Electric cars: greater reliability despite increasing breakdown volume!

Electric cars: greater reliability despite increasing breakdown volume!

The annual breakdown statistics of the ADAC has now published a very revealing analysis for 2025, which is based on actual missions of the ADAC street guard. According to hna , statistics show that electric vehicles are more reliable overall than traditional combustion engines. A striking trend is the increase in breakdown cases in electric cars, which is due to its increasing spread on the streets.

In a comparison of two to four years old vehicles, 1,000 combustion engines recorded an average of 9.4 breakdowns, while old electric cars only have 3.8 breakdowns. This not only shows a clear difference in reliability, but also emphasizes the performance of the electric vehicles. In the case of vehicles between the ages of three and five years, the breakdown quota is 10.4 for combustion engines and 4.2 for electric cars. Even with five-year-old vehicles, the electric cars with 8.5 breakdowns per 1,000 vehicles remain significantly advantage compared to 12 breakdowns in combustion.

causes of the breakdown and problems

The most common cause of the breakdown in both vehicle classes is the defect of the 12-volt starter battery, responsible for 50% of the breakdowns in electric cars and 45% for burners. Motor problems and engine electronics follow with a breakdown rate of 22.1%. With regard to reliability, electric cars are less prone to breakdown in the engine and engine management, while there are more problems with on -board electronics.

Some models are particularly criticized by Toyota, including the C-HR, RAV4, Yaris and Yaris Cross, which are negative due to loading problems of the battery. Toyota has announced that they take measures to optimize the battery process. These negative outliers throw a lightly on the challenges with which some automobile manufacturers are faced with the switch to electric vehicles.

market analyzes and evaluations

The ADAC breakdown statistics 2025 analyzes a total of 159 model series and offers a comparison to the reliability of different vehicles. In 2024, the ADAC counted over 3.6 million breakdown aids, which represents an increase of 1.4% compared to the previous year. The number of breakdowns in electric vehicles rose to 43,678, which corresponds to an increase of 46% compared to 2023

This increase is considered normal, however, since more and more electric vehicles are coming onto the market. The evaluation only takes into account technical breakdowns; Self -indebted breakdowns are not included. Models must have at least 7,000 approvals in two years to be included in the statistics. Darüber hinaus ist der Markt für Elektrofahrzeuge durch dynamisches Wachstum gekennzeichnet, wobei weitere technische Verbesserungen erwartet werden.

Overall, the latest results show that electric cars are superior to the combustion engines in many ways, especially when it comes to breakdown. This year, many consumers could offer a crucial impetus to increasingly choose electric vehicles.