I cannot figure out why would one want a second vehicle to be an ev
expensive and a hassle.
1) We drive ours 26K miles per year, 16K of those miles charged at home (very convenient and cheap to operate). To us, the EV is the main car. We use the ICE pickup only for pickup chores or if my wife and I have to split up for the day, or (this hasn't happened yet, but I'm sure the day is coming) if we decide to go on a road trip that'd be bad for taking the EV (i.e. a place that has few charging stations, or if we decide to take a road trip up north during the winter, or if I go on a road trip without my wife because I don't want to stop every 200 miles and walk around for 10-15 minutes like she does, which means charging an EV on trips is conducive when she's around).
2) I'm uncomfortable having all of our transportation eggs in one basket. If the Dims make gas hard to come by and too expensive (IMHO it's still too expensive), we have an EV. If the Dims make power hard to come by or too expensive, we can do most of our driving in the ICE pickup. $5/gallon gas 2 years ago was a wake-up call. Especially if you drive 26K miles per year.
3) I have tons of solar and I'm trying to be more energy self-reliant so that the Dims' stupid warmageddon energy policies have less impact on my budget as I trend from quasi-retirement to full retirement in a few years. It means a lot to me that less than 20% of our power we used in our home last year had to be pulled from the grid. That includes charging the EV. The simple fact is I can't drill and refine my own oil -- if I could both of our cars would be ICE. But since I can produce my own power, driving an EV utilizes that self-made power out onto the road. Of the 16K miles we charged at home, since 83% of my home's power was self-made, call it 13K of our EV miles last year were self-powered. If you don't appreciate Americans trying to be more self-reliant then you don't distrust government as much as I do.
“I cannot figure out why would one want a second vehicle to be an ev. expensive and a hassle.”
I suspect that these people need to virtue signal, basically saying that they are “Saving the Planet - What the hell are you doing?”. Psychological need, that simple.