That is not my local and casual experience. In my area, the south, people that have EVs (almost all Teslas) use the EV for local driving and a SUV for hauling and travel. They use both for driving to work. They are perfectly happy with the combination. One couple I know are thinking that after their EV they'll go with a hybrid to give them more options, but they are happy with their Tesla.
Same here in the perfect-climate San Francisco Bay Area. This climate was invented for EVs. If only everybody could live there, EVs would be a raging success.