I hate grinding, so I'll soul dupe in DS1 during my ranfomiser play throughs. I've played the game likely a couple of dozen times the "old fashioned way" so it's just a time-saver really.
Are people really worried about the driving itself? I thought most people were afraid of reduced range/cabin heating time (which is true, if over exaggerated).
The vast majority of people's day-to-day driving is perfectly suited to an EV, the issue is many people buy a vehicle that can also handle the less frequent other types of driving that EVs aren't as good at. If vehicles weren't so expensive maybe it would be more common to own an EV and then a gas/hybrid to solve this, or maybe it could become more acceptable/easy/cheaper to rent a different vehicle for those other times.
I think I know exactly where it's depicting; the Tombstone range viewpoint on the Dempster highway in the Yukon.
Here's a pic I took from the same spot