There's plenty of dudes fixing batteries. Sometimes it's a faulty sensor, sometimes they swap a module out.
Gas takes 2 weeks to be unstable and unusable, you can charge at home and have it top up every night. Also you can go without charging for some days and charge it while shopping or going to the cinema.
Gas cars are also full of surveillance, down to owning the genetic material left in the car. I also drive a 15 year old car, but I'll soon switch to electric.
I think it's because they don't have interest free money anymore and a lot of expenses for the c-suite compensation