Japanese cars have long been held up as the gold standard of reliability. For decades, if you wanted something that would run ...

You rely on your pickup to do real work, save money, and last for years […] ...

The head of the nation’s grid reliability authority called for more electricity generation. Transmission reform alone will not solve the U.S. electric grid’s ongoing reliability issues, with more ...

Utilities and other energy providers in the West need to add more than 12,600 miles of new electric transmission lines in the ...

The reliability of hybrid and electric vehicles is improving, but U.S.-based brands continue to trail their competition, according to Consumer Reports’ influential 2025 Automotive Report Card. From EV ...

The 2026 J.D. Power U.S. Vehicle Dependability Study (VDS) is out. It ranks vehicles based on problems per 100 vehicles (PP100) after three years of ownership, covering key areas such as powertrain ...

The Power Line is a newsletter series that reviews key stories in the electric power sector—ranging from grid reliability, transmission issues, and emergent technology and business models. The Power ...

In many plants, reliability is treated like a luxury; it’s something to be addressed once the "real work" of fixing ...

National Rural Electric Cooperative Association CEO Jim Matheson called for federal energy policies to be more in tune with the problems facing utilities today, including challenges to power grid ...

IC reliability in the past few decades has generally been very very good compared to decades before. If EVs were replacing ICs like 20 or 30 years ago they might get a big reliability head start, but ...