UK, especially in some more remote / very rural areas (like Cornwall) where charging points are much more hard to come by, especially ultra fast chargers.

In all honesty, I take the petrol car! However, I have a mate who goes everywhere in his Kia Soul with no problems. He just stops for a coffee at the services every now and then, tops it up off a fast charger and sets off again when he's ready. Long journeys certainly take a bit longer, but everyone needs a break now and then, and there are very few EVs now available where the range is less than the two hours driving time after which you should be having a break anyway.

What you lose in time on long journeys, you certainly make back on day to day journeys - never having to stop for fuel on the way to work.

I have, in nearly two years, never used a charger other than the one stuck to the side of my house. Lucky me, but EVs can work brilliantly in the right circumstances.

Never said I don't like EVs, in principle they are brilliant but I don't think any of them at the moment....that I could afford....would be able to do the job I need it to do. Went from N Hants down to Looe on the 303 which was reasonably clear. spent ten days in a caravan there and did many trips out.

Despite being down the road (near Liskeard) I've never ventered to Looe (pun not intended!). Many of these picterwsque fishing villages are very nice, but are often tiny and you can walk around them in about an hour or so, and to me aren't really a 'day out' without careful planning of doing other things such as long walks or cycle rides.

Not so bad if there are a few (villages or walks/cycle rides) nearby and with reasonable parking (not cheap). As I discovered in St Ives, some 'walks' aren't exactly 'nice' and more like rock climbing!

The Lizard is a beautiful place but next day's trip to Land's End was a bit disappointing due to the high commercialisation there.

I too was warned off visiting Land's End. If I go back (I've holidayed in Cornwall well over 10 times now), I may visit the Lizard as I've never been there before. I'm always on the lookout for picturesque walks.

Milinak theatre down Penzance way is wonderful, you watch the play or show looking out over the sea but being open air bad weather would not be good. Cornwall has loads of narrow roads and we did a lot of 'after you Claude'.

I've always either been unlucky with teh weather or (as this year) nothing on worth seeing (in the dry weather times) at the Minack theatre. Always wanted to go though. I've also attended a gig at the Carnglaze caverns (near where I normally stay), which is very good, though they sadly don't put on so many gigs nowadays.

The narrow lanes can be a bit of a pain, especially when you have a new car!

Jamaica inn is worth a visit with a museum too featuring a man trap which would take your leg off...banned in 1827 but Kent was still allowing them. Every day featured a trip some where and the old Volvo took it all init's stride. Last four days were a bucket trip stay in the Headland hotel at Newquay. Car park had a Rolls Cullinan, a Bentley and a Tesla or two among the usual cars. Trip back was ok too and we used two tanks of diesel in two weeks with a bit left when we got back. Port Isaac is worth a visit...doc Martin site.

I would recommend the (entire) Camel trail - good for walks, cycling, horse riding and has intermediate towns anda few useful watering holes / eateries to break a journey and for the less able - its not steep either and the surface is good with no nasty main road crossings.

Also has the Bodmin & Wenford steam railway (they do have diesels and events sometimes) about half way along and nearby excellent Lanhydrock stately home and gardens/grounds (NT), which can be visited by car (decent amount of parking, though not free nowadays) , cycle or a 1.75 mile walk from a stop at Bodmin Parkway - both on on that heritage line and the main (very picturesque) line to Penzance.

We have been running a Ioniq electric for the last two years. It has been used for short breaks away and as with anything it just requires planning.

We have had to allow for charging time when planning our day as whatever way you spin it it’s several hours. Normally this has been achieved by going for breakfast and a stroll whilst it charges.

Is it as easy as a petrol / diesel car. No. Is it a lot cheaper for us - yes.

if Everywhere had fast charging stations it would become a doddle. How many years away that is I have no idea.

just As an aside I have never regretted going electric and would encourage it should it work for your individual circumstance. Having said that I’m not convinced it’s the future.

Wiltshire has been mentioned twice in this thread. I'd suggest it's a significantly more affluent area than the majority of Cornwall.

Your suggestion is a matter of fact. Thanks to the continuing uncivilised centripetal distribution of wealth Cornwall is one of of the poorest areas of northern Europe.

Not all cars can do all things. All cars have target market segment and specific lifestyles to suit.

Till now, no one is forcing us to buy EVs.

Personally range of EV doesn't concern me, it is the time to fill up which is frustrating for me.

An ICE car's tank can be filled up in 5 mins. But 45-60 mins wait for EV to charge feels eternity to me :-)

Tesla's V3 super charger is rated at up to 250kw. I know they are trialling opening up their network to the great unwashed but I don't know if a 250kw charger is much use to a Corsa e or MG5 - might go bang!

An 8 year old Tesla 3 might be approaching that amount with the battery warranty about to expire.

You'll be hard pressed to find a 8 year old Mk 1 Leaf for £8k.

That isn't fair though, you'd need about £10k now to buy what £8k did in 2016.

But if a more meaningful comparison is made, i.e, new Volvo estate vs new EV, things are a bit more interesting (assuming you believe EV's can be charged in Cornwall of course!).

There is no V70 any more, there is the V60 and V90. Going by boot volume, the V90, while still slightly smaller, is closest to the V70. According to this website, the cheapest one of them is going to set you back just over £42k. Just under £40k would get you into a new Skoda Enyaq iV with the bigger 82kWh battery. This has a greater volume of boot space than the V70 and apparently has a real world range of circa 250 miles, enough to go from Bude to Penzance, back to Bude, then back to Penzance with some change (surely sufficient?).