a change will do you good wrote:
This happens less than you think. Either rent a gasoline car, or wait until service station start offering fast electric, air, and/or hydrogen refueling.
Doesn't matter if it doesn't happen often. People will base their purchase decision on that possibility. And fast charging stations won't help the situation. Nobody wants to go on a trip where they have to stop every 75 miles for 30 minutes.
What if you forget to set your alarm clock? What if there is an accident on the road that makes you late to work? What of you forget to flush the toilet? Life is full of unknowns? Life wouldn't be interesting, otherwise.
You forget to plug your vehicle in the night before and you're screwed for the day. People don't want their vehicles to make their life "interesting." Not like that anyway.
Gasoline cars get less range with the AC on. They also get less range if you break a lot. This is nothing to worry about. All cars will experience similar problems.
The difference, of course, is that when you run out of range in your gasoline car sooner than you think, you stop at a station and in 5 minutes extend your range by 300 miles.
Do I want to spend my life worrying about how far I am from home?
There is a lot to worry about in life. Will I get a raise? Will I lose my job? Will my girlfriend marry me? The list is endless. Worrying about how far you are from home should be very low on your list. If it's high on your list then never travel further from home than you can walk, or run, back in a day. Forget air travel. What if you get stranded far from home?
Is the above what the Nissan dealer is going to say to a potential customer? Your philosophical arguments are nice, but they aren't going to convince people to buy the car.
When gasoline for personal is limited first, and later banned, you will buy something different. The writing is on the wall. Goods transportation will get first dibs on gasoline, not you.
None of which will happen soon enough to help the Leaf.