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2024 Hyundai Ioniq 5 N: road and track review of a Kia EV6 GT and Tesla Model 3 Performance killer

EV Central

Hyundai’s Ioniq 5 N is here to challenge everything you once thought about electric cars. Following Hyundai’s triumphant i30N and i20N hot hatches – true segment shakers – the brand wasn’t going to sling an N badge on its Ioniq 5 lightly. What does the Hyundai Ioniq 5 N cost and what features do you get?

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Seven-day test: Living with the 2024 Peugeot e-2008 GT. Can it really challenge a Tesla Model Y or BYD Atto 3?

EV Central

You’re a smart little SUV. The e-2008 has a range of only 328km, its single motor offers just 100kW/260Nm, has 100kW maximum charging, and the rear seat and boot space are sized better for a retired couple than our family of four. Day 3 – Home charging 2024 Peugeot e-2008 GT. Most competition is stronger on paper.

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2025 Volkswagen ID.Buzz: Electric Microbus for North America appears, at last

Charged EVs

Ford, Hyundai, Kia, and GM will all launch vehicles into that segment over the next couple of years. VW quotes a maximum charging rate of 170 kilowatts, and DC fast charging from 10 to 80 percent of battery capacity in about 20 minutes (under ideal circumstances). Now we know VW will join them. 4s sold in Canada.

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The EV Transition Explained: Reshaping Labor Markets

Cars That Think

Electric vehicles require new or re-tooled factories , each requiring thousands of employees. Brad Markell , the Executive Director of the AFL-CIO Industrial Labor Council, told a National Academy EV workshop last year that, “Since 2000, real wages for non-supervisory production workers in the auto industry are down 20 percent.”

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