Consumer Reports shares insights about electric vehicles (EVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) from its latest reliability survey, including the most reliable electric car.
Remember that Consumer Reports weights infotainment and electronic issues the same as engine or transmission problems. So my Kia Optima needing a new engine after 80k miles is a single problem, just like an EV6 having a software glitch on startup.
It’s not surprising that EVs, which contain more features and more new tech than your average ICE car, have a higher total number of “issues.”
Engine major, engine cooling, transmission major, drive system, electric motor and EV battery problems are more likely to take a car out of service and to be more expensive to repair than the other problem areas. Consequently, we weight these areas more heavily in our calculations of model year overall reliability verdict. Problems such as broken trim and in-car electronics have a much smaller weight. Problems in any area can be an expense and a bother, though, so we report them all in the reliability history charts.
Remember that Consumer Reports weights infotainment and electronic issues the same as engine or transmission problems. So my Kia Optima needing a new engine after 80k miles is a single problem, just like an EV6 having a software glitch on startup.
It’s not surprising that EVs, which contain more features and more new tech than your average ICE car, have a higher total number of “issues.”
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