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The Hyundai Ioniq Plug-In Hybrid offers a different kind of experience than other PHEVs. Perfectly pragmatic to some, confounding to others, it’s one that might allow drivers to top 40 miles all-electric in mild temps and lower-speed commute conditions, based on what I saw, but one in which four-seasons all-electric commuting is really out…
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Volkswagen Group CEO Herbert Diess finally joined Twitter this week, and he’s making up for lost time. After teasing Tesla CEO Elon Musk about VW’s EV sales success in Europe, Diess hinted at a new electric-car project. Trinity will be the next EV development program after Neo, VW’s internal codename for the program that led to the ID family of…
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The Mercedes-Benz EV rollout continues with The EQA small crossover. Positioned below the current EQC crossover, it goes on sale in Europe this spring, but is unlikely to reach the United States. In keeping with Mercedes’ current naming convention, the EQA is an electric equivalent of the gasoline GLA crossover. “EQ” is the branding Mercedes gives…
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Porsche announced the availability of a base rear-wheel-drive version of the Taycan electric car for the U.S. on Tuesday. The Taycan in that form costs $81,250 with the 79.2-kwh Performance Battery, or $87,030 with the 93.4-kwh Performance Battery Plus. Taycan buyers are potentially eligible for the $7,500 federal EV tax credit, so it amounts to…
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Honda on Monday teased the next-generation HR-V subcompact crossover for the European market, but questions remain about what the next United States-market version will be like. The automaker confirmed that the European version, which will be unveiled February 18, will be hybrid only, using a version of the same two-motor hybrid system as other…
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Kia plans to launch seven dedicated electric vehicles by 2027 as part of a wide-ranging electrification and re-branding effort. The seven new EVs were teased last week as part of a “brand showcase” that also included a new logo design, and the announcement that the Hyundai-owned company will henceforth be known simply as “Kia,” rather than the…
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The electric Volkswagen Microbus will arrive to the U.S. market in 2023, Volkswagen of America CEO Scott Keogh said in a recent interview with Automotive News. Based on the VW ID Buzz concept first shown in 2017, the electric Microbus was originally reported as slated to arrive in 2022. Turns out it still will launch in Germany in 2022, but given…
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With winter underway and its ID.4 electric crossover scheduled to hit dealerships in a few weeks, Volkswagen touted its cold-weather capabilities of its new mass-market EV. And in the U.S. it’s managing to retain the necessary range without a heat pump. VW gave the ID.4 a handful of features to quickly and efficiently heat the cabin—and give…
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GM announced late Friday that it plans to produce the EV600 electric van at its Ingersoll, Ontario plant, starting in late 2021. The EV600 was revealed earlier this week, as part of a new BrightDrop commercial vehicle unit, and the production announcement channels US$800 million toward the plant, under a tentative agreement with the Unifor labor…
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All the hype over electric vehicles could lose much of its charge over a continued weak link: the used EV market. There are about 44,000 used-car dealerships in the U.S. today, and roughly a quarter of those have never sold an EV. Outside of some boutique dealerships in EV-savvy cities on the West Coast and elsewhere (and outside of the Tesla…
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