It really comes down to what is the likely worse case usage scenario for the car or how bad is the inconvenience going to be. There are hidden variables with these cars. In the midwest, the weather variable can be huge in the winter time. I wouldn’t buy an EV for a primary car for that reason alone. On a harsh winter day, that 200 mile EV becomes a ~100 mile EV.
Right, which is 50 miles round-trip or a recharging stop along the way.
The bias here is that California doesn't have harsh winters, except near the Oregon border or the high Sierras. The policy-makers live in Sacramento, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, where the weather is more temperate.
The problem is that people who live in Redding or the Auburn-Tahoe-Truckee corridor won't survive on EVs alone after California bans gasoline cars.
-PJ