So, EVs always needed a backup, i.e. an ICE vehicle.
Even around town trips are nonviable when you aren’t planning well ahead.
I agree, to a point.
If you're going to the local grocery store for an hour and then driving back home, you still need to make sure you haven't depleted the charge the day before or that you didn't forget to plug the car in the night before. Best case is that the store has a row of charging stations for shoppers to top off their cars for the drive home.
If you're going out to dinner at a favorite restaurant on the other side of town with a round trip of 50 miles or more, then it becomes a little bit riskier if it's a hilly drive or cold outside and you didn't charge the car beforehand.
-PJ