Aaron, the OEMs will be
Aaron, the OEMs will be making cars that serve your purpose eventually, but for now, the commuter EV is what they are making since it's the easiest one to build. It's the fault of the media, and certain individuals who constantly harp that this car or that one will not do what I want it to do. Over 58% of Americans households have two or more cars. Certainly one of them can be a BEV with a 100 mile range. The other one can be a PHEV. The PHEV could easily be an SUV or truck.
We are a wasteful nation and our energy policy is largely responsible. That, and an uncaring populace. We need more people to become better drivers. It has nothing to do with being a single guy driving 20 miles to work. Anyone can hypermile, and all who do will realize significant gains in efficiency.
There are consequences to using filthy energy like oil and coal. These involve using our military to secure access to the world's oil with hundreds of billions of dollars and dead soldiers being the result. Our environment is heavily polluted and our economy is wrecked.
If you, or any other American chooses to drive an inefficient vehicle, and to drive it without regard to efficiency, then you are responsible for more of those negative consequences than you should be. That is your choice. That does not make you a good person, quite the contrary.