That’s just because there are more of them, and people read headlines with Tesla mentioned. There is a bias…
IHS Markit data shows that EVs, back to the Nissan Leaf in 2011, accounted for 1.9% of the 291 million vehicles on the road across the U.S. at the end of 2025. Of those, 43.9% of EVs on the road were Tesla. The second closest manufacturer was Chevrolet at 7.6% and Ford rounding out the top 3 with 7% market share.
On a similar note… Remember the negativity about the Chevy Bolt when they were spontaneously combusting? When parking garages were banning them? When Chevy recommended you park 150+ feet away from your home for safety?
Or all the hubbub about the Samsung Note 7 battery recall? Where it was an insanely small number of manufactured devices, and by the end all like 30 of them had exploded already?
People are dogshit at understanding statistics, especially at scale, and the media has no incentive for actually educating.
That’s just because there are more of them, and people read headlines with Tesla mentioned. There is a bias…
IHS Markit data shows that EVs, back to the Nissan Leaf in 2011, accounted for 1.9% of the 291 million vehicles on the road across the U.S. at the end of 2025. Of those, 43.9% of EVs on the road were Tesla. The second closest manufacturer was Chevrolet at 7.6% and Ford rounding out the top 3 with 7% market share.
On a similar note… Remember the negativity about the Chevy Bolt when they were spontaneously combusting? When parking garages were banning them? When Chevy recommended you park 150+ feet away from your home for safety?
Or all the hubbub about the Samsung Note 7 battery recall? Where it was an insanely small number of manufactured devices, and by the end all like 30 of them had exploded already?
People are dogshit at understanding statistics, especially at scale, and the media has no incentive for actually educating.