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Many People OK With EVs; They Just Don’t Want One
Ford’s 2024 Trend Report delves into EVs, anxiety levels and how people regard AI.
By Steve Finlay • Feb. 26, 2024 -
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Toyota Offering Fire-Sale Pricing on Mirai FCV
With Shell Hydrogen shutting down some hydrogen stations in California permanently, would-be hydrogen car buyers are declining, moving Toyota to issue $40,000 discounts on its ’23 Mirai hydrogen vehicles.
By David Kiley • Feb. 26, 2024 -
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Dacia to Unveil Lightweight BEV at Geneva
Budget brand claims new Spring model, at less than one ton, will be the lightest BEV on the European market.
By Paul Myles • Feb. 23, 2024 -
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HVAC System Boosts BEV Range 70%, College Claims
British university team file patents for its e-Thermal bank designed to create secondary energy source to cope with extreme temperature effects on battery-electric-vehicle range.
By Paul Myles • Feb. 23, 2024 -
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Volkswagen Considering Electric Pickup for U.S. Market
The resurrected Scout brand has been tapped as a partner for the proposed U.S.-produced Volkswagen truck currently under design in Germany.
By Greg Kable • Feb. 23, 2024 -
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What Range Anxiety? Dealers Snap Up Fiat 500e
Stellantis is launching the small, limited-range battery-electric-vehicle in March, and dealers are anxious to get them despite a slowdown in BEV demand.
By David Kiley • Feb. 22, 2024 -
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Japan a Minor EV Player Despite Record Sales in 2023
Toyota is on track to become the Japanese leader in BEV sales, surpassing Nissan, although questions remain about the automaker’s commitment to the segment.
By Roger Schreffler • Feb. 21, 2024 -
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Alpine’s Hot-Hatch BEV Enters Arctic Tests
Powertrain and interior equipment are tested in Sweden's extreme winter conditions ahead of A290's summer launch.
By Paul Myles • Feb. 20, 2024 -
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Volkswagen Reveals ID.7 Station Wagon Variant
ID.7 Tourer to sit alongside ICE offering of Volkswagen Passat Estate.
By Paul Myles • Feb. 20, 2024 -
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Maserati Delays Launch of Electric Quattroporte
New sports sedan’s 2025 introduction in doubt following a decision to place production plans “on hold.”
By Greg Kable • Feb. 20, 2024 -
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Yanfeng Looks to Save the Wrapped Steering Wheel With Innovative Design
Yanfeng’s ClickRim modular steering wheel consists of individual shells that are clipped onto the steering-wheel rim and connected to each other in an automated process that dramatically cuts manufacturing time.
By David Zoia • Feb. 20, 2024 -
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Citroën Models Still Rolling Off Russian Assembly Lines
Stellantis's French brand being assembled from kits built by Dongfeng in China, Reuters investigation claims.
By Paul Myles • Feb. 16, 2024 -
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Alfa Romeo Prepping Milano CUV for April Launch
The entry-level model shares parent company Stellantis’s E-CMP platform and Polish production line with the Jeep Avenger and Fiat 600e.
By Greg Kable • Feb. 16, 2024 -
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Can Halcyon Concept Signal a Chrysler Revival?
Stellantis reveals a battery-electric concept car called Halcyon ahead of a 2025 BEV for the Chrysler brand in time for its 100th anniversary.
By David Kiley • Feb. 15, 2024 -
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Lancia BEV Hatchback First of a Line, Says Automaker
Premium-focused B-segment vehicle offers "affordable" hire-purchase scheme to attract buyers in a slowing market.
By Paul Myles • Feb. 15, 2024 -
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We Need Smart Policy for Automakers to Profit on EVs
As the EV age dawns, it’s not clear you can make money by putting up the first wave of national charging infrastructure – but having such a system is a prerequisite to consumers buying EVs on any scale.
By Andy Levin • Feb. 14, 2024 -
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Electric Range Rover Enters Prototype Test Phase
JLR releases teaser images of upcoming BEV claiming "quietest and most refined Range Rover ever."
By Paul Myles • Feb. 14, 2024 -
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China’s Great Wall Motor Launching Luxury Brand
The first model from Great Wall Motor's planned luxury brand will be a sedan aimed to rival the Rolls-Royce Ghost, Bentley Flying Spur, Mercedes-Maybach S580 sedan, Hongqi H9 and recently revealed Yangwang U7.
By Greg Kable • Feb. 13, 2024 -
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OEMs Band Together to Boost Public Charging
A former executive at EVGO and Electrify America will lead the Ionna public charging network funded by a group of seven automakers with help from the federal government.
By David Kiley • Feb. 13, 2024 -
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Red Bull Goes Hyper With RB17
The 2-seat coupe will be powered by a gasoline V-10 and electric motor developing a combined 1,200 hp.
By Greg Kable • Feb. 12, 2024 -
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Software-Related Recalls and the Auto Industry’s Ongoing Evolution
In many software-related recalls, software is used to correct a problem, rather than the software itself being an issue. And as software is more malleable, it can provide a more cost-effective way for automakers to address hardware defects or deficiencies.
By Todd Warren • Feb. 12, 2024 -
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Fastest Aston Martin Vantage Unveiled
Iconic performance Vantage bloodline goes on with fastest road-going model to date.
By Paul Myles • Feb. 12, 2024 -
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Mobility Privacy Concerns in Connected Cars
Lots more services and features but at what cost for consumers' data privacy?
By By Graham Jarvis • Feb. 9, 2024 -
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Kia Updates Carnival With Hybrid, Returns to Super Bowl
Kia America continues an aggressive plan to electrify all models and aspires to be the first BEV choice for consumers after Tesla.
By David Kiley • Feb. 9, 2024 -
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Most Powerful Abarth Aims to Excite BEV Market
Upcoming limited-edition Abarth 600e Scorpionissima claims 240 hp.
By Paul Myles • Feb. 9, 2024
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