EVs make sense for some use cases in some regions, but they definitely aren’t a viable “all around” solution at this point. Until they get all the pitfalls worked out, they should be seen as a compliment to ICE’s rather than a replacement. And SoCal with its never-ending sunny days shouldn’t be allowed to dictate what vehicles the rest of the country can drive. I think even Elon Musk, the king of EVs, has said we’re not ready for them yet.
In our situation, however, the ICE pickup is a complement to the EV, not the other way around. When it was time to replace her used ICE crossover with another used ICE crossover, I talked her into getting a new EV under the condition that I drive it too on the days I go somewhere that she stays home (unless where I drive involves pickup-type chores). Part of that plan is that we also installed a lot of solar to give us a lot of free power (80% of all the power we need in our now all-electric home, including charging the EV). Thus, the more of our usual driving we put into the EV, the more our overall energy project saves us money as the Dims make energy cost more and also be less dependable.
But all of this works not only in certain use cases, but if you do your research on your own driving habits and power consumption habits and own your own home and research a place to put the solar panels pointing south and how many peak solar hours you get per day during different parts of the year, etc. It's a long project that requires a lot of homework and probably pays for itself only if you live in the southern half of the U.S. But if you're successful at it, it brings a freedom like I haven't had before where one of the Dims' main focus on our lives -- their energy policies -- hardly impacts my budget.