Article is spot on. After a few weeks we broke quarenteen and flew to stay with the grandparents. We are lucky the grandparents are youngish and able to help.
If the maintenance costs are low enough. Replacing battery packs is not going to be cheap. It costs about $3000 USD to replace the battery pack in a Prius (I assume all electric cars will cost more). Generally the pack has to be replaced between 5 and 10 years depending on use.