Hard to beat the recharge time of {fossil fuels energy density} x {pump flow rate}, if you're driving non-stop cross-country.
45 MJ/kg x 0.75 kg/L x 38 L/min = 1282.5 MJ/min = ~21,360 kWh charging
(If I did my sleepy math right)
Only 0.8% of trips are over 100 miles. For 99.2% of trips, a round trip is possible with an EV range of 200 miles.
(1) 28% of trips are under a mile
(2) 52% under three miles
(3) 64% under five miles
(4) 79% under ten miles
(5) 93% under 25 miles
(6) 98% under 50 miles
For the trips >100 miles, most of these are in cities (regional) that are close by (Eg: {Dallas, Houston, Austin}, {LA,bay are}, {NYC,NJ,Philly,DE,CT}). The use-case of driving non-stop cross-country is non-existent. Nearly nobody does that, it costs 5 - 10X in gas + hotels. Even people who move, they ship their car.
https://www.energy.gov/eere/vehicles/articles/fotw-1230-marc...
https://evstatistics.com/2021/12/99-2-of-us-daily-trips-are-...
(edit: added sources)
Also note that, by your own numbers, a plug-in hybrid like the Prius Prime can do somewhere around 95% of trips without using any fuel. You can get nearly all the efficiency of an EV without paying the EV premium or sacrificing practicality.
Is it the from-wall-power inverter that was overly complicated/expensive?
It seemed like the best of all worlds with 00s/10s technology.
No range worries, majority of trips could be electric-only, no need to cram huge, expensive battery capacity in, and no user behavior training past "Also, plug your car in at night."
If the world in 2000 had mandated "And also, all vehicles must include some form of PHEV capability", we could have had a much easier transition to electrification via addition of charging at existing gas stations.
I regularly do 6+ hour trips.
Maybe you're different. Cool! World's big enough for different people.