Muggles, in Harry Potter books, are non-magic people, who do not have magic, do not understand it, have a lot of misconceptions about it, and fear it. :-)
Range anxiety is a fact, only recently electric vehicles have started to have more acceptable and practicable ranges and also, the charger network is evolving more and more. In winter the ranges are also reduced by about 10-20%.
So I dont think people cant see the "magic", the mass market is just risk averse and doesnt want to get stuck in the middle of the highway with 2 screaming kids in the back seat.
Also now that most European countries (and also the US) have stopped subsidizing EVs, the real costs are shining through, so maybe that 1.9L Diesel engine looks more attractive now again.
Sure, if you don't care about leaving a planet for your kids to live on.
But this discussion got derailed, I should not have used the muggle joke. I didn't mean to be condescending, but rather highlight how little people that don't drive EVs know about driving EVs and how they repeat the PR talking points that are being fed to us by the biggest money-making industry ever created in the history of mankind (the fossil fuel industry). Hence the mass market repeating things about "getting stuck in the middle of the highway with 2 screaming kids in the back seat" which somehow doesn't happen to people driving EVs.
Im certainly no fossil fuel “muggle” that is beholden to this industry and wants to destroy the planet for “our” children, whatever this personal attack and scaremongering even means.
But this is just the level at which you EV evangelists discuss. Sitting on their high horse and using FUD and ad hominems, not being able to have a factual discussion.
If you think that EVs will solve all our climate issues then im sorry to disappoint you but this is not going to happen.