Consumer Reports survey finds electric vehicle progress [Video]

DETROIT –

The reliability of electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids has dramatically improved, narrowing a wide gap with gas-powered automobiles, according to the latest survey by Consumer Reports.

But vehicles with internal combustion engines and gas-electric hybrids are still far more dependable, the survey found.

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Consumer Reports subscribers, who filled out surveys during much of 2024, reported that electric vehicles had 42 per cent more problems than gas autos on average. But that was down from 79 per cent more in the 2023 survey. The survey released Thursday measured reliability of vehicles mainly from the 2022, 2023 and 2024 model years.

Plug-ins, which travel a short distance on battery power before a hybrid powertrain kicks in, had 70 per cent more problems than gas vehicles, but that was less than half the difference found in last year’s …