Some people (including myself) only need cars for long-distance trips where air or train travel is not feasible, and for most people, even if their car is mainly a grocery-getter, psychologically, they want to know they can drive across the country with it.

Most people do not want to have to own two cars.

If you rarely need to take long distance trips you can rent a car that does it.

There are a wide variety of cars to suit various needs. There's a large place for a lightweight 30mi EV. Especially for people who don't want to pay the huge premium for a 7x times more expensive battery.

We road trip with our Tesla ~5 times a year and I never want to own an ICE car again.

Citroen Ami would be great for you. There are now cars built for this type of thing.

>Why do people need 200 mile range for an EV? For example, my daily mileage averages about 5 miles.

The average one-way commute for someone in the United States is ~28 miles. Most people would love your commute.

> Why do people need 200 mile range for an EV?

> I'd still have a second gas car for the trips.

I feel like you answered your own question here. Having two cars is pretty expensive, if nothing else you have to pay for insurance for both.

Driving around yesterday, I noticed that most houses have a 2 car garage. The ones with a 1 car garage always have one or two cars parked in the driveway. I see one car garage homes obviously renovated to make them two car, or a carport added on for the extra car.

This was a lower middle class area.