Well, there’s also the performance issues: incredible acceleration...and a range measured in a few dozens of miles if you use it.
Electric cars are already boutique vehicles.
They’re boutique vehicles now because the tech isn’t ready for prime time. But tech improves. Think of modern electric cars like the Audible Player, an early digital audio player. It cost $200 1998 dollars, had a whopping 4MB of storage and 2 hours worth of battery life. But that what we now know of as MP3 players were a doomed technology line, it just means it wasn’t ready yet. 3 years made a big difference in that world, I’m thinking electric cars need more like 10 or even 20.