Is it much different than the people concern trolling that, unless they can take a 10,000KM road trip to go hunting, EVs are useless?
Here's the thing: EVs are perfectly suited for most day-to-day commuter trips. Unless you drive three+ hours to work and back every day, in which case you still have your petrol-based options. And some of those will be eventually outmodded by extended range and PHEVs for flexibility.
Ten years ago, an EV was a useful headache for a single person or a couple; charging was slow, standards were poor, and chargers were uncommon.
Five years ago, you'd start to see racks of chargers outside of certain malls and even airports.
As of last year, they're in many mall parking lots and can get you to 80% in the time it takes to find and eat a meal. And 80% can be about 400KM, depending on make and model.
There are grid considerations, sure. But to dismiss them as dead in the water even as the market and technology develops is wishful thinking. The biggest challenges with EVs right now are sensitivity to cold, repairability, and safety concerns with regards to batteries; it's still a new industry. But as new technology like solid state batteries take hold, and as we get a better idea of the maintenance profiles (i.e. oil changes, brakes, etc), we're finding that many of the problems are being addressed.
ICE vehicles aren't going anywhere tomorrow. But it's inevitable that EVs will displace them and relegate them to construction and hauling, and much like the horse, we won't do a mass culling, but we will wind up creating fewer of them.