Electric Vehicles Have ‘Embarrassing’ Number of Quality Issues Compared to Combustion Engines: 2022 Study

An employee works on a Ford Motor Co. F-Series truck on the assembly line at the Ford Dearborn Truck Plant in Dearborn, Mich., on Jan. 26, 2022. Jeff Kowalsky/AFP via Getty Images

Battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) and plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEVs) have turned out to have more problems than internal combustion engines (ICE), according to a new study by data analysis and advisory firm J.D. Power.

While ICE vehicles averaged 175 problems per 100 vehicles (PP100), this jumped to 239 among PHEVs and 240 among BEVs, a June 28 press release of the J.D. Power 2022 U.S. Initial Quality Study stated. Lower scores represented higher-quality vehicles.