“And why would they open electrically in the first place?”
Because EV’s are crap. And overcomplicated bullsh!t like electric door handles are needed as a distraction for that fact.
These stupid electric cars are overweight already because of the batteries. And they add to that hundfreds of pounds of plastic and electronic crap and gimmicks and gadgets and toys and nonsense.
And every one of those electronic doodads eats electrons. Big touch screens, electric doors, heat pump air conditioners, power hood and deck releases. Some this stuff could stay manual and save a few yards of range, but then it wouldn’t be so whizbang cool would it.