Electric vehicle (EV) stocks have been some of the hardest hit by the market's "risk off" trading today. Major indexes are flat at 1:30 p.m. ET; many highly volatile stocks are down; and oil is up a whopping 4.3% to $86.37 per barrel. 

The three most notable movers on the EV side are Lucid (NASDAQ: LCID), falling as much as 5.1%, QuantumScape (NYSE: QS), dropping 5.3%; and Canoo (NASDAQ: GOEV), losing 11.9%. As I'm writing, shares of the companies are down 3.9%, 5.1%, and 9.5%, respectively.

Increasing conflict in Israel is causing investors in the U.S. to flee to what they feel are "safe" assets, and money-losing electric vehicle companies don't fit that bill. This time, it's not higher interest rates that are hurting stocks, it's simply fear of the unknown that's causing stocks to fall. 

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