It’s really the only reason I haven’t bought one, as I regularly travel across Pennsylvania from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia and especially in the wintertime I understand the range is even less because of the cold.
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It’s not difficult to design, it’s just expensive to manufacture that many batteries. There are many models currently on the market that exceed that range, it’s a bit of a benchmark: [https://www.topspeed.com/cheapest-electric-vehicles-300-mile-range/](https://www.topspeed.com/cheapest-electric-vehicles-300-mile-range/)
Yes the real-world range is less in winter, but 300 miles is chosen for a reason – it’s sort of a point where most drives become pretty feasible. For example, if you were to do that drive today, with seasonally average weather, in the very popular Hyundai Ioniq 5 (one of the ones in that list chosen more or less at random), you would have to spend 15 minutes charging along the way ([https://abetterrouteplanner.com/?plan_uuid=5b620d6b-2f51-4b1f-834b-820c3bf7a614](https://abetterrouteplanner.com/?plan_uuid=5b620d6b-2f51-4b1f-834b-820c3bf7a614) ). That seems not a terrible handicap, and most people would think it’s a good idea to stop and stretch your legs a little bit on a drive that’s over 3 hours anyway.
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