It's too bad some people feel like such small environmental steps entitle them to a feeling of moral superiority. It's silly, for sure.
That said, there also seems to be an almost irrational animosity towards EVs, even displayed by several on this thread. Someone derisively called them "little plug in cars", someone asserted that they were wildly unsafe (when exactly the opposite is true), several have said EV owners are "entitled", etc.
I don't get it. It's a car.
I think it's more a cultural issue. I suspect that some people feel like gas cans, oil rags, filling stations, carburetors, the smell of exhaust, etc, are things people associate with their culture. They understand it, it's familiar, feels "safe", etc. The idea of a whisper-quiet electric car with technology unknown to them, linked up wirelessly to Silicon Valley networks, driven by metro-sexual latte-sipping millenials is somehow offensive to their sense of culture, self, pride, etc.
Well, there is no doubt that EVs will be a dominant force in the future. So, find your skinny jeans and schedule that manicure appointment