J.D. Power
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A new J.D. Power report suggests that Americans don't have a lot of confidence in electric cars and broadly misunderstand self-driving cars.
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Tesla electric cars have quality issues, but owners love them regardlessTesla electric cars have many notable and pioneering qualities. Faultless reliability has not necessarily been one of them. Since the Model S launched in 2012, multiple quality issues have been documented by both owners and media outlets like Consumer Reports. The Model X debuted with a...
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Toyota Exec Slams Tesla For Having 'All Eggs In One Basket'
Toyota's public attack on electric cars shows no signs of letting up. Its first sallies were two ads from its Lexus luxury brand slamming electric cars for range anxiety. Now, a Toyota executive has all but sneered at Tesla Motors for putting "all its eggs in one basket" by making only...
John Voelcker -
Gas Mileage Remains First Priority For Buyers, JD Power Says
More surveyed owners listed fuel economy as their highest priority than anything else.
Stephen Edelstein -
Yep, Car Buyers Rate Fuel Economy Number One, But...
There's good news and bad news for green car fans in the latest J.D. Power and Associates Avoider Study. For a decade, that study has interviewed recent car buyers, asking detailed questions about their purchase decisions. As you might guess from the title of the survey, Power focuses not only on...
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2012 Chevrolet Volt: Most Loved Compact Car, Most Satisfied Drivers
According to a recent, very peppy General Motors ad campaign, many Chevrolet Volt owners are brimming with enthusiasm about their plug-in hybrid. Then again, having Chevy Volt owners evangelize about their cars in an ad designed to sell the plug-in hybrid is hardly a fair yardstick to gauge how...
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According to the ninth annual Avoider study published yesterday by J.D. Power and Associates, many car-buyers avoid green cars because they’re too small, look strange, or cost too much. As we’ve previously found from other recent surveys, gas mileage proved to be the number one influencer of car choice in the study, replacing reliability, purchase deals and exterior styling from previous years. But while gas mileage now helps car buyers make their new car purchase decisions, J.D. Power says that many new car buyers avoid cars like the 2012 Chevrolet Volt because it costs too much...
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Gasoline Engines Will Be With Us For Many Decades Yet, Really
We write a lot about electric cars here, and we cover clean diesels and efficient gasoline cars. But it's probably time for a little reality check. Gasoline engines are going to be with us throughout the lifetime of anyone reading this article. They may represent far less than the 90-odd-percent of...
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Is Demand For Electric Cars Overhyped? J.D. Power Thinks So
With a fanfare going up for every new electric car that hits the market at the moment, you'd be forgiven for thinking we're only a few short steps away from widespread EV adoption. According to marketing information services firm J.D. Power though, this might not be the case. According to the...
Antony Ingram
