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Often times "Reliability" is calculated as "fraction of cars that have a recall or other unscheduled maintenance during the initial N months of ownership" and I believe Tesla is actually quite high in this regard?

https://www.jdpower.com/business/press-releases/2023-us-vehi...

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My Tesla has been much less costly to own over the last three years than my Honda Odyssey: I have had several mobile repair visits for cosmetic issues and some OTA “recalls” but I find it hard to believe that any ICE car is more “reliable” than a Model 3 that didn’t gave obvious QC issues at delivery.

It remains to be seen how an 8 year old Tesla fares against an 8 year old Odyssey.

The linked article differentiates cost of ownership and reliability. An unreliable car can be low-ownership-cost if it's under warranty.

I mean, much less maintenance in absolute terms: no oil changes, transmission trouble, etc. Mostly just replacing windshield wipers and tires. The mobile service issues were all basically cosmetic issues that wouldn’t really impact reliability.

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