In Canada, we face the very same challenges you mention with BEVs. The city people in large centres (you know, the ones that are very well served by taxpayer funded and heavily subsidized convenient and reliable public transit) love their BEVs since distance is not an issue and when they get to work, they plug it in on the corporate dime, who wouldn't like that free ride. When you live in the rural area, there's very limited infrastructure to charge up and the distances we drive are further. Don't see them being practical for many people at this point with limited range. But, be mindful of the current wave of tree huggers that think their way of doing things is the only way. While small in numbers, they sure have the government's ear. Just look at the car makers racing to proclaim a date not too far off when they will quit offering an ICE.
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