Living with an EV is not as bad as it sounds depending on your circumstances.
My experience with a UX300e (2022 model).
Just pottering around town to the shops and going locally I do about 100 miles a week, so charge once a week overnight at cheap rate.
In March we did go from Crewe to Stroud (120 miles) and made it in one jump. The low battery light came on just as we got to Stroud, and we had the aircon off for a bit on the motorway. I then charged up on one of the most expensive rapid chargers (£30) and two hours later was full. Cost about the same as petrol 25p per mile.
The problem I have is that you can’t do day trips further than about 60 miles without having to charge on the way back or whilst you are there. The places we want to go don’t have chargers at the destination, so it would mean stopping on the way back to charge up. Things you take for granted in a petrol car.
For example if I wanted to go to the RSPB reserve at Llandudno. They don’t have a charger there and I am nervous about getting there and back (140 miles) on one charge (Full range is 165 miles allegedly!). One option could be to park in the Llandudno Tesco and charge up, whilst we walk to the RSPB reserve. Zap map shows four chargers all of unknown status and two showing as available 1 or 2 weeks ago. So you are not sure if they are free and working, or alternatively I could go on the train and pay £3 in the station car park and £30 for a train ticket.
Would my next car be an EV? Probably not unless you could guarantee charging at your destination. At the moment I think the best option is the plug in Hybrid if you can keep hold of it.
Or could Lexus Reserve come to the rescue for planned trips?