They don't need to have so many HP, I can imagine battery would last much longer in city environment / slow traffic if cars accelerated like their ICE counterpa

They don't need to have so many HP, I can imagine battery would last much longer in city environment / slow traffic if cars accelerated like their ICE counterparts, with extra safety as a nice bonus. But marketing sells and people act on emotions. So people who got into electric cars suddenly drive harder, creating more pollution ie from tyres and brake discs (that added weight makes this also much worse). It ain't fun for lungs and overall health to breath in metallic or burned rubber nanoparticles. It looks like we will change visible pollution in the cities for less visible, but at least as deadly one.