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Ford and Volkswagen on Monday confirmed an expansion of their relationship around electric vehicles, resulting in a second electric vehicle based on VW’s MEB platform for EVs, as well as a longer-term plan to double Ford’s volume of models on that platform to 1.2 million units over a six-year span. Ford has confirmed that the first…
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Earlier this month, Ford suddenly stopped taking orders for two especially popular versions of the Ford Mustang Mach-E—the Premium and California Route 1. That left more than an $18,000 price gap between the base Select, which is only offered with the base 70-kwh Standard Range battery pack, and the top GT, with its included all-wheel drive…
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With surging gas prices dominating headlines, inventories of fuel-efficient vehicles and EVs are shrinking as supply appears short of demand, according to CarsDirect. A recent search of inventory listings on Cars.com showed just 472 new Toyota Prius hybrids available in the entire United States. Of that total, just 28 were the entry-level Prius L…
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The 2022 Toyota Mirai is now available with Toyota’s Teammate driver-assistance system, but only as a $5,170 option on the top Limited trim level. Toyota confirmed to Green Car Reports that while the 2022 Mirai has been available for months, the Teammate option hasn’t been available until March. Unveiled last year, Toyota Teammate has been billed…
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Rivian revealed updates on R1T, R1S, and EDV production, preorders, and what amounted to its most significant product update in months, as part of a letter to shareholders and Q&A held Thursday. The company is ramping up production, gradually and with plenty of supply-chain-related fits and starts. As of March 8, Rivian reports that it has…
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Five years after generating much buzz with a Microbus-inspired electric van, Volkswagen has at last revealed the production model, suitably called ID.Buzz. Although for the U.S. there’s a big asterisk: America won’t see the ID at dealerships until 2024. Simply put, Americans shouldn’t dwell too much on the specs for the European…
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Volvo Cars has announced that it will be testing electric taxis equipped with wireless charging, in “a live city environment” to evaluate the potential of the technology. The tech, from Momentum Dynamics, is due to be installed on a “small fleet” of Volvo XC40 Recharge electric SUVs operated by Cabonline, which claims to be the largest…
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Electric vehicles have the potential to be more than just transportation—by using their battery packs for supplemental home energy and grid stabilization. That’s what a collaboration between GM and Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E), announced Tuesday morning, aims to explore—with the eventual hope of making every GM vehicle…
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Police departments looking to add electric cars to their fleets have few suitable choices, as one report recently highlighted. The police department in Spokane, Washington, is looking to go electric, and recently tested two Tesla Model Y crossovers, according to the Spokane Spokesman-Review. They received “scathing reviews” from cops, according to…
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Volvo on Friday announced a handful of updates for its pair of EVs in Europe, but with no confirmation that the same changes would be applied to the United States market. The Volvo XC40 Recharge gets a few styling tweaks, including a new front fascia and grille, and new adaptive LED headlights. These changes more closely align the XC40 Recharge…
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