I do get the ping and the yellow light on my current car, yes.
I once ran it to about 15 miles left on the range, then the range just disappeared from the readout. most disconcerting. I made it to a petrol station, but in £5 worth – not much, true – and it didn’t even register. so I added another £5 worth at the next petrol station. still didn’t register, but £10 should (at the time) give about 80 extra miles. If I’d added the £10 worth in one go, it probably would’ve registered another 100 miles.
now I fill up as soon as possible after it pings, unless home is nearer. there’s a petrol station about 1 mile from my house in case of emergency
a little more scary was when the hire car ‘pinged’ on the way from our holiday rental deep in the foothills of the Pyrenees to Barcelona airport, 5am and an 8am flight to catch. Did make it to a station in Vic where I put in about a tenners worth), and did get to the airport in time. I’ll never do that again.