I’m also not a Tesla stock holder, nor am I a Tesla owner, nor do I have any interest in owning a Tesla. I’m just someone who owns an EV and is quite happy with it, and feel like it’s world explaining what it’s like from first hand experience myself.
Obviously gas cars are better for road tripping, I never said otherwise. If you road trip every weekend then you’re going to be frustrated with an EV.
But I’ll reiterate that it is absolutely possible to road trip in an EV if you want or need to, and there is almost no reason why you should be sitting there charging it for 60 minutes assuming you are within range of other fast chargers further in your route.
If you spend most of your time driving around town and only road trip once every few months, the extra time you spend charging in the occasional road trip is generally not as big of a deal as people assume. Is it something that I personally like? Obviously it would be great if it were as fast as a gas car. But class cars have trade offs too. I haven’t had to make a separate trip to fuel my car since the last time I went on a road trip!
Overall EVs are not prime time ready for non city folk who want to just get in there car and go without thought vs. map out a route for charging stations and wait 15 to 60 minutes to fill based on how far the next one is and other logistics. GOing to take awhile for the infrastructure to match gas cars/stations, as well as the technology (fast charging).