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Volvo’s flagship electric SUV will debut November 9 and will be dubbed EX90, CEO Jim Rowan confirmed Wednesday in a media presentation. Doubling down on its reputation for safety, Volvo also claims the EX90 will be its safest model yet, thanks largely to next-generation sensors and software that can reduce crashes that result in serious injury or…
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Chevrolet won’t follow sibling General Motors brands Buick and Cadillac in offering buyouts to dealerships that don’t want to sell electric vehicles, a GM executive said in a recent interview with The Verge. In fact, the dealerships that take buyouts for their Buick and Cadillac franchises could end up selling Chevys exclusively, GM global vice…
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Volkswagen unveiled an ID.Buzz paramedics’ van at the 2022 IAA Transportation commercial vehicle show in Hannover, Germany, showing the upfit potential of the new electric van for government fleets and businesses. VW didn’t offer much detail on the ID.Buzz emergency vehicle, only noting that it was built in collaboration with German upfitter…
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Nearly half of Californians “are likely to choose an EV the next time that they’re in the market for a vehicle.” That’s the very uplifting takeaway from a survey released last week and commissioned by the electric vehicle advocacy group Veloz. But in more nuanced questions, the survey reveals lots of room for improvement…
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A new type of sensor could improve the accuracy of EV range estimates, which could effectively unlock more range for drivers, IEEE Spectrum reports. Scientists in Japan are experimenting with diamond quantum sensors that can help improve battery-monitoring accuracy a hundredfold, addressing an issue with current battery-monitoring sensors. Average…
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The 2023 Kia Sorento Hybrid enters the new model with what Kia calls an “optimized” trim-level lineup that effectively gives the crossover SUV a roughly $2,500 price bump. That “optimization” included the discontinuation of the base Sorento Hybrid S trim level, which started at $35,345 (with destination) for 2022. That leaves the front-wheel drive…
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During its annual dealership meeting in Las Vegas, Ford unveiled new rules for selling EVs under its Model E business unit that could put an end to markups and haggling—although they require significant upfront investment by dealers. Ford earlier this year split itself into three business units, with Model E focused on electric passenger…
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Tesla needs a more affordable model, an executive said at a recent invite-only investor conference. But it’s unclear if that will be in the form of the much-discussed $25,000 Tesla or something different. Martin Viecha, the automaker’s head of investor relations, spoke at the invite-only Goldman Sachs tech conference in San Francisco Monday…
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Interest in purchasing an EV is high among communities of color, which are also more burdened by air pollution than white communities. Yet significant barriers exist to greater EV adoption, according to a new study from Consumer Reports, EVNoire, GreenLatinos, and the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS). Communities of color are most harmed by…
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Volkswagen has turned the ID.4 electric crossover into a rugged off-roader. Debuting at the ID.Treffen event in Locarno, Switzerland, the VW ID.Xtreme concept applies a suspension lift, tougher styling, and more power to the mass-market EV. The ID.Xtreme concept is based on the ID.4 GTX, a version of the all-wheel-drive ID.4 that isn’t sold in the…
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