TBH I think that is the only way EVs are ever going to be viable. Unless someone comes up with a way to charge the battery as quickly as filling a petrol tank.
Also, it doesn't sound all that cheap. £6 for 40 miles is about what it costs me in petrol for my hot hatch, maybe more actually O_o
charging times will drop and capacity will increase over time.
CCS chrging standaard which is backed by most of the auto manufactures is 350kw which is about 190miles in 20mins, tesla will be announcing there new superchargers v3 sometime this year which they say will massively beat the ccs standard.
although no cars in production can charge at this rate yet.
its only £6 a charge when you need to charge on the road, at your house and destination chargers are super cheap.
the industry think that for mainstream you need around 200 miles range, which equates to about 60kwh battery pack.
As said for a fair portion of people a leaf already makes sense, if you don't do long distances its not an issue, and the chevy bolt and model 3 are the first of what what is considered real 200mile affordable electric cars.
