• Electric vehicles earn shocking report card for reliability

    From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Sat Dec 2 18:15:33 2023
    Electric vehicles earn shocking report card for reliability

    Consumer Reports' latest car reliability survey suggests electric
    vehicles (EVs) are causing owners more problems than their hybrid or conventional counterparts.
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    Luckily for Tesla, Consumer Reports does not factor in build quality
    with the same weight as engine, transmission, and drivetrain.
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    Interestingly, hybrid vehicles had 26 percent fewer problems than
    conventional vehicles, while plug-in hybrids fared worse than EVs,
    notching up 146 percent more issues.

    Elek noted that hybrids have been around for quite a while. The Toyota
    Prius, for example, went into production in 1997. He said: "Automakers
    have been making hybrids long enough that they've gotten really good
    at it."

    Unlike plug-in hybrids, it seems.

    https://www.theregister.com/2023/12/01/electric_vehicle_reliability/

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