question of the day will ev charger reliability improvement entice you to rethinkOne of the issues plaguing the adoption of electric vehicles is the EV charging network in the U.S. - particularly its reliability, or lack thereof. However, a new study shows DC fast charger reliability has improved dramatically in the last nine months.question of the day will ev charger reliability improvement entice you to rethinkAccording to the JD Power 2026 U.S. Electric Vehicle Experience Public Charging Study released Aug. 12, instances where EV owners get to a fast charger to find it doesn't work is at an all-time low. Just 12 percent of users happened across a nonfunctional DC fast charger in the last nine months.Previous Power studies show that the biggest reason new vehicle shoppers don't consider EVs is the unreliability of the fast-charging network. The newly release study shows the area with the biggest gain is reliability. Much of that is due to the expansion of the charging network brings new and more robust chargers out.AdvertisementAdvertisementSo with gas prices high and public charging becoming more reliable, if you're in the market for a new vehicle in the next several months, would you reconsider whether or not to buy a new electric vehicle over a gas-powered model? Let us know. [Images: Ionna]Become a TTAC insider. Get the latest news, features, TTAC takes, and everything else that gets to the truth about cars first by subscribing to our newsletter.