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Consumer Reports Says EVs Less Reliable Than Traditional Automobiles

The Truth About Cars

For 2023, CR reported that EVs had 79 percent more problems than automobiles that use internal combustion. It might not seem that long ago, but Toyota launched the Prius hybrid about 25 years ago,” Steven Elek, head of CR’s data analytics program, stated. Plug-in hybrids were even worse with 146 percent more issues.

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Cash for Clunkers Buoys US Auto Sales; Hybrid Sales Up 31.8% for Monthly New Vehicle Share of 3.55%

Green Car Congress

Hybrid gains were largely due to an increase in Prius sales (up 29.7% GMC sales increased 8%, led by Sierra, Canyon and Yukon XL. Some highlights: The all-new redesigned Prius mid-size gas-electric hybrid posted best-ever July sales of 19,173 units, up 29.7% Jeep Compass sales were up 95% (2,727 units) versus July 2008.

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Update: Top 10 Electric Cars

Clean Fleet Report

It followed the new Volt with the all-electric 238-mile range Bolt before the Volt was unceremoniously dropped as the company shifted to full-electrics only with the introduction of the Ultium battery platform that will underpin the next generation of vehicles, led by the GMC Hummer EV pickup and Cadillac Lyric crossover.