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Consumer Reports Lists Least/Most Expensive Car Brands to Maintain

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The data comes by way of CR’s 2023 Annual Auto Survey, where members were asked as part of a much broader survey how much they had spent in total maintenance over the previous 12 months. Interestingly, the manufacturer that saw the lowest maintenance costs (at $4,035) over a 10-year period was Tesla.

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Consumer Reports Says EVs Less Reliable Than Traditional Automobiles

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However, standard hybrids actually outperformed every other group with 26 percent fewer problems than vehicles wholly reliant on gasoline. Plus, many hybrids are also made by manufacturers that tend to produce reliable vehicles overall, such as Toyota, Hyundai, and Kia.” SUVs, crossovers, and minivans were next.

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Consumer Reports: Tesla and other domestic brands take big steps backwards in reliability rankings

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Buick, Chevrolet, Chrysler, and Tesla are among the brands that tumbled in Consumer Reports’ (CR) latest Annual Auto Reliability Survey, which collected data from its members about their experiences with more than half a million vehicles. Cadillac is the worst-rated domestic manufacturer and ranks near the very bottom at 28.

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Update: Top 10 Electric Cars

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It’s a robust list of a variety of models–the majority of which are focused on the hot crossover segment–with total sales of more than 150,000 from six major automaker groups. Volkswagen Group (which includes VW, Audi, Porsche, Lamborghini and Bentley in the U.S.) Let us know what you think.

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VW ID.4 EV tax credit; Subaru Solterra update; Macan, Prologue, and ZDX pricing: The Week in Reverse

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The 2024 Acura ZDX was also given a price. Will Acura’s own styling, tuning, and upscale feature choices make it worth the premium? BT Group pilots EV chargers powered by street cabinets In the U.K., population. Follow Green Car Reports on Facebook and Twitter The post VW ID.4

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Study: Collision Avoidance Technology Continues to Struggle

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The report itself actually praises the industry for entering into a “voluntary manufacturer commitment brokered by IIHS and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.” But they’ve become increasingly commonplace among regulators, with corporate lobbying groups often in perfect sync with government policies.

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2025-2035: Rewriting The Automotive History

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A recent report from the Environmental Defense Fund indicates that electric vehicle sales volumes are growing at a rapid pace, signalling an epochal shift in the auto industry over the next decade. The main obstacles faced by the conventional manufacturers in shifting to EVs are, Training of salesforce and workforce. Hyundai-Kia.