There is a whole bunch of regulatory stuff that's been spun up for EVs over the past 7 years or so.

I have no idea if Hyundai had something out of the ordinary happen, but the public is generally very slow to change and are a bit hyper vigilant. Add in the fact that the press loves a good boogieman to get clicks and you'll see some of the EV mess.

Are they safer than ICE? Yes. Should that stop there? No.

With an average of 16 EV and hybrid fires per year, there's a 1 in 38,000 chance of fire. There are a total of roughly 4.4 million gas- and diesel-powered passenger vehicles in Sweden, with an average of 3,384 fires per year, for a 1 in 1,300 chance of fire. That means gas- and diesel-powered passenger vehicles are 29 times more likely to catch fire than EVs and hybrids.

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I don't know. My runner up was an Ioniq 5. A shame it was 10k more expensive

Yeah DO NOT commit insurance fruad. It's a really bad idea. You will get caught. There's about 100 different ways to get caught and you won't figure out half of them, and what's worse is that the money will point REALLY big red arrows at you and if you can't defuse that attention, your doing time.

Of a random guy in a hoodie and a mask setting fire to my Tesla?

Oh boy, you're so edgy.

I retired during Covid, but until then I drove mercedes. When I needed a new car, the new Merc dealer wouldn't even let me onto the lot, telling me he couldn't get a car for me for 12 months. Turned out, the only new car I could get immediately, was a Kia Sportage, and that was only because someone failed a finance application. That car was actually awesome, never a single problem, but I decided I didn't like all the screens because always fingerprints, so I sold that and bought a Hyundai because I had already gone through the tech learning curve (Kia and Hyundai are the same). That too, has been trouble free all the time I've had it, and I'm about to trade to another Hyundai. Converesely, here in Australia, I hear about Honda's being crap. I think Korean cars, actually made in Korea, are actually great cars. You Americans mostly get models made locally, which to me sounds like the problem. What you are saying, is American made is shitty.

The best car to get is one where the engineers actually thought of maintaining the thing over looks

My hyundai isn't electric but I've been very happy with it

To be fair, we've been very happy with our Kona EV. No problems after 25k miles.

They aren't terrible cars. I had a Hyundai and it ran well. Just didn't throw an oil light for me. Engine seized. My own fault really, but lasted like 180k

If I'm paying for comprehensive coverage and they don't cover my car burning, I am absolutely suing.

Oh you REALLY need to call up and see if they will cover it. They will fight you like hell on this kind of situation.

They will cover vandalism if:

A) You report it to the police and have a file number

and;

B) You have comprehensive coverage

But your insurance rate will increase due to having a claim

Good. That means the burn a Tesla campaign is working. The goal is no one buying any new ones.

Yeah that's why they've caught every single person that's set fire to a Tesla. /s

Do people think Teslas are equipped with cameras that can see through masks?