I think the auto manufacturers have this whole thing wrong. Building sedans, SUVs and light trucks as EVs never made any sense to me. There are a whole bunch of practical reasons why this doesn't make sense, and the driving range/charging time dilemma is a big one.
An EV is ideal for an application where the vehicle never travels more than a few miles from home, doesn't spend a lot of time on congested roads, and parks frequently for long periods of time in places where a reliable source of electricity is available.
In other words, an EV is best suited to meet transportation needs that might otherwise be addressed using golf carts.
I believe there is tremendous potential in a whole new motorized transportation paradigm where small, local street networks are designed to accommodate bicycles and small EVs ... while national highways and regional road networks remain for larger vehicles.
One other thing I've said is that we have a cultural/sociological phenomenon that is a relatively new thing in the history of human civilization, and has probably done more harm to us than good -- and that's this idea that it is normal for people to get in a car and travel to a place of employment 20-50 (or more) miles away from home. If this regular demand on our highway system was reduced considerably as people and employers became smarter about how they do business, the whole paradigm of auto travel would change dramatically and EVs would become more feasible for local, short-distance applications.
Yeah, the government could make a law that you have to work where you live, problem solved.