An electric car is ideal for local driving. That's what we use our Tesla Model 3 for. If you can install a 240V 40A-50A outlet or charging connector near where you park the car at home, you'll never have to think about range. It starts out full (actually 80%-90%) every day. How many miles will you drive in one day? That's the key consideration in this case. No trips to the gas station was one of my priorities. Even 120V 15A can get you about 5 miles of range per hour, so you might be able to get by just with that.
Electric cars don't need to be warmed up, so short trips are not especially hard on the car. They are highly efficient in the city, with regenerative braking. Other than plugging in at home I don't think you'd notice any change to your normal driving. Except it can be a lot of fun with quick, smooth, and quiet acceleration.
As far as long distance travel, that's what our Tesla Model X is used for. It's a lot of fun traveling in an electric car. We drive for about 2 hours, charge for about 30 minutes, and repeat as necessary until we get where we're going. The more frequent, slightly longer stops for charging allow you to walk around for a bit, which goes a long way towards making the trip tolerable and even relaxing. A couple of those stops will include lunch or dinner, so no charging penalty for them. You may need a little flexibility to use the restaurants, hotels, or sightseeing that is a short walk from the charger. We've tried some places we never would have normally, with good results. This suits many Tesla owners, though some others just can't take the charging stops. If you want to drive 12 hours with no stops this may not be your road trip car.
Tesla has their Supercharger fast charging network along the most traveled highways and in many cities. You can charge anywhere you can find an outlet, but using the Superchargers is fastest. We use an online route planner to find our optimum route using Superchargers, so we know how the trip will go before we start. Our X has an EPA range of 292 miles with a full charge. That's good for over 200 miles of high-speed travel. "Filling the tank" gets slower at charge levels above 80%, so fast traveling means you charge only enough to reach the next Supercharger plus a 10%-20% safety margin. The car estimates your safety margin as you are driving, so if unexpected rain or a headwind pop up you can slow down to a more efficient speed to ensure reaching your destination. Generally traffic jams will lead to additional safety margin due to driving slower. And A/C is only a small hit, though driving at below freezing temps can significantly lower your range. With a little planning we've never had a problem with range.
We use Tesla's Autopilot to do all the highway driving. While you still have hands on the wheel, not having to make little steering adjustments car separation adjustments leaves me more time to watch down the road and check out the scenery. It's what allows me to make long road trips, like four days of 11 hours of (shared) driving. And I look forward to it!
Other than Tesla, I don't know of any other battery electric cars that are ready to make long road trips. Either charging will be too slow or their fast chargers are not convenient for travel. Hopefully this is improving. But if road trips are not a concern almost any electric car that matches your daily use with about 50% to 80% of its range should work nicely.
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