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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. Fellow TTAC author Chris Tonn noted that differing maintenance routines could have played a factor, using brakes as an example. SUVs, crossovers, and minivans were next. It makes sense from an engineering perspective.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Mazda Ford Partner was reported to be developing Series PHEV based on Mazda 5 MPV platform. The electrification of the automobile is inevitable." This is different from anything Ive ever seen in my 40 years in the automobile industry." ( Detroit Free Press ). Hyundai Partnering with Korean battery companies for hybrids.

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