> For a significant segment of the US population, that thing wouldn't get them to work and back, so they'd have to charge it both at home and at work.

What does 'significant' mean here? I find it hard to imagine that a _large_ number of people have a round-trip of like 100km to work; that would be horrendous.

Really? that's a bit over 30 miles each way. It doesn't sound at all unusual to me.