• ori@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    “based on CR member surveys” so its what people think is most reliable. Not what is actually most reliable.

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      3 months ago

      Not all surveys are opinion surveys like political ones are. It’s just a method of data collection.

      We calculate predicted reliability ratings for almost every new car, truck, and SUV on the market using data from Consumer Reports’ annual reliability surveys, which ask members about problems they’ve had with their vehicles

      This year we calculated brand-level score by first examining the weighted overall problem rate for all models within a brand for each model year. Then the brand reliability score was calculated by averaging models from 2022 to 2024, and some early 2025 data for each brand, where there was sufficient sample size. We had insufficient data to create brand rankings for Alfa Romeo, Chrysler, Dodge, Fiat, Infiniti, Jaguar, Land Rover, Lincoln, Lucid, Maserati, Mercedes-Benz, Mini, Mitsubishi, Polestar, Porsche, and Ram.

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    3 months ago

    How are any electric car makers so unreliable. They’re so mechanically simple.

    How the hell do you fuck up so badly that you’re the bottom of the list Rivian??

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      3 months ago

      Electric cars are actually very complex. They monitor a ton of sensors and electrical properties constantly and need to manage everything.

      It isn’t just a big motor and a big battery hooked up to a variable resistance switch at the accelerator.

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        3 months ago

        I mean, they’re still a lot simpler than combustion cars. Like the other guy said, it’s probably because they’re startups.