Many drivers choose a car based on aspirational reasons that are detached from reality.
e.g. buying an SUV for adventurous road trips, a truck so they can carry lots of large items.
Which is why range anxiety is still a big deal.
5 might be a lot but I think a lot of families take at least 1/1.5 full day trip in the car. go to the beach, etc.
No, aspirational means that you aspire to do it, which is probably why most people buy most cars, at least in the US. One exception does not disprove that theory.
If you only need the range 4 times, let alone once, a year, why not rent a car for that rare and buy something more optimal for your daily needs? That's what we do, and our daily need is no car at all.
Most households do not do this. The average car goes like 13,000mi a year, you're doing more than that 4-5 times? You're 4-5x beyond the average.
EDIT: sorry, somehow saw an extra zero in there.