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Re:Who makes the most reliable new cars? by wyldfire on Wednesday November 29, 2023 @02:05PM (#38463690)
There's a chart "How Electrified Powertrains Compare" which shows "Problems compared to gasoline-powered vehicles." You might be surprised to see that in fact EVs fare significantly worse than ICEs. I'd wager that they're mostly newer designs that naturally have bugs but instead of making modest changes to the car design in a new model, they're making significant/sweeping changes.
Re:Who makes the most reliable new cars? by bad_alloc on Wednesday November 29, 2023 @02:11PM (#38463778)
Oddly enough they don't state what the problems are. Meanwhile the ADAC (German car club) find that EVs have similar defect rates in components they share with ICE while having less engine issues. Overall, they conclude there is insufficient data for a meaningful statistic at this time:

https://www.adac.de/rund-ums-fahrzeug/unfall-schaden-panne/a...

Re:Who makes the most reliable new cars? by kipchak on Wednesday November 29, 2023 @02:13PM (#38463823)
For example the Mach-e has had issues with contactors welding open during heavy usage and charging as the same part was used between the standard and higher performance model.