Meh, I have about $6k total in my daily driver, and I have put nearly 200k miles on it. It is closing in on 20 years old now, still works just the same (well, technically better) as it did when new. It is cheap, and it works. And it will continue to work.
Maybe when my house is paid for, I'll consider blowing $50k on a car that can only go short distances, and I will probably not be able to go much longer by that point. Until then, I'll keep pumping the diesel.
Right now, I just need to live long enough to see my remaining son through to the end, EVs will likely push me out of a job anyway, so I won't have anywhere to drive TO so it won't matter. Then I can just drop dead.