Craiglxviii
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Most don't drive 500miles a day. But their cars are capable of doing so (some may require a fuel stop but that takes a few minutes to do)
In most elec cars, even with recharge stops it wouldn't be possible without taking considerable time in charging.
I know; the point is that if you look at let's say "typical" usage for A-B segment cars (which is where the current generation of volume EVs are targeted) there is only a small proportion of drivers doing anything more than >50 mile commuting, shopping trips or around-town driving in any one typical day. So for where the cars are aimed at, market-segment and customer-stratum type, cars like the Leaf meet peoples' expectations quite neatly. That is, they're aimed at people who don't need to drive for over 80-100 miles in a go which is a surprisingly large proportion of the driving pool in a typical western European or several Asian countries- Japan, ROK, PRC all either have or are investing heavily in EVs due to their very densely-populated cities and different expectations of vehicle aesthetics/ performance.
Where they don't work is getting into the C-E segment area, motorway cruisers/ tourers etc. Family cars, longer distances, greater expectations of PQ, looks, performance and the like which is where some of the selection bias inherent in most everyone on this site- me included- comes in.