Toyota and Nissan EVs: With $7,500 tax credit phaseout soon, don’t miss the affordability window

2023 Toyota BZ4XThe runway is looking shorter for two new affordable electric vehicles from Toyota and Nissan. That’s because both brands are getting quite close to a sales barrier that will no longer allow buyers to claim the full $7,500 federal EV tax credit—which could make quite a difference for those considering a Toyota bZ4X or Nissan Ariya…
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Tesla’s head of AI is on sabbatical and people are worried

Elon Musk announced that Tesla’s head of AI, Andrej Karpathy, is on a four-month sabbatical, and people are worried since other Tesla execs have left after going on sabbatical.

It comes as Tesla expands its Full Self-Driving (FSD) Beta to Canada.

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Study: Electric vehicle "intenders" rank cost, convenience as higher priorities than EV owners do

2022 Hyundai Ioniq 5Consumers who are planning to purchase an electric car have different priorities than current EV owners, according to a recent Plug In America study (via Charged EVs). Results from 8,000 United States respondents including both current EV owners and EV “intenders,” defined as those that do not currently own an EV but plan on acquiring one within…
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Xiaomi’s new 40-mile range NAVEE N65 electric scooter heads west to Europe and North America

Xiaomi rocketed the NAVEE N65 electric scooter to a successful launch late last year on its Xiaomi Youpin crowdfunding platform. Now the scooter is making its way westward toward European and North American customers.

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