Agreed, but it does still create problems for things like intercity driving -- it'd suck to have to stop for an hour to charge every 200 miles.
Gasoline really is wonderful that way: very high energy density, transportable and storable enough that stockpiles of it are available everywhere (you can even bring a bunch of jerry cans if you're going off-road), only a couple of minutes to give your vehicle a 100% recharge.
Don't even try to do the math for what truck stop would look like if you converted tractor-trailers to all-electric. You just about need an on-site nuclear reactor for the kind of throughput you see at a mega-stop on a busy interstate.
Personally, I'm becoming pretty dubious about electric for such reasons and that battery tech is still so crappy.
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