You'd be surprised. Efficiency is rarely about how many steps it takes to get there. And even taking into account all the steps that you call inefficient, ICE

You'd be surprised. Efficiency is rarely about how many steps it takes to get there. And even taking into account all the steps that you call inefficient, ICE cars are still 20-50% cheaper to buy. And with electricity prices what they are ICE cars are probably the same, or even cheaper, to run.