Similarly I've been told my EV won't last a day when the winter comes. I live in Houston lol.

I really don't consider myself part of any "EV community"; I'm an EV owner who has owned/bought several gas cars prior (most bought new, so I saw the efficiency drop over time). That said, most of my cars were of the highly efficient variety, Honda Civics and the like, so it may be more evident than in trucks etc.

The common retort I suppose is that if my efficiency went from 38mpg to 33mpg that I must be doing it wrong, similar to how a discussion on location of chargers devolves into a highway driving being an endurance sport, where everyone gets 600 miles of range, fueling up their cars in 3 minutes, with no need for any form of urination.