Lots of people consider only their commute
No they don't.
The frequency of 200+ mile trips is vastly overestimated by anti-EV people
The frequency is irrelevant. Again, if you want to go on a single trip, literally ever, in the entire time you ever own that vehicle, it needs to be able to make that trip, and it needs to be able to do it in a reasonable amount of time.
A half-dead 2011 Leaf would still cover my 40-mile round trip.
If you only ever drive back and forth to work, then I feel really really sorry for you, but you are an extreme minority in that sense.