I'm probably going to get a EV later in the year, and replace my current petrol car. I know very little about them at the moment, but interested in the comment about the infrastructure being better for a Tesla - why is that, and what do you mean ?
I think Tesla's are ugly (no offence to those who own them), so not really considering them at the moment, but interested if they're more attractive because some of the other benefits and whether I should add them to my list.
Tesla created a Supercharger network which is only available to Teslas. If you've been to a service station you've probably seen a row of 10+ chargers with the Tesla branding. It means Teslas can use the Tesla network and all other chargers where all other cars can only use the others. Biggest benefit is location as they are usually at motorway service stations so you don't have to go off route to find them and they typically have 10+ at each location so chances of getting there to find the only charger busy or broken is reduced.
Scroll down on the below to the Rapid Chargers section. They have 15% of the rapid chargers in the UK but as above, it is better than that in reality because of the locations. I won't ever use the rapid charger at my local mcdonalds for example, nor will anyone on a long distance drive because it's nowhere near a motorway. There is talk that they are going to open up the supercharger network to everyone though so hopefully that happens sooner rather than later.
EV charging statistics 2024 - Zapmap
Tracking the growth in charging points across the UK
www.zap-map.com