Then you are truly a margin case and need to stop shoveling your irrelevant opinion into a greater conversation.
These people that come along and go "EV's are no good cos I live 50 + miles from the nearest shop and I'm not willing to pause and let my vehicle charge for 20 mins when I am there." They are taking the piss out of everyone by butting into conversation and making their demands.
You shouldn't replace a different type of battery with another. The vehicle will be set up with a different charging profile and you'd need to change that as well.
You're right, if they'd have admitted it was because she was li/fo then she could have claimed employment benefits which they have to pay towards I believe. They were criticising her performance to avoid that.
This is more relevant than most people realise. There is seemingly an increase in religion the older you get. As you said, fear of death and the comfort of something still to come.
What I see are cables is coming out of a lamppost.
I'm all for electric cars but I can't see a reasonably safe solution to all the cars on the street being connected.
You've clearly thought about this. I didn't need that visual in my head, but here we are.