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EVs Still Have Major Quality Problems, And It's Mostly About The Software

01 Jul 2024 | Abstracted from The Verge

"JD Power's latest quality study is out...Like in past versions of the survey, battery-electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles performed worse than their gas equivalents...The problems had little to do with the mechanics of EVs - motors, batteries, etc. - and almost entirely to do with the tech.

"...most of the grousing seems to be about tech, a major concern given that the auto industry is haphazardly racing to cram as much software into their models as possible."

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