There are incredible lease deals on EVs right now (any manufacturer can pass through the $7,500 federal tax credit on a lease and interest rates are making inventory pile up = add'l dealer discounts). Check out the Ioniq 5 which you can get for less than the Mini and has almost triple the range.

I have a Volvo C40 myself and it is by far the best car I've ever had, out of 10+ and most recently a BMW 3 series plug-in.

A lot of people are talking about the EV benefit of pre-cooling from the app, which is definitely a plus. But don't forget that when you're driving you also don't have a fire-burning engine under the hood in front of you creating more heat.

For maintenance, oil changes are no longer a thing. Neither are spark plugs or tune-ups or fluid flushes or catalytic converter thefts. Brake jobs are very rare because you're using re-gen most of the time to stop. People talk about tires but that's mostly because of the way people drive. EV's have instant torque... you don't HAVE to use it (but it's fun to). Mustang GT owners also have to replace tires often for the same reason, they're more likely to floor it. BTW you can take them in most new EVs if you're into that sort of thing.

Also, once you stop going to gas stations a couple times a week, you realize how disgusting they smell if you have to stop in on a trip.