The "journalist" is a geography and distance denier.
EVs make no sense in rural areas unless you are using it only for local driving.
EV’s are a commuter/fleet vehicle niche... There are use cases they make sense, and can even be economically advantageous. However, they are not a General Case solution and are NOWHERE near being it at the moment.
Will they be someday? Maybe, but they aren’t there yet.
Even once they solve the charging time issues, you still need an infrastructure and power generation upgrades to handle huge numbers of electric vehicles... which will cost TRILLIONS in infrastructure upgrades, completely unrelated to the actual manufacture and sale of the actual electric vehicles.