Volvo XC40 Electric starts $20,000 more expensive than gasoline-powered version

Volvo has now confirmed the price of the XC40 Recharge, the electric version of Volvo’s best-selling small SUV, and it shows the problem with automakers launching electric versions of existing cars.

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New Jersey might join California ban of gasoline new-car sales by 2035

2014 BMW i3 REx, scenic New Jersey, Apr 2015  [photo by owner Tom Moloughney]New Jersey might be the next state to ban sales of new gasoline and diesel cars. Last month, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order banning sales of new internal-combustion cars by 2035; and now a report from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) recommends that lawmakers in that state do the same. The…
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BMW has made 200,000 of its quirky i3 electric cars

The 200,000th BMW i3BMW reported Tuesday that it had built its 200,000th i3 electric car since the start of production in 2013. The milestone car was finished in Fluid Black metallic paint with BMW i Blue accents, and was produced for a customer in the German state of Saxony, the automaker said in a press release. Launched in the United States for the 2014 model…
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