Is it just laziness that stops me from switching to an electric car? | Patrick Collinson

The practical reasons against electric are disappearing – and now councils are stepping in to help
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This feels like one of the “You’re the expert” questions that appear in Guardian Money every week. I have an old-ish petrol-fuelled car, sitting parked outside my terraced home, which I use only at weekends. And I have a brother-in-law who is evan