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This is not about me or you, this is "usually".
That depends on what is meant by usually. You seem to think it means "most daily situations," but I think it means "most house installations." Yes, a usual day in a person's life does not require L2. But the usual person does require L2 if they want to use their car like most people prefer to use their car. Once a week I need L2 charging because of all the stuff I do that isn't commuting. That is 1 day in a 7 day week, so usually I don't need L2. But I would not be able to have an EV if I didn't have L2 unless I had a second car (which I don't have). I think most people fall into this category, so the usual person needs L2 even if they don't usually need L2.
That's the opposite of what I think.
No you don't. You go and do those things, then plug it in and charge it up over the next 6 days until it's fully charged again. If that is insufficient then you are not a typical usecase.
So when I get home from a 200 mile round trip to the desert on Sunday night, I have roughly 20 miles of range on the Bolt. If I can add 40 miles of range to my car overnight (10 hours of charging at 4mph), that gives me 60 miles of range to do a 20 mile round trip commute. But what if I want to go to the Dodgers game after work? Or if I need to run a bunch of errands after work that I skipped while in the desert? People want their car to be able to go places when they want to go places.
You are talking to me as if you think I didn't own multiple full EVs as my only car for over 6 years. I lived with a 90mile range Toyota Rav4 EV without DC fast charging and took it on road trips. I also lived with that car without L2 charging for a month. That month was miserable, and I would have never kept that car if I didn't upgrade to L2.
If you have a second car, then you don't need a 300 mile range EV and also don't need L2. If you have a very short commute and don't do anything after work or on the weekends, then you don't need L2.
If you are doing a 200 mile trip, being home for 10 hours, then going out and doing another hundred miles on a regular basis, you are an extreme usecase. If you do this 1 or 2x/year this could easily be covered by spending literally a few extra bucks and stopping at a (presumably existent) L3 station for a few minutes.
I do the same trips as the rest of you, only on a monthly basis with multiple bikes strapped to a hitch on the back, and in a 200-mile vehicle. I arrive home with very little range (<10%), but over the course of just a few days on L1 I will be back to 80%, without making any compromises about where I want/need to go.
"People" don't need to travel the same way you do.
No I am talking to you as if you don't understand the usecase of the vast majority of drivers, and you don't understand the point of the video in the OP. Which is fine, most people don't, that's why he made it.