Because they are silent and like to munch multi-speed gearboxes. Take away shifting and you've taken away a huge chunk of the driving experience; take away exhaust noise and there goes another huge chunk.
Also, all the batteries and junk tend to make them mind-blowingly overweight for their size class.
There are already too many cars for those people. Once electric cars become practical enough to go mainstream, it'll be difficult to find a small or mid-sized car that isn't built exclusively for them.
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