> But I always wonder how many people have sat down and analyzed how often they actually drive XYZ miles in one go. You actually landed on precisely the qualit

> But I always wonder how many people have sat down and analyzed how often they actually drive XYZ miles in one go. You actually landed on precisely the qualitative difference: with gas cars, nobody has to sit down and analyze it due to the state of existing gas infrastructure, but with EVs they are faced with that analysis. It's a layer of complexity on top of what is already a process that people don't enjoy (buying a car). > For instance with myself I know that I would need to rent a car once every year or two given current battery ranges. I know you have an implicit YMMV there, but it's worth stating explicitly. I live in a place that's sufficiently rural and lower-income that people choose to make a 1000-mile round trip instead of flying; and when people routinely make such long road trips, they much prefer to do so in their own car that they've personalized to make it comfortable, instead of being at the mercy of whatever the rental car company has.