@shallow-blue said
I disagree that labeling it "range anxiety" is honest, on either account.
Range anxiety is a catch all phrase that you do a very good job of explaining in your post. Much like mobile phones, most people get into the habit of charging overnight because we know how inconvenient it is to run out of charge in the middle of the day.
As to EV'S most of them have a range between 300 to 500 km. My internal combustion bag of bolts tells me when I fill up, that I have a range of around 400km. That lasts me a whole week for my driving needs, month after month. The times that I go on longer journeys, I would usually stop and refuel and get some food, stretch my legs, go to the toilet which would take as much time as pulling up at a super charge station and plugging in. The only difference would be I would fill my petrol car in 5 minutes and then take another 25 to eat, stretch and crap, while with an EV my eating stretching and ablutions would take place while my vehicle was being supercharged.
Is range anxiety a true "anxiety". No, but when you analyse the "justified" concerns of those who are emotionally wed to fossil fuel transportation, most can be shown to be slightly irrational within a real world context.