Part of me drools with child-like giddiness at the prospect of owning one, but part of me hesitates at the thought of taking roadtrips in one.
Point is, it's not a compromise, it's replacing one set of compromises with another. Yes, you are limited to driving for 4-5 hours before taking a 30-45 minute break (assuming your route has fast chargers) but that's fairly consistent with the needs of humans anyway. (Muscles, stomachs, bladders etc.)
[Not an EV owner.]
We just got an EV, and my gf loves this aspect.
She was terrible at remembering to fill gas before coming home, so would very often find herself in a situation where she had to fill up before getting on her way. Quite often this coincided with when she was already running a bit late in the morning, causing a lot of additional stress.
With the EV, plugging it in is a quick and natural part of parking in the garage and so the car is always ready to go in the morning.
Unfortunately I just can't justify the cost of changing car at the moment, but that day will come.
What if you and your spouse or roommate have two Tesla’s and a one car garage?
What if you have three? Who gets to charge? Can you charge all three in one night?
What if you and your spouse or roommate have two ICEs and a one car garage?
You probably won't buy the EVs without checking you have the charging capacity before hand.
Waking up with a full tank everyday is SWEET.
For road trips, you just have to plan for a bit extra time, but it's often how much you would stop anyways. For example, if you're on a 4 hour road trip, you'd prolly stop for 20 minutes at some point to stretch/get gas/grab a coffee. This is really all the time you'd need to juice up, especially when Supercharger's V3 start becoming common.
It is a bit of an extra consideration but I would say it's not really a deterrent.
It is kind of a pain in those places.
Charging at home is nice though.