This post is not about ICE or PHEV. And definitely not about comparing ICE to PHEV.

Odd that it’s only a problem in the USA.

Even better, it’s 17.4% for EU, but this increases to 19.5% if including UK and EFTA

https://www.acea.auto/pc-registrations/new-car-registrations-1-8-in-2025-battery-electric-17-4-market-share/

Overall Tesla Sales in CA (By Unit) 2023: 238,589 2024: 202,865 2025: 179,656

I guess it’s hard to see the amount of Teslas that weren’t bought, which might otherwise have been bought were it not for the whole “I hate Musk” thing. But while EV sales were growing in CA, Tesla sales were falling.

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Tesla always sells poorly in the first month of a quarter in the UK. I don’t really understand why, but it’s very much a thing

All emigrants are immigrants

How predictable. Tax dodging white billionaire points the finger at impoverished brown people for all of societies ills.

From the perspective of Monaco, he is an immigrant

I pay £0.08/kwh in UK. Just saying. I’m sure haulage firms in UK will find a way to access the cheaper rates that the rest of us are using every day.

Here’s your qualifications.

https://www.evfiresafe.com/ev-fire-key-findings

I look forward to your suitably sourced rebuttal.

Hopefully it’s sustained but in general it’s a bad idea to look at Monthly Data because it’s more volatile than quarterly data - heavily affected by shipping and OEM registration practices, especially with Tesla. In UK Tesla always starts a quarter slow and finishes stronger.

Edit: here you can see what I mean: generally 3000 vehicles sold in the first month of a quarter, then 10 times that by the end of the quarter

In UK, in my experience: ZapMap / Electroverse / ABRP are commonly used. Even Google reviews are used for rating charge stations.

It’s also true that explosions are far more likely to occur in an ICE fire than EV fire - EVs tend to smoke and then slowly burn to a more ferocious fire, but in general provide more warning and time to escape than ICE fires (as well as being less likely to happen in the first place). ICE fuel is designed to explode (especially gas / petrol).

I haven’t seen the evidence to suggest that BEV fires are orders of magnitude more dangerous, as you claim. I have seen the evidence to suggest that they are orders of magnitude less likely.

Yes they burn hotter and are harder to extinguish, but I understand that generally they spread slower and with more warning, allowing greater time for escape (unless you are stuck in a Tesla and haven’t read the manual cover to cover).

ICE cars are more likely to explode, BEV cars take longer (in general) to become fully engulfed.

If there is a credible evidence source / study looking at fatalities per fire (which corrects for the stupid door handles) then I’d be very interested to read it.

Unfortunately we all suffer in the long run by the lethargic pace of the US transition to EVs, because the climate is global.

Not that it’s a surprise. Remember that the US pulled out of the Paris Climate Agreement. Twice.

So we have Russian interference in UK democratic elections, and US interference as well?

Utterly absurd position IMO, and I don’t believe that it can honestly be held by any rational person. But you are welcome to it

Remember when JLR made electric vehicles? Those were fun times. The Jaguar I-pace was ahead of its time. And of course there was the other EV (Range Rover) that was showcased in 2023 and now in 2026 there is still no launch date confirmed. They must be haemorrhaging cash paying carbon credits now.

I can think of at least one country leader who should step down due to their involvement in the Epstein files, and it isn’t Starmer.

If Starmer stands down because of Mandelson’s historical links to Epstein (the full extent of which is only now becoming apparent) it would be ridiculous. People with actual connections to Epstein are not standing down, so why should Starmer?