Tesla is dropping its lead over legacy automakers within the high quality of its new all-electric automobiles, in response to an annual influential research performed by J.D. Energy.

The 2024 U.S. Initial Quality Study discovered the standard of Tesla’s battery-electric automobiles, or BEVs, and people of conventional carmakers had been the identical, at 266 issues reported per 100 newly bought or leased automobiles.

Beforehand Tesla fashions outperformed the electrical automobiles of legacy automakers within the annual survey of high quality. Last year, the U.S. EV chief obtained a rank of 257 issues per 100 automobiles, in contrast with 265 issues per 100 automobiles on common for EVs from conventional automakers.

The research attributes Tesla’s rising issues to a damaging response from clients after the corporate eliminated conventional characteristic controls, equivalent to flip alerts and wiper stalks.

Throughout the broader trade, not simply BEVs, Tesla has persistently ranked towards the underside in preliminary high quality since J.D. Energy started together with Tesla within the research in 2022.

General, the research, which included restore visits knowledge of franchised sellers for the primary time, discovered electrical automobiles equivalent to BEVs and plug-in hybrid electrical automobiles (PHEVs), are plagued with extra issues in comparison with conventional gas- and diesel-powered automobiles with inside combustion engines.

“Homeowners of leading edge, tech-filled BEVs and PHEVs are experiencing issues which are of a severity degree excessive sufficient for them to take their new car into the dealership at a fee 3 times larger than that of gas-powered car house owners,” Senior Director of Auto Benchmarking at J.D. Energy Frank Hanley mentioned in a information launch.

The research discovered that plug-in automobiles require extra repairs than gas-powered automobiles throughout all restore classes.

BEVs averaged 266 issues per 100 automobiles, 86 factors larger than gas- and diesel-powered automobiles, which averaged 180 issues per 100 automobiles, in response to the research. A decrease rating signifies larger car high quality.

Prime considerations included options, controls and shows in addition to wi-fi smartphone integration, as clients reported frequent difficulties with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto.

The research additionally reported frustration over false warnings, pointless visitors alerts and automated braking options. Particularly, rear seat reminders contribute 1.7 issues per 100 automobiles throughout the trade, as house owners report receiving alerts even when nobody is within the rear seat.

“It’s not stunning that the introduction of recent know-how has challenged producers to take care of car high quality,” Hanley mentioned.

— CNBC’s Michael Wayland contributed to this report.