After watching the episode, It seems like the point they were making in Top Gear was that: A) It's not particularly hard to get stranded in one of these things

After watching the episode, It seems like the point they were making in Top Gear was that: A) It's not particularly hard to get stranded in one of these things. B) When you do get stranded, it's non-trivial to get them recharged. I think those are both fair points. A lot of people seem to be pointing out that "well if you plan ahead this won't happen", but how many times have you had to use your car to get to something you didn't plan ahead for? Maybe there's an emergency, or maybe I'm late, or maybe I just forgot to charge the thing overnight. Electric cars are cool, but for most people I can only imagine them supplementing a gas car, not replacing it.