In a recent survey conducted by Consumer Reports about vehicles from the last three model years, they found the reliability of electric vehicles to be lacking mightily when compared to gas-powered automobiles. Their survey found EVs to have 79% more problems than gas vehicles. Considering these vehicles don’t even have the opportunity to develop engine or transmission problems like your traditional vehicle, that is a staggering difference between the two.
Their survey placed the different types of vehicles on a 0-100 scale, and electric cars and SUVs both found themselves in the low-to-mid 40s. Not even being able to crack the halfway mark on that scale is a tough place to be. Electric trucks fared even worse, finishing with an average score of 30. Granted, trucks on the whole placed last among the different types of vehicles when it comes to reliability, but the average was still 11 points higher than electric trucks by themselves.
Some of Consumer Reports‘ most reliable cars included sedans like the 2024 Toyota Camry, with an overall score of 88, and luxury SUVs like the 2024 BMW X5, with an impressive 92. Now, even though the survey did not have the greatest things to say about electric vehicles’ reliability, there was a more efficient vehicle that did perform extremely well.
