Not just true for EVs, even the Toyota Prius which no one pretends is a cool car has larger wheels on its mid and high end trims. Those trims drop the gas mileage almost 10%. Pickup trucks also have bigger wheels on their higher end trims even though they make the truck less capable offroad, but those are probably not being sold to people who do most work anyway.

Car trims and packages seem well-tuned to ensure the manufacturer and dealer make more money selling things the buyer doesn't want because they're included in things the buyer actually wants.