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    Most and Least Satisfying Mainstream Hybrids, Plug-In Hybrids, and Electric Vehicles

    Find out what Consumer Reports' members say about owning these electrified vehicles

    2024 Hyundai Ioniq 6 in red with dessert landscape in background
    Hyundai Ioniq 6
    Photo: Hyundai

    Knowing how much you might like—or even love—your next vehicle would be a pretty valuable insight as you go about researching your next car purchase. And even if you take it for a test drive, how will you know if you’ll like your new ride once the honeymoon period is over?

    To help with that problem, Consumer Reports asks members each year about their car purchases. They provide great insights by answering one question: If you had it to do all over again, would you definitely buy or lease the same model?

    Combined with CR’s test and reliability ratings, our owner satisfaction ratings give you valuable guidance when you’re shopping for a vehicle. (Detailed information is available on our car model pages.)

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    Below, we’ve ranked the new mainstream electric vehicles (EVs), plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), and gas-electric hybrids in terms of overall satisfaction, based on our latest survey. We also noted whether those top scorers excelled in any of these subcategories: styling, driving experience, comfort, in-car electronics ease of use, and ownership cost. In the event of a tie, two or three models are listed.

    Not every category will have a least-satisfying model, either because the category has too few eligible vehicles or because none of them have a rating below average. You can find our list of the most-satisfying luxury models here.

    If you’re a CR member, the list below is already available to you. Members can also click on each model to see how satisfied owners are with the vehicle in several specific aspects of their car ownership experience, such as comfort, driving enjoyment, ease of use of the in-car electronics, and overall value.

    If you haven’t signed up, click below and become a member to access this list and all our exclusive ratings and reviews for each car we buy and test. Joining also gives you full access to exclusive ratings for the other products our experts evaluate in several categories, including electronics and appliances.

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    We investigate, research, and test so you can choose with confidence.