The hype is gone from the electric-vehicle industry. EVs are becoming boring appliances

Open this photo in gallery: A vehicle charges at a Tesla Supercharger station, in Detroit, Mich., on Nov. 16, 2022.Paul Sancya/The Associated Press Until about five years ago, the hype machine propelling electric and autonomous vehicles was compelling, dreamy, full of Jetsons-style promise of transportation's new world. EVs and versions that could drive you to the office while you sipped a cappuccino in the back seat inhabited the same razzle-dazzle universe as bitcoin, the metaverse, artificial intelligence and defi - bro talk for decentralized finance. Fortunes were made as the tech dream lured astonishing numbers of believers, most of whom…