I don't have access to consumer reports, but this article summarized it:
https://www.seattletimes.com/business/consumer-reports-electric-vehicles-less-reliable-on-average-than-conventional-cars-and-trucks/
...
Consumer Reports, which found that EVs from the 2021 through 2023 model
years encountered nearly 80% more problems than did vehicles propelled
by internal combustion engines.
...
Consumer Reports said EV owners most frequently reported troubles with
battery and charging systems as well as flaws in how the vehicles’ body
panels and interior parts fit together.
...
The Consumer Reports survey also concluded that plug-in hybrids, which
can travel on battery power before a gas-electric powertrain kicks in,
are more problem-prone than fully electric vehicles. [Do the stats
include plug-ins or just pure EVs ?]
...
EVs from the 2021 and 2022 model years overall had more than twice the
problem rates of internal combustion vehicles. The rates were more
closely aligned in the 2023 model year: Those EVs had only 21% more
problems than gasoline vehicles, Fisher said.
...
Consumer Reports says its survey of subscribers, representing 330,000
vehicles, took place last spring and summer. It asked owners of vehicles
from the 2000 through 2023 model years, with a smattering of 2024
models, about problems they had experienced in the previous 12 months.
[What are the stats for pre 2021 models ?]
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I think it's highly misrepresentative. They only reported problems for
the last 2-3 years. That means the type of problems reported are likely
due to manufacturing problems rather than durability. If they had gone
over 10 years, I wonder what the stats would be.
If anyone has access to consumer reports, I'd like to know what the full
report says. Did seattle times misrepresent EVs or did consumer reports
?
P.S. I used to read consumer reports but found they typically review
only new products and don't look at how products hold up during their
lifetime. That's nice but only half the story.
Peri
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