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While most cars are not LFP, your claim that you won't find LFP batteries in cars is incorrect:

Rivian switched to LFP: https://insideevs.com/news/720396/2025-rivian-r1s-r1t-lfp-ba...

Some Teslas use LFP: https://www.notateslaapp.com/news/2464/tesla-lfp-batteries-c...

Most Chinese-built EVs use LFP. And China is the world's largest EV market, bigger than the rest of the world combined. So presumably, the majority of EVs shipping globally are using LFP batteries today.

And China is using LFP even for electric trucks.

Absolutely. Likewise most of the battery-electric buses in London (and presumably, other European cities) have always used LFP. Safety is a big consideration there as nobody wants a bus-sized battery fire in the middle of a dense city.

Had one in our university solar car 15 years ago, too :D

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