Because people keep saying shit like that. Tesla's range increases are a giant experiment to find out at exactly what point opposition to electric collapses.
FTFY.
There's one of these in EVERY discussion of something Tesla releases :-)
A typical weekend for me involves driving ~150 miles to leave my car in the cold and wet in the middle of nowhere for 8 to 9 hours while I wander around some mountains. Only 2 superchargers in the country and their not between where I live and where I go.
Is this unusual - absolutely (mind you plenty people here do similar things) - but range is an important factor to me. However, the main one is cost - absolutely no way will I spend more than £25K on a car.
Often these claims are made while saying that it's a normal requirement and that everyone has the same requirement, thus nobody will buy it.
Cost is an important factor. I think a lot of people already would like to buy one, if they're way cheaper (also way cheaper than £25k). I've seen articles about new battery tech which focusses on cost quite a bit. So hopefully the cost of a new electric car will continue to go down.
There's also a "law" somewhere which states that with every significant doubling of industry the cost will go down. It has to do with gaining more experience, not the usual "economies of scale".
Edit: I don't care about performance - my current car as a 1l engine and it is fine.
Still, I'm not going to pay way more money for a car that makes my days in the hills even longer! The cost aspect is by far the main reason I haven't bought an EV.
"That thing can only two 14,000 lbs. No ones going to buy a truck that can only two that much, my F350 can tow 20,000 lbs, that's much more useful."
- cant be
- wont work
- will die
- about to die
- not as good as expected
- door handle has a flaw <= when you reached petty daily criticism, it means you're part of the world maker nowI used to drive from Florida to Pennsylvania fairly often, and in my model 3 it's a rough cadence of drive for 2.5 to 3 hours, stop at a supercharger for under 30 minutes, repeat until I'm there.
And that's with the vast majority of the trip at 75mph/120km/h.
It does get worse in the winter though, I need to stop more frequently like every 2 hours, and for more like 30 minutes per stop.
Of course infrastructure outside metropolitan limits is important, since without that you're screwed and can't be even be having a discussion about annoying half hour stops in interstate driving.
And this is why I facepalm every single time I see a car manufacturer trying to make a "Tesla competitor" by focusing on getting most of the range with none of the charging infrastructure. (Or they assume the infrastructure is someone else's problem, that can be solved with some press releases about business agreements.)
If my gas guzzler filled through a straw and took an hour to fill, I'd want 1000 km range on the gas car too.
I travel a lot and tend to stop every 250mi (400km) or so, if not sooner. It times well with meals and bathroom breaks so my stops are usually at least 30 min.
Electric takes more time to recharge but on long trips the extra charge time doesn't have as a significant impact as you'd think, assuming chargers are plentiful and charge at the maximum rate your vehicle can handle.