Glorified hitch-hiking. Either I pay for traditional modes of transport, or I walk/hitch-hike with fuck-all, there's never been any in-between for me.

No one who can afford an EV is going to want to work for them as any kind of driver, anyway. And considering how much it costs to replace a battery ... one might not be wanting to use their little runabout as a work-bot. Gophering and taxiing are very hard on a vehicle.