Data on millions of cars in the UK shows electric cars last longer than petrol cars, and the reliability gap gets bigger at higher mileages.
  • Ludicrous0251@piefed.zipEnglish
    17·
    1 month ago

    By the time a petrol car reaches 120,000 miles, it’s 7.5% more likely to have failed than an EV (16% vs. 23.5%).

    7.5% sounds small, but at 120k miles, there are 50% more failed gas cars than EVs, that’s a pretty staggering number.

    • Nednarb44@lemmy.world
      14·
      1 month ago

      Seems they (the article) worded it in a pretty uncharitable way. If we’re comparing likelihoods, then it’s a big difference like you said almost 50% more likely. That’s like saying something going from 1% likelihood to 5% is a 4% increase, instead of saying 5x more likely.