From the article: “About a decade ago, Tesla rigged the dashboard readouts in its electric cars to provide “rosy” projections of how far owners can drive before needing to recharge, a source told Reuters. The automaker last year became so inundated with driving-range complaints that it created a special team to cancel owners’ service appointments.”
If trains were less expensive or more efficient, they wouldn’t have died as they did in the US. They’re still more go-to here, but are getting far too expensive and less reliable (I live in the Netherlands). Their competition seems to be more the airplane than the car, and prices reflect that. I’m spending less by traveling by EV, paying for parking outside the city and taking light rail/trams into the city center - even though the train station is literally a 5-7 minute walk from my home or to my office. It’s like 30% more expensive, and that matters.
In Europe, it seems the folks who run the Train networks think we can’t live without them and have no other choices. Good luck with that.