I've owned and driven ICE vehicles since the late 90s. I've owned cars in the country and the city, in 3 states of one country and in a second country. I've driven cars significant distances in two further countries.
The trip you describe where you're going out of your way specially to get fuel and then return, is an exceedingly rare occurrence IME. It's generally just something I (or my wife) will do on the way as the tank gets to somewhere below half or a third full.
Obviously if we're on a long distance trip we'll be more specific about it, but the expectation you have about making a special trip just to get fuel in a car is, as you put it "mind boggling".
Maybe that would be the case with a fuel cell due to lower energy density, I don't know.
It's certainly not the case with an efficient ICE car. My Mazda gets up to 1,200 km from a tank of diesel. The VW I had ~15 years ago got about 950km from a tank of unleaded.
Don't get me wrong, I understand that recharging a battery vehicle at home is convenient for day to day short journeys due to it's convenience via passiveness - but but a stop to get fuel is hardly comparable to the sort of delays you have with charging battery vehicles in the same scenario.
I've owned and driven ICE vehicles since the late 90s. I've owned cars in the country and the city, in 3 states of one country and in a second country. I've driven cars significant distances in two further countries.
The trip you describe where you're going out of your way specially to get fuel and then return, is an exceedingly rare occurrence IME. It's generally just something I (or my wife) will do on the way as the tank gets to somewhere below half or a third full.
Obviously if we're on a long distance trip we'll be more specific about it, but the expectation you have about making a special trip just to get fuel in a car is, as you put it "mind boggling".