You might have missed the first paragraph where they mentioned the gas shortages. We were in south Florida at the same time, and there were three distinct groups: people driving gas guzzling SUVs and trucks who were waiting in line for 4+ hours at the handful of stations which had any gas (some of the stations put up signs when they were out, but many did not hoping you’d buy something else since you were there), people who drove high-mileage cars appropriate for the area who were aware of but not worried about it until next week, and EV / plug-in hybrid drivers who were largely unaffected.
Yes, gas has moderately high energy density but there is no such thing as a global optimum. For example, if you’re concerned about energy usage or mechanical simplicity, diesel beats it; if you aren’t comfortable causing an environmental catastrophe, neither of those are great; etc. The Florida fuel shortage was caused by flooding which is becoming more common thanks to using gas, so past performance is not going to be entirely representative, either.
Except Tesla figured out the feed and nobody else has.
It's also a difficult investment for businesses (gas stations) because with ev adoption, everybody with 120v and a <60 mile daily commute is likely to charge at home 75% of the time
From what I've experienced and heard from other EV users, people who charge at home don't care what charging on the road costs.
You charge at home for 80-90% of the time or even more. Practically all day to day driving is extremely cheap, especially with market rate power and some home automation. I've got a pretty expensive setup (rented apartment + 3rd party charger) and it costs me 5,70€ to charge my car from 0-100%. I can buy about 3 liters of gasoline or diesel with that...
So when we as a family go on road trips or visit family, I can't even remember the last time I checked the price on a public charger. I've yet to break "half a tank of gas" -levels on a single trip.
It seems like people will have to relearn the hard way just why gasoline is probably the best energy storage medium ever invented.