Firstly, I'm not sure you're right in your reckonings about what sort of consumers want what sort of range. And especially if you look at Europe or Japan where

Firstly, I'm not sure you're right in your reckonings about what sort of consumers want what sort of range. And especially if you look at Europe or Japan where things are less spread out than the US. If Tesla doesn't nail this [300 mile] range segment for higher end of the medium priced cars produced at scale in the next 2-3 years, some of the traditional car manufacturers may catch up. I'm not sure about that. No one else is coming close to making batteries as cheap as Tesla's. The Chevrolet Bolt has 200 mile range but each one Chevvy sells is an $8000 loss because they have made it artificially cheap. Unless the other car manufacturers get started with their own huge battery factories, they are going to stay years behind. Also: the Renault Zoe and Nissan Leaf are rated at 150 miles (EPA), not 200 miles as you suggest. Teslas and the Chevrolet Bolt are the only 200+ mile cars by the EPA standard. Making an affordable 200+ mile EV is very difficult. That's why Tesla are building the biggest factory in the world.