To be fair Moggs, there are plenty of people that run out of...

To be fair Moggs, there are plenty of people that run out of petrol every day. Says more about the person than the car's propulsion system I think.
Ironically, if those people owned an ev that automatically charged their car every night, they might never be caught out.

Anyway, the question of range issues in Australia is somewhat demonstrated here in this video.