[dontlaugh]

I was actually looking for a car with 50-100 miles of electric range and petrol for more. The closest thing I found is the BMW i3, but even used it’s very expensive. And it’s so very ugly.

I ended up getting a cheap petrol car instead. I’d still prefer to take the train, but it costs several times more than the petrol.

[pmg101]

Opel Ampera was the answer a decade ago (series petrol hybrid with 50km EV range and 400km petrol range) but they didn't sell well and this architecture was all but abandoned.

[dontlaugh]

Also expensive and far too big, specially for entering a city.

[AstralStorm]

Your country train system is broken, 500 km train ticket here costs 1/3 of the petrol required to travel there standard class, and is still cheaper first class... (Which is typically more comfortable than airplane or car.)

Even using LNG as fuel they're behind.

The only place I see gas cars still winning is short range with hybrids.

[dontlaugh]

Sure, it’s only gotten worse since it was privatised.

My commute is £40 by train and £15 for petrol. With two people in the car, it’s even worse.