[ReignOfError]

I have a few ratty old vehicles at my home, and ANY of them can go over 1200 miles in a day and they all have over 100k miles on them.

That, in a nutshell, is the problem with rechargeable electric cars. Range. Internal combustion cars can basically run until the wheels fall off -- a four-seat car with four drivers in shifts, you can drive 24/7 indefinitely.

1200 miles in a day is a bit of a stretch -- that's a 50mph average for 24 straight hours, factoring in all stops. Sounds like a reality show. But 800-900 miles per day is not unreasonable.

Electric cars are in-town cars. Period. You wouldn't want to take one on vacation. They're not set up for a road trip. Unless there is a way you could pull off the highway and swap a fading battery pack for a fresh one, like you can a propane tank.

[chimera]

I agree that range (and price) is the Achilles' Heel for these things. I can "recharge" my gasoline burner at the pump in five minutes. Better than hanging around for 3 1/2 hours recharging the Tesla (assuming you can find a charging station). Not the kind of thing you want to do on an extended road trip. At this point, it looks like an indulgence "niche" vehicle, a toy for the wealthy.

Then again, a lot of things started out that way. Until someone like Ford came along and put the automobile within reach of the average consumer, those were novelties as well. Infrastructure development (gas stations) followed the consumer demand based on expanded use of automobiles by private citizens.

[Elsie]

1200 miles in a day is a bit of a stretch -- that's a 50mph average for 24 straight hours, factoring in all stops.

I said THEY could; not me! ;^)

(Although, 40 some years ago, before Interstates: 4 guys, going on leave, from Denver to Pennsylvania straight thru...)