The challenge for legacy car makers seems to be less about electrifying the drive train and more about moving to a capable software architecture and UX.
That said if BMW had bought out a 5 series that was absolutely identical in the cabin apart from the fuel gauge showing battery and the tachometer showing energy out/regen — would that not have been a super popular product?
Dealerships make most of their profit on services [0], not car sales, and electric cars need significantly less services than ICE [1][2].
[0] https://www.edmunds.com/car-buying/where-does-the-car-dealer....
[1] https://afdc.energy.gov/vehicles/electric_maintenance.html#:...
[2] https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-02-10/people-want...
I can navigate to addresses in my phone book (and change route efficiency vs time settings), play podcasts, internet radio and tidal albums using the jog wheel (while the car is moving), and make phone calls without taking my hands off the wheel.