To put an EV into context, i.ve had mine for a year.
I used to spend £120/month on petrol with my last ICE car.
I now spend £12/month on electricity on a home charger.
I am doing 1000 more miles per year than the petrol car.
There are Zero downsides. They are a hundred years ahead of ICE cars. Nearly everyone who has an EV says they can never go back to ICE Its that big a difference. There will be that 1 or 2 percent that move backwards. Its a very small amount that do