Regenerative Braking

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An EV would suit me fine, but it's unaffordable. I might give up driving when the Yaris wears out.

I agree, I don't have deep pockets so I am being realistic that my driving days will terminate at some point in the future, sad as I won't be able to see some of my family and friends who are well away from public transport and one in particular could have to move away into town if their car fails and no cheap IC car is available.
The rich and poor divide gap is definitely widening.

First time I have ever been accused of being rich   That would make my kids chuckle.

I have made the choice to continue working an extra couple of years (I am already past state retirement age) to help ensure my future.

It also meant when we were deciding to move or extend we stayed and extended as we are in the city with good public transport for when I do have to give up driving.

For less money I could have moved out of the city and had change but no decent public transport.

I use my car for work and as a result get paid for its use.

There are rules though, It cannot be diesel, cannot be more than 5 years old ( why I replaced the Mitzi now my wife's car) Must be ULEZ compliant other than that the lower the CO2 the higher the payment (up to a point). 
The cheapest solution would have been another plug in hybrid but now that Mitzi have pulled out of the market the nearest best option would be the Ford Kuga or the Hyundai Tucson which I did seriously look at. 

The delivery dates then pretty much decided my choice

I won't even be close to break even but it does mean the car is subsidised to a degree as long as I don't use public £0.72/KWH chargers too often.

For those interested in the public charger network I use Zap Map (to plan longer journeys) although the built in SATNAV shows all available chargers en-route.

Incidentally I did some checks on my Mitzi's range now that its 5 years old and just short of 80,000 miles and it seems to have retained around 85% of its original capacity on my most recent tests.

This seems to be inline with reports of 5 year old 80,000 mile Nissan Leaf's which use similar battery chemistry.

Cheers

Mike T