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Report: Electric Vehicles Have 80% More Problems than Gas-Powered Cars
Breitbart ^ | 11/30/2023 | JOHN BINDER

Posted on 11/30/2023 1:35:40 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27

Electric vehicles (EVs) have vastly more problems that arise than gas-powered cars, a new report of American consumers reveals.

The survey from Consumer Reports, which asked owners of about 330,000 vehicles about issues they faced over the last year, found that EVs have almost 80 percent more problems than gas-powered cars using traditional combustion engines.

Most problems consumers face with EVs, the report suggests, are long charging times, a lack of charging stations in general, issues with the lithium-ion battery, outer and interior parts not fitting precisely, and engine failures.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: electric; electricvehicle; electricvehicles; ev; evs; firetraps; gas; problems; vehicles
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Does John Kerry know about this?
1 posted on 11/30/2023 1:35:40 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

How do EVs have “engine failures?”


2 posted on 11/30/2023 1:39:00 PM PST by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

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They are chock full of issues.

From a Mechanic that left his position to work on EVs exclusively. He simply said, stay away.


3 posted on 11/30/2023 1:40:46 PM PST by AnthonySoprano (Impeachment Inquiry is necessary since Deep State is blocking )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I don’t think I’d lump long charging times in with car problems. That’s like saying a gasoline pump that can only pump 0.1 gpm is a “car problem.”


4 posted on 11/30/2023 1:40:59 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Biggest problem of all: a lot more expensive to purchase.


5 posted on 11/30/2023 1:42:08 PM PST by adorno (CCH)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Duh... For us common folks.


6 posted on 11/30/2023 1:43:29 PM PST by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: ConservativeMind
How do EVs have “engine failures?”

Through the power of gay.

7 posted on 11/30/2023 1:44:13 PM PST by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
I call B.S. on this report. Bias in reporting.

In calculating a vehicle’s average problem rate, the organization assigned extra weight to serious problems such as battery or engine failures.

Why extra weight, to tip the scales one way against an E.V.? Let the stats fall where they may, without tipping the results. I have had an EV for almost 5 years, without a single problem. I also have several gas vehicles, that have had some minor problems over the years. Then again, I work on my own ICE cars, having rebuilt engines. But from what I’ve seen, ICE cars have numerous problems that can bite your wallet. On an EV, very few (except for the charging stations issue).

8 posted on 11/30/2023 1:44:34 PM PST by roadcat
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To: ChicagoConservative27

TeslaHumper says it’s not a problem everyone has growing pains just like the Hindenburg


9 posted on 11/30/2023 1:44:37 PM PST by NWFree (Sigma male 🤪)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

He doesn’t care, he’s got his fingers in the Heinz “pickle jar”


10 posted on 11/30/2023 1:45:16 PM PST by BigFreakinToad (Remember the Biden Kitchen Fire of 2004)
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To: ConservativeMind

I have tried to keep an open mind about electric vehicles, and I see the potential advantages if they ever got the battery charge times/vehicle range/battery fire issues solved.

I think of it in terms of the leap in reliability and performance when the leap was made from reciprocating engines in airplanes to jet engines.

Jet engines are far more reliable (even if they are harder to produce and they sure don’t LOOK like they would be more reliable) but when you consider how many moving parts there are in one reciprocating engine on the wing of a Super Constellation, and they have four of them...that’s is a LOT of moving parts.)

For electric vehicles...the potential advantages are the same. But until they get the range up, charge times down, and fire risk reduced, I don’t think we should be mandating them. Or even promoting them.


11 posted on 11/30/2023 1:45:41 PM PST by rlmorel ("The stigma for being wrong is gone, as long as you're wrong for the right side." (Clarice Feldman))
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
That’s like saying a gasoline pump that can only pump 0.1 gpm is a “car problem.”

If the car had a really skinny fuel intake that only accepted .1 gallons per minute, though, that WOULD be a car problem. People buying EVs know they don’t fill up like a gasoline/diesel. For some, that is offset by charging at home. We have free chargers at my workplace, and that works for some.
12 posted on 11/30/2023 1:45:52 PM PST by Dr. Sivana ("If you can’t say something nice . . . say the Rosary." [Red Badger])
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To: ChicagoConservative27

There’s almost nothing “free-market” about EVs. Its America’s own version of political, central-government, central planning.


13 posted on 11/30/2023 1:46:56 PM PST by PGR88
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To: ConservativeMind

Duh, they have engine failures because every time the owner opens the hood he FAILS to find the engine.

Similar to trying to find the trunk in an older Corvette.


14 posted on 11/30/2023 1:51:22 PM PST by woodbutcher1963
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Or a ICE with a 1 quart gas tank.


15 posted on 11/30/2023 1:51:43 PM PST by granite ("It's a Barnum and Bailey World, Just as Phony as it can be.")
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To: ConservativeMind

How do EVs have “engine failures?”

The Flintstones’ and Rubbles’ cars were not automobiles because they were foot-powered. EV’s are automobiles with batteries and motors (engines). Gasoline and Diesel-powered engines are also features of an automobile’s drive train. Something has to develop enough torque to make the transmission do what it’s designed to do, and if your talking about automobiles, it doesn’t include your feet.


16 posted on 11/30/2023 1:59:30 PM PST by equaviator (If 60 is the new 40 then 35 must be the new 15.)
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To: AnthonySoprano

17 posted on 11/30/2023 2:09:19 PM PST by T.B. Yoits
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To: Dr. Sivana

“We have free chargers at my workplace, and that works for some.”

I worked at a company with free chargers ten years ago. You were limited to the amount of time you could stay on one charger. Our CFO had a Chevy Volt and would stand up in the middle of meeting and say “I need to go move my car. My charging time is up.”

Talk about a disruption, waste of time and productivity!


18 posted on 11/30/2023 2:09:21 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
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To: rlmorel
For electric vehicles...the potential advantages are the same. But until they get the range up, charge times down, and fire risk reduced, I don’t think we should be mandating them. Or even promoting them.

I agree. Let the free markets allow customers to decide. There are advantages to using an EV in a short commute area. There are disadvantages if one doesn’t have the ability to charge at home. Gas and diesel vehicles will always be necessary, and the government should butt out of forcing their demise. One of the irritants I have about ICE cars are the anti-smog requirements. A couple months ago I had to work on getting my 1995 car to pass smog testing (3 times before passing), or face heavy fines and non-registration. Now going through the same with a 2001 truck because sensors not passing smog testing. A lot of hassle and expense. I don’t worry about this with my EV, biggest expense on semi-annual checks is total of $35 (wiper fluid and cabin filters). Get the government off our backs!

19 posted on 11/30/2023 2:09:42 PM PST by roadcat
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To: equaviator

Motor are not engines (in the strictest sense).


20 posted on 11/30/2023 2:10:04 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
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