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Electric vehicles less reliable because of newer technologies, Consumer Reports finds
CNBC/Consumer Reports ^ | 11/18/2022 | Michael Wayland, Laura Kolodny

Posted on 11/15/2022 9:32:35 AM PST by SaxxonWoods

Electric vehicles are among the least reliable cars and trucks in the automotive industry today, according to Consumer Reports rankings released Tuesday. Reliability issues with all-electric vehicles were expected, since most automakers, with the exception of early EV-leader Tesla, launched fully electric models in just recent years. Consumer Reports surveyed owners of more than 300,000 vehicles to make predictions about the reliability of 2023 model year vehicles.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: consumerreports; elonmusk; gospel; laurakolodny; michaelwayland; musk; ohjusttop; taketheredpill; tesla; truthsocial; twitter
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Still got some work to do...reliability is Job 1.
1 posted on 11/15/2022 9:32:35 AM PST by SaxxonWoods
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To: SaxxonWoods

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2022/06/is-it-immoral-to-drive-an-electric-vehicle.php


2 posted on 11/15/2022 9:33:40 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is ████ █ ██████ ███████ ███ ██████ ██ ████████.)
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To: Red Badger

Ping.


3 posted on 11/15/2022 9:34:04 AM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: SaxxonWoods

Unexpected.


4 posted on 11/15/2022 9:34:59 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money)
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To: Army Air Corps

Electric vehicles less reliable because of OLD LAWS OF THERMODYNAICS.................


5 posted on 11/15/2022 9:35:25 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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Consumer Reports would have to change their tune eventually...

“If it could recharge in any gas station in three minutes, this car would score about 110,” said Jake Fisher, head of auto testing for Consumer Reports. Fisher called the car’s performance in the magazine’s performance tests “off the charts.”

6 posted on 11/15/2022 9:37:56 AM PST by proust (All posts made under this handle are, for the intents and purposes of the author, considered satire.)
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To: proust

Mine and my wife’s EV (Hyundai Ioniq 5) and gas powered pickup (old small Ford truck) both do well and what they’re designed for. It’s a shame the Dims won’t let folks decide their car of choice on the free market.


7 posted on 11/15/2022 9:44:05 AM PST by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: Tell It Right

Correct, EVs have their applications where they work quite well and so do gas and diesel vehicles.

I am reading that a new challenge for charging stations is the charge cables are being stolen to get the copper. All you need is a good cutter and bye-bye in seconds.


8 posted on 11/15/2022 9:48:12 AM PST by SaxxonWoods (The only way to secure your own future is to create it yourself.)
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To: proust
Americans, by and large, have nowhere to go but they want to get there as fast as they can.

EVs have great acceleration, which is a buzz.

Because the public wants speed, the car companies have been encouraged to tune the engines for 0-60 performance rather than fuel mileage.

By now we could have cars that got 50+ miles/gallon, but those cars would be sluggish by the average American's standards. So instead we have Camry's that still hover under 30 miles/gallon.

The good news is that we now have cupholders, entertainment systems, and temperature-controlled seats for those passengers in the back seats.

9 posted on 11/15/2022 9:48:20 AM PST by who_would_fardels_bear (What is left around which to circle the wagons?)
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To: proust
Blind item about EM from a few years back, for what it's worth:

The celebrity CEO isn't dumb. He will tell you that he can give a reporter an all expense paid trip somewhere for a week with an escort/stripper that costs the CEO $20K and he will get 30-40 stories worth 1000 times that amount over the course of a couple of years.

10 posted on 11/15/2022 9:49:21 AM PST by proust (All posts made under this handle are, for the intents and purposes of the author, considered satire.)
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To: who_would_fardels_bear

Indeed, where would we be without those cupholders. Iaccoca is smiling somewhere.


11 posted on 11/15/2022 9:50:26 AM PST by proust (All posts made under this handle are, for the intents and purposes of the author, considered satire.)
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To: SaxxonWoods

A better agile would have been. Affordable EVs are unreliable. E, maybe Obama can launch an affordable EV act that republicans can approve spending for.


12 posted on 11/15/2022 9:50:32 AM PST by momincombatboots (QEphesians 6... who you are really at war with)
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To: SaxxonWoods

I thought about getting a Tesla until I found “Rich Rebuilds” on youtube.


13 posted on 11/15/2022 9:55:16 AM PST by beef (Say NO to the WOE (War On Energy))
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To: momincombatboots

The democrats have shown us they can steal just about any election they want to. There is nothing stopping them from pushing to end gas engine sales by 2035.


14 posted on 11/15/2022 9:56:13 AM PST by pawpawrick (I had a life once but my job ate it)
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To: SaxxonWoods
I am reading that a new challenge for charging stations is the charge cables are being stolen to get the copper. All you need is a good cutter and bye-bye in seconds.

And unlike a lot of other sources of copper that thieves plunder, they can be sure that the EV charging cable is not live when they cut it.

15 posted on 11/15/2022 9:56:44 AM PST by noiseman (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.)
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To: SaxxonWoods
We've taken our EV on a few road trips. It's good for some trips, like if you take a while to map out chargers. On other trips the ICE pickup is best.

Our main two reasons for getting it are: 1) diversification on energy dependency for mobility (if the Dims make power hard to come by or too expensive on the road then we have our ICE pickup, if the Dims make gas hard to come by or too expensive, we have the EV), and 2) a desire to be almost energy independent overall.

Because most of our driving is in the EV, and because we have a large solar array and battery storage for our all-electric home, we've been over 90% energy independent since I bought the EV and added onto our solar system. Basically, as the Dims threaten to make energy too expensive to use to force us to sacrifice to their gaia, it bothers me only 10% as much (the amount of my power I have to buy from the grid).

I wish I could drill and process my own natural gas or coal or oil, but I can't. For those energy resources I have to depend on the Dims' energy regulations to allow us to use them. What solar brings to the table is that I'm the one who regulates it. That's why it works so well. It's not a superior energy source, not even close. The fossil fuels are way better --- except that the bureaucrats regulate them. Because I regulate the solar system it almost always provides plenty of power both for my home and for my local driving (by charging the EV).

16 posted on 11/15/2022 10:01:35 AM PST by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: SaxxonWoods
I am reading that a new challenge for charging stations is the charge cables are being stolen to get the copper

And the pollution causes by the miscreants burning off the insulation....gets a better price and disguises the origin of the cable.

17 posted on 11/15/2022 10:06:53 AM PST by spokeshave (Proud Boys, Angry Dads and Grumpy Grandads.)
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To: SaxxonWoods

The average age of cars in the US is 12.2 years. Very few EVs are that old. So the reliability of EVs is largely unknown.

On the other hand, the hybrids with nickel metal hydride batteries have been in production longer.


18 posted on 11/15/2022 10:09:04 AM PST by FarCenter
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To: Tell It Right

Your electricity comes from burning fossil fuels, nuclear, hydro and solar/wind in that order.


19 posted on 11/15/2022 10:10:13 AM PST by entropy12 (Food is most popular anxiety drug, exercise is the least popular.)
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To: SaxxonWoods

Yeh, I’ve predicted this from the get go. Folks will have to carry their own charging cables in their vehicle. Also, a side note, charging station plug in receptacles need to be standardized.


20 posted on 11/15/2022 10:17:36 AM PST by snoringbear (,W,E.oGovernment is the Pimp, )
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