I would argue that the problem with the EV market is it is too Americanised. Most countries older than 300 years don’t have vast swathes of empty space between settlements or half-hour drives from the suburbs. What we do have is narrow streets, denser towns and reliable mass transit. Well, apart from the UK.

Car makers keep trying to push the SUV luxury archetype when they need to be driving towards a Mini Cooper moment. We need smaller vehicles with a lower range and hot-swappable batteries that negate the need for home charging as we don’t have driveways. we don’t really need a luxury entertainment system when nobody really likes driving anyway; we just need a Bluetooth audio system we can hook our phone up to.