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Electric Vehicles Have 79% More Reliability Challenges Than Gas Powered Cars (samrome58.substack.com)
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[–] Catsrules@lemmy.ml 42 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Here is the actual report by CR

https://www.consumerreports.org/cars/car-reliability-owner-satisfaction/electric-vehicles-are-less-reliable-than-conventional-cars-a1047214174/

There reasoning for this

“Most electric cars today are being manufactured by either legacy automakers that are new to EV technology, or by companies like Rivian that are new to making cars,” says Jake Fisher, senior director of auto testing at Consumer Reports. “It’s not surprising that they’re having growing pains and need some time to work out the bugs.” Fisher says some of the most common problems EV owners report are issues with electric drive motors, charging, and EV batteries.

[–] shasta@lemm.ee 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I suppose the most important part that's not included here is that manufacturer warranties cover all these issues and will repair for no cost to the consumer.

[–] Catsrules@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago

Yeah that is good, as they should as most of these issues are manufacture or engineering defects of the car. But it is still a hassle to deal with as a consumer. No one wants to get stranded on the side of the road in a broken down car.

This stuff might also affect your resell value as well,