The comments here are great pushing against this, the other thing I'll add is that this is a capex vs opex thing. Operating an EV is way cheaper but purchasing one is more expensive. Additionally rich countries are often more demanding than poorer ones because the opex cost is "real" in poorer countries. Governments can essentially solving this by underwrite this cost, create nice loans, cashbacks, tax backs, etc etc.
One example I give is that in India, you have electric bikes and scooters which are quite attractive because of the running costs, but they have low range and low power. Indians are just practical with how much money they have so they'll make the tradeoffs. In richer countries, they don't even sell the equivalent bikes or scooters because someone in those countries just turns their nose up at the power or range.