Also, there are many people who take long road trips far more frequently and for whom range is a genuine issue (between my vehicles, I clock about 30k miles a year--mostly pleasure as I live only a mile from my job.) I don't begrudge those who can make an EV work for them, but it won't for me.
Yes, that is true. People will need different ways of commuting based on what their needs are.
> The problem I have with this argument is that is doesn't eliminate the problem, but merely removes it a step.
Also true, but what is the problem? Again, you need different ways of commuting based on what your needs are.
No one suggests taking cars everywhere. Some people like road trips, but many people fly when the distance is too far and their time too short.
Likewise people in New York take the subway, elsewhere people ride their bikes. No one suggests the fatal flaw with those is that you can't take them to the next state over. You just rent a car or take a bus, or do whatever, or, if you really need it, you pay a decent sum of money (in New York, at least) to keep a car in a parking space for when it is needed.
We're already in a no single size fits all situation, so it's not clear what the problem with that continuing is.
After depreciation and gas, might be cheaper to rent a car for them too.
I've had my car in Austin for a year and a half now and never once been concerned about power, never once been to a charging station (and never been to a gas station). I would suggest that most people aren't regularly taking giant road trips.
The touch screen is not even that awesome (no tactile response), it's less than 1/100th of what makes the car great to own / drive.