Most everyone in America has seen the screaming headlines. “Consumer Reports pummels electric vehicle reliability,” says a headline in the Detroit Free Press. “Electric vehicles have almost 80% more problems than gas-powered ones,” screeched CBS News. “EVs significantly less reliable than gas-engine cars,” crowed Faux News. Omigosh. The onslaught of negative … [continued]
A reddit post by u/skidz007 showed a disturbing detail about a Consumer Reports consumer satisfaction survey in regards to Tesla vehicles this year. The user shared a screenshot of their answers to the question, “On average, how many kilometers can you drive this vehicle on a full charge, before its … [continued]
Earlier this year, Consumer Reports published its annual report on vehicle owner satisfaction. Once again, the report, which is based on extensive surveys of vehicle owners, found that Tesla owners are the happiest with their cars. Now they’ve split the ranking up by age.
Consumer Reports finds itself between the proverbial rock of its own creation — the low reliability rating of Tesla vehicles — and the cold, hard reality that is the uber positive opinions of thousands of Tesla owners. The 2016 Consumer Reports Owner Satisfaction Survey found that Tesla owners were amongst the most satisfied and that 91% would purchase another Tesla. That puts Tesla #1 in owner satisfaction … by a landslide. It beat #2 Porsche (84%) by a whopping 7 percentage points and #3 Audi (77%) by 14 percentage points.
According to the survey, 37 percent of those responding said their leading consideration when shopping for their next car will be fuel economy. A distant second was quality (17 percent) followed by safety (16 percent), value (14 percent) and performance (6 percent).
