Its all subjective... I mean, how can you use a 'its rivals are more fun to drive' as a minus point?
Look what some of the reviews said about the Jazz, lazy journalism about body roll.
The eNY1 looks like all the other hulking SUV electric vehicles.. all the aesthetics of a breeze block.
Why do you buy an electric car?
For me, it would be as an around town, shopping, visiting and general local run about. I know where the charging points are, and I can safely charge at home. Secondly, I moved to a Jazz because my last marque thought everything should get bigger. I don't want a bloody big SUV, so if I went electric it would be the E for me.
The technology is advancing at an alarming rate too, so vehicles using the current technology might possibly end up as the Betamax of the automobile world.
The e:NY1 is the same size as the HR-V hardly a HULKING great SUV!
I'll tell you why I bought an EV. Because they are great fun to drive, I can cover 300 miles in comparative silence for £13 instead of £45 in my CR-V. The insurance is cheaper and there is no VED (at the moment) this all adds up to a saving of £900+ a year.
Not sure for how much longer EV's will be cheaper to insure. There are already many reports of significant insurance loadings for electric cars, due to potential repair costs should battery cells get damaged as well as the forthcoming requirements about isolation/storage following an accident, in case of fire, prior to repair.
As for cheap charging, in reality this is for the lucky few, when I had my EV, the low cost 4 hours or so of cheap charging made no sense as my peak rates were loaded. Based on my low mileage, its would have cost me £200-300 more a year on my total home electricity bill.
While I am on it, the do everything on a large touch pad, just like a Tesla is a joke, on any car in my opinion. We are not allowed by law to operate a mobile phone in a car, yet we can all tap away on a fixed screen in the car, which without question requires ones eyes to be taken away from looking at where one is going.
As for fun to drive, that's all down to personal opinion.