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I find it absolutely mad that the conversation has shifted to the point where it's expected that people will be able to effectively own the bit of public street outside their home to use as a personal fuel station www.theguardian.com/environment/...

OK, but then how are people without their own private parking to be encouraged to switch to EVs? There does need to be a practical solution to this.

Follow China’s lead - fully exchangeable batteries. Drive into a service station, park above a trapdoor, machine detaches spent battery and inserts fresh one, bills you for KwH added. Takes less time than filling with petrol. And you don’t need to own the battery.

“Encouraging smaller cars with smaller batteries would mean faster charging at fast chargers away from home.” Er… no it wouldn’t. It would mean _more_ charging stops - the opposite of what you want. What _would_ help would be cheaper charging at local car parks.

How often are people actually using the full range in their big EV? And a heavier bigger EV will need more kWh to do the same range as a smaller lighter EV...

I don’t think you really grasp this subject.