I've driven an EV exclusively for 5 years and it's just not something I would want to suggest to my parents or in-laws and then deal with them calling me when t

I've driven an EV exclusively for 5 years and it's just not something I would want to suggest to my parents or in-laws and then deal with them calling me when they are stranded. Even in densely populated areas of the US, if you are on CCS, you could find yourself at a dead station with 5-10% battery remaining and the next station not in reach. Tesla this is less of an issue, outside of rural areas. Road tripping in EV I frequently find myself having to plan my stops around which rest stop shave chargers rather than what my stomach/bladder tell me. This is not the same in an ICE vehicle where you can just drive and fuel up whenever you need food/bathroom (and the highway range is higher). Also dont' forget the answer to "what's the range" is "well it depends" with an EV even more so than an ICE. Well the Tesla says it goes 350mi, but that's best case lab scenario you can't replicate so take off 5%. Oh and only charge to 80% on the go, and leave a 10% buffer at the bottom.. and your highway range going 75% is 10% worse.. so you are looking at 192mi between charges on a road trip. Discount more for cold & wet weather especially if wind is against you. That's about half the highway range of a typical ICE. It's not the end of the world, but it's a non-zero incremental cognitive load. And it's not just US. I nearly got stranded driving an EV in Europe on holiday and spent an hour on the phone with Ionity stuck at a non-operational station while they rebooted stalls and manually activated a session for me.