This has nothing to do with, "bias". There are stories about these things spontaneously combusting in the news all but daily.
This in spite of the fact they comprise about 1% of all the vehicles on the road. That's right, you read correctly, only 1%.
More than 1 million EVs were sold for the first time last year, but what percentage of all vehicles do they make up on U.S. roads today?
www.edmunds.com
.....1% translates to 3 million new and used electric cars on U.S. roads — out of 288.5 million registered vehicles of all fuel types — as of the third quarter of 2023.
This currently translates to 1 EV for every 96 cars on the road. This in spite of the government pushing these things like there is no tomorrow. With purchase and tax incentives, future mandates, along with steep discounts from dealers in many parts of the country.
Because they sit on lots for months, and sell like used chewing gum. Not to mention when they do burn, they do so with much more ferocity, and are far more difficult for firefighters to put out.
They are also far more likely to erupt into flames when they've been flooded. Many of them doing so days, or even weeks later. Florida and Texas had this happen several times after serious storms.
So.... You have right around 1 EV for every 100 ICE powered cars in this country. And yet in spite of that, they manage to dominate the news cycle with fires and other serious issues on an all but daily basis. You can call that a lot of things, but "bias" certainly isn't one of them.
Now, try to imagine if all of this was on an equal 50/50 basis, ICE vs. EV. Then what do you think your numbers and Google searches would look like?
And I'm not even going to get into how completely worthless these things are in freezing temperatures.... Which was proven in Chicago a few weeks ago. When the news was full of people pushing and towing these contraptions, in an all but futile attempt trying to get them charged..... When they managed to find a charger that actually worked.
I can't think of a single product,
that currently represents only 1% of the market, that has managed to dominate the news cycle with so many issues, problems, and consumer negativity.