The unexpected part of EV ownership, that I did not expect, is doing drives I would not have done before. I've been building out my suspended oo gauge railway in the shed, I've see say a locomotive for £20 but it's say 40 miles away and they won't post it. (most people don't appear to want to post OO stuff)
I can do the drive there and back (80 miles) and I'm happy to do it, have an audio book going in the car and the cost to me would cost me 60 pence. 
Similar with cycling with the kids, we drove to a old railway which was a perfect cycle route for them. Probably 150 mile return trip on the day on a recent one we did, again the cost, because I can charge at home was around £1.20-£1.50.
London was another one, instead of paying £150+ on train tickets for the family to go in, I drove in and it cost about £1. 
For me this offsets any very rare (for me) long 300+ mile journey.
I fail to see how this is different from a traditional ICE car. Mine has a wireless if I want to listen to podcasts, music, whatever. Granted, I'm not going to pile a load of bikes on the back of mine, but I could do if I wanted to.
Mine will cost more on the journey, but the reality on TCO isn't so outstanding.
Because in an ICE powered car, the same run would have cost more than the loco I was buying in fuel. Because it's so cheap to run, you end up doing drives I would not have done because of cost.
Ah, yes, I'm clearly not as tight as you
If a journey needs doing, I do it. And preferably in a car. Even if it's into Londonium, as using a non EU6 compliant car is cheaper to take into the centre of London, including the Khunts taxes and parking, than using Chiltern. And faster. And I don't have to sit with the great unwashed, listening to their bongo shite on seats that should have been ripped out 30yrs ago.
Yeah, the XJ is an old mans car. A certain type of dirty old man. Like Opti
. The XE was clearly designed for the younger appeal, and is a very engaging drive
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