Every other month (and sometimes every month), i do a five-hour one way drive. Occasionally, i drive 11+ hours one way. Several times in my life, Ive driven from one side of the US to the other (pacific coast to east side of the Midwest -- took three days of 12+ hour driving). I want to be able to do those things in my own car at the drop of a hat, and I dont want to add hours upon hours of sitting at a charging station onto these already long trips. My state capitol is about 4.5 hours away by car -- about 300 miles. Seems like that would be a close shave in the average EV. Here's the problem with EV proponents: "the problem isnt the mediocre EV tech -- the problem is Fudgy's requirements and expectations for a vehicle." And that's almost enough to make a fella be anti-EV for the sake of being anti-EV. Im not there yet, but im close.