It’s a controversial opinion but I really believe EV’s need 500 miles of range to truly compete with ICE vehicles.
Think: batteries not fully charging or depleting for longevity concerns. Having to stop at chargers before range is out due to there not being another one coming up, extra headwinds, extra heat or AC, simply ending up at a broken or crowded charger and needing it to a different one, pulling a load, etc, etc.
I think you're wrong. The vast majority of "trips" are well below current ranges afforded by today's technology. Most electric car users are plugging in when they get home and never have to charge elsewhere.
Furthermore battery technology is actually improving and the trajectory seems to indicate that there will be cars that will be able to hit the 1000km range within the next 5 years for those who would need it.
I’d like to be able to go 200 miles at 85mph, and do it between 80% and 20% of charge (so I can supercharge quickly and not worry about range at the bottom end) That would equate to a single stop on my typical family road trip. That’s 333miles at 85mph. My Model 3 can’t do that. Hoping the high end Cybertruck can get close.
Is there some huge percentage of people that road trip every week? I commute to/from work, run errands, go around town, and my car is back in my garage about 340 days a year. I drive over 250-300 miles in a day maybe 4 times a year. If I am plugging my car in every night or every other night, I'm only going to need to think about Fast Chargers a few times a year. Either people are treating EVs like ICE cars and "filling up" at a Fast Charger instead of just plugging their car in at the end of the day, or people are taking way more road trips than I realize.
Maybe it's more important to have more/faster EV charging stations. I'm not buying an EV until I can go to any regular gas station (or at least half of them) and charge it up in a similar timespan as an ICE. That should be doable.
Honestly, twice the time it takes to refuel an ICE would be perfectly acceptable. I'd just stretch my legs and use the bathroom while the car charges instead of gassing up the car and then wandering inside.
But I fully agree with you: "Twice the time it takes to refuel an ICE" would mean a roughly 10 minute charge time.
Think: batteries not fully charging or depleting for longevity concerns. Having to stop at chargers before range is out due to there not being another one coming up, extra headwinds, extra heat or AC, simply ending up at a broken or crowded charger and needing it to a different one, pulling a load, etc, etc.