"It's been around for two decades at this point so it's pretty proven technology." "Hybrid tech is not new to these automakers," Jake Fisher, senior director of auto testing at Consumer Reports, said in an online presentation hosted by the Automotive Press Association. There are also fewer brake problems reported in hybrids. In other cases, an electronic CVT has fewer potential problems than newer 8- to 10-speed automatic transmissions utilized in combustion engines to eke out more fuel savings.
Some AWD hybrids lack a drive shaft and instead have a rear motor powering the rear axle, for example. In many cases, hybrid power systems have been worked out over time and can reflect packaging advantages over internal-combustion cars.
In doing so, Consumer Reports found that hybrid vehicles were as reliable or more reliable than their gas counterparts despite the fact that hybrids can have more mechanical complexity. New this year, Consumer Reports analyzed hybrid cars separately from their gas-only counterparts, so the Toyota RAV4 was broken out separately from the RAV4 Hybrid.
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