US study shows electric cars have more tech glitches than petrol cars

Knowing how software goes, all that extra tech is just more stuff that can break. Geez I sound old but its true.<p>My wish is an auto manufacturer makes an EV without a bunch of whiz-bang features. Entire dashboards don&#x27;t need to be touch screens - analog speedometers, tachometers and other gauges are fine. Put the detailed battery meter stuff in the infotainment menus but have a simple gauge in a normal dashboard. A simple 6-8 inch touch screen for Carplay&#x2F;Auto interface in the middle gets the job done.<p>What would be really cool is a retro looking car (1950&#x27;s style) with electric motors, modern suspension, brakes and safety features but a retro looking dash and a hidden&#x2F;flip panel for the infotainment touchscreen.

This seems inevitable from a software engineering perspective. Automobile software&#x2F;firmware sounds HARD. There are so many simultaneous, multi-factor processes being controlled, and mostly with firmware, and all the stories coming out of teams responsible for automobile software&#x2F;firmware indicate that their level of competence is roughly what you would expect if the technical leadership is hired by managers who&#x27;s background is in the unrelated field of automobiles.<p>I bet that our lives are largely spared at this time only through the competence of the automobile QA discipline.

<i>Total vehicle problems in the (Initial Quality Study) is 46 per cent higher among electric vehicles (excluding Tesla) than petrol vehicles</i><p>Does the number get worse or better if you include Tesla?