• Free charging (solar at home, government & work initiatives)
• Can use bus lanes
• Free parking in cities
• Lower maintenance (though depending on build quality that is still questionable in the long term for me)

What about mini pc or thin client + wifi card?

0 chances. I own a similar sized and kwh capacity car, and it’s impossible unless VW techs are magicians:)

Check lowendtalk.com for cheap VPS offerings. I’ve got one for 25$/year to play around. Just note that no heavy constant load on those cheap ones