Most Reliable
Most Reliable EVs
Electric vehicles ranked by Klunk Score — NHTSA owner-complaint data across every model year.
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Bmw I4
98 avg score 1 year covered Best year: 2022 - 2
Toyota Bz4x
97 avg score 3 years covered Best year: 2025 - 3
Subaru Solterra
96 avg score 3 years covered Best year: 2025 - 4
Lucid Air
96 avg score 4 years covered Best year: 2024 - 5
Genesis Gv60
93 avg score 3 years covered Best year: 2025 - 6
Bmw Ix
93 avg score 4 years covered Best year: 2025 - 7
Rivian R1t
92 avg score 4 years covered Best year: 2025 - 8
Rivian R1s
91 avg score 4 years covered Best year: 2022 - 9
Hyundai Ioniq 6
89 avg score 3 years covered Best year: 2025 - 10
Audi E-tron
86 avg score 2 years covered Best year: 2021 - 11
Chevrolet Bolt euv
84 avg score 2 years covered Best year: 2022 - 12
Nissan Leaf
79 avg score 11 years covered Best year: 2025 - 13
Tesla Model x
70 avg score 1 year covered Best year: 2022 - 14
Kia Ev6
70 avg score 4 years covered Best year: 2025 - 15
Volkswagen Id.4
64 avg score 5 years covered Best year: 2025 - 16
Tesla Model y
61 avg score 2 years covered Best year: 2025 - 17
Tesla Model s
55 avg score 5 years covered Best year: 2012 - 18
Ford Mustang mach-e
54 avg score 2 years covered Best year: 2022 - 19
Hyundai Ioniq 5
42 avg score 4 years covered Best year: 2024 - 20
Tesla Model 3
33 avg score 8 years covered Best year: 2017
How this ranking works
Each model on this list is scored by averaging its Klunk Score across every model year on file. The Klunk Score is computed daily from NHTSA owner-complaint data — same dataset reporters and J.D. Power cite. Higher score = fewer documented problems per model year.
Two caveats up front: best-selling models accumulate more complaints than rare models even if they are equally reliable per capita, and newer model years naturally have less time on the road to accumulate complaints. For a per-year picture of any model on this list, click into its dashboard.
For the full methodology, see the Klunk Score methodology page.