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The faster you charge your battery, the shorter its life will be. Factor that into your charging decisions.

Once the range gets to about 600 miles (about the most anybody should drive a car in a day), electric cars will become feasible as people will be able to charge them while they sleep.

“about the most anybody SHOULD drive a car in a day”

As a freeborn American I don’t really go with that. Nobody will tell me how far or long I will drive my own car.

I want to drive 1,000 miles before stopping, my choice, freely taken.

charge them while they sleep

If people want to go Tesla that's fine...I'm a live and let live kinda guy. If consumer preference - not govt interference- leads to more EVs then so be it. I'm still peeved that reel-to-reel and cassettes are dead and happy about the return of vinyl but loathe streaming...but I will live.

BUT...one cultural/familial/human problem I foresee is

"honey, did you plug-in the car? I have a meeting in Utica tomorrow."

"No, but little D'Artagnan said he plugged it in. You should be fine..."

"WTF? honey D'Artagnan did NOT plug in the car! I can't get to Utica on a half charge!"

"Call an Uber.

"That'll cost $376 with the new EV surcharge!"

"Well you should have check for yourself and not relied on our son."

"But I asked YOU, not D'Artagnan."

"Stop whining...I called for an Uber on your iPhone. It should be here in 45 mins. By the way, your phone only has 17% of a charge."