Ioniq 5 Ultimate 73kWh RWD

So don't tamper with the electrics to get a 12v socket in the boot you will never use.

Sounds brill, EIII. Your point about the 150 mile coffee/pee stop plus quick charge is the correct one to make about long journeys. We should stop trying to make EVs work like ICEs and have that full-to-empty-to-full mindest. Make use of natural breaks to obtain as much charge as you can whilst stopped, rinse and repeat. Range worries disappear. Well, they do in mature EVs like yours, different matter in my old, early adopter one.

Yes I have thought about it, but the cost would be roughly equivalent to upgrading to a newer Leaf with the bigger battery anyway, so not really worth doing to be left with a car which is ageing in all the other traditional ways also. But in reality I'm not much bothered about the limited range, we are always going to run 2 cars so for now a local one and an occasional long range one with a petrol engine is fine. I would need to have to spend so, so much more money to get a significantly longer range EV that it wouldn't be worth it.

Then in a world of pre-2022 EVs, which you're never going to have to live in, you would have adjusted your plans accordingly to accomodate. But as I said, mature ones like EIII's will do that easily.

A curious thing has happened. My trip to Alloa has done something strange to the algorithm for working out range. Having done about 480 miles in one day at highish speeds such that the energy use rose to 3 miles/kWh from the more usual 3.7-4.0, the car has been displaying a range after a full charge of only between 215 - 225 miles. Even though my regular driving is still in the 3.7-4.0 range and after say 100 miles, the aggregate of miles driven since the last charge and the miles remaining has crept up to 245/250, the calculated range after a full charge remains low.

I wonder how long it will be before it spots it own error and corrects itself. Perhaps the 480 miles was such a large proportion of the vehicle's life to date, it will take a while to 'reset'?