Doing the math, even in the worst circumstances (very cold or very hot temperatures) with a 300 mile range battery that you max out at 80% charge and avoid going below 10% charge, I can get back the majority of my commute and even have enough charge to go into the city over 50 miles away on the weekend. I would only need to stop at a level 2 charger every other week or so. 2 weeks if I don’t need to go to the city. My work is nearby a level 2 charger and places in the city even have level 3 charging. And that is worst case scenario getting only 2 miles an hour off a standard wall outlet as opposed to the optimum 4 or 5 miles.
I feel far more confident about battery range. The 3-4 trips that are more than 250 miles round trip a year are fine if you plan the route and are okay stopping for half an hour. With kids and a dog a stop in a ICE vehicle could easily take that long anyway.
I commuted to Switzerland (1200 km) in a Tesla 4-5 times over the span of a year. The more frequent 40 minute stops for charging are honestly a quality of life improvement, because you don’t get tempted to muscle through. But the total travel time when you start driving 06:00 AM might still exceed 18 hours, if something unlucky happens on the highway, at which point I need to pull over and nap before having reached my final destination. If I were to travel with family, I’d have to split it across two days.
I've done a 3000 km trip with kids 4 times in a Tesla. On one trip the Tesla took 15 minutes longer than a gas car would have. Only once did we did we do a small charge with the kids sleeping where we had to wait for the charger. Every other time we spent longer bathrooming or eating or checking out the roadside attraction than we did charging.
I feel far more confident about battery range. The 3-4 trips that are more than 250 miles round trip a year are fine if you plan the route and are okay stopping for half an hour. With kids and a dog a stop in a ICE vehicle could easily take that long anyway.