People are willing to pay a premium to know for certain that something is available for them to use on a whim, even if they would never do so.
There’s something about the increased flexibility and redundancy afforded by long range capability.
I might need this kayak, so it'll take up space in my life as I move it from apartment to condo to home for the next 20 years. Storage units are full of these mistakes.
I think some EV manufacturers (Fiat?) tried to alleviate this by offering rental cars for a certain number of days per year to people who bought their cars.
(that said after driving an electric car renting a gas car seems sort of like copping out - silly strategy)
If you meant "they should rent high range bigger battery stack cars" I agree. The heinous cost of owning huge kWh battery for occasional use is silly. But fits MAKE ice cars so a cheap coverage for range is rental of an ice for the agency doing this model.
I thought like this in the beginning, and there's a fallacy in there.
Think not about huge kwh battery, think of (range of a battery in miles) * (battery cycles)
That gives you the projected car mileage.
First generation evs from other manufacturers with ~20kwh batteries will have to replace their battery in just a few years. They might cycle their battery once a day while a tesla might be once a week or more. Many many leafs got new batteries after their range decreased significantly 50% within 5 years.
this is actually closer to why I would want a car with a longer range. I realize I could just rent something if I need to drive a longer distance, but I like my car and it wouldn't be there when I arrived.