This may exclude emergency or otherwise unplanned situations, though. If you suddenly find yourself in a situation where you need to get somewhere distant, fast

This may exclude emergency or otherwise unplanned situations, though. If you suddenly find yourself in a situation where you need to get somewhere distant, fast - you may not always be able to achieve this using a lower-range (~100mi) EV. Maybe I'm wrong, though. It's just that... coming from public transit-only life (I've only started driving very recently), what I really value about cars is that when you need you can just sit down and drive whenever and wherever you need.