This Just Killed the Future of Electric Cars – Scotty Kilmer
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EVs are the least reliable vehicle type: Consumer Reports – Yahoo Finance
Consumer Reports: EVs Less Reliable Than Gas-Powered Cars
Electric vehicles (EVs) have fewer moving parts than gas-powered cars. That mechanical simplicity, advocates say, should lead to fewer part failures — and more reliable vehicles — over time.
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The logic behind the argument is sound. But the numbers aren’t yet proving it true, according to Consumer Reports.
CR comes by its data differently than most reliability studies.
The magazine doesn’t test every car on the market. Instead, it asks its readers to report problems they’ve had in the last 12 months, then compiles the results for vehicles built since 2000. As a result, its data set is limited to the cars CR subscribers own.