Electric vehicles have long been considered more reliable than gasoline or diesel-powered cars. After all, electric vehicles save complex system parts such as internal combustion engines, fuel systems, intake systems, exhaust systems, and ignition devices, and less lubricating oils, including transmission oil and engine oil, however, a new study suggests that electric vehicles may not necessarily be more reliable than internal combustion engine cars. A new survey by the British Consumer Organisation shows that traditional petrol or diesel-powered owners report fewer problems than electric vehicle owners in the first four years of ownership.
48,000 people were surveyed about the vehicles they were driving, of which 2,184 were electric vehicles out of nearly 57,000. 39% of EV owners had problems in the first four years of ownership, compared with only 19% and 29% of gasoline and diesel owners.
Not only are electric vehicles relatively unreliable in the early stages of use, but the requirements for fixing problems are usually longer than with traditional ICE cars, with the most common problems appearing on software with a repair time of up to 5 days, compared to 3 days for gasoline cars and 4 days for diesel cars. The least reliable of all EV brands is Tesla, with 39% of owners recording at least one failure in 4 years of ownership and 5% of problems including malfunctions or non-start-ups.
Leaving aside the uncertainty of the UK survey, the UK survey points out that the initial instability of electric vehicles is still high. As far as the author's cognition is concerned, the reliability of normal fuel vehicles in the early stage is really good (do not buy the car king), but the problems of fuel vehicles often begin to occur after accumulating the use time, in addition to the need for more maintenance, the replacement of consumables, including the uncertainty of major parts, is also higher.
Although the survey concluded that electric vehicles had more problems in the first four years, if the time is extended, electric vehicles should theoretically be more convenient and reliable than fuel vehicles in addition to the uncertainty of the battery.