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Taycan review, Equinox EV deal, R1T top safety, 70-mile PHEVs: The Week in Reverse

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Nissan Surf-Out concept Within last week’s 2030 plan presented by Nissan, emphasizing more affordable EVs , the automaker said that it will pair with Mitsubishi for the joint development of a Nissan Frontier pickup replacement in EV and PHEV forms. 2024 Rivian R1T Could the safest pickup be fully electric?

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The 2024 Buick Regal (CN) Leaked: Do We Miss It Yet?

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It wasn’t even terrible to look at — mixing design trends that had been synonymous with Buick since the 1990s with a tinge of Audi. While formerly associated with affordable luxury that appealed to basically every generation that came before the Baby Boomers, the brand has been losing market share on the North American market since the 1980s.

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Navigant Research forecasts new EV global sales of > 346,000 units in 2014; 10 predictions for the year

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Broadly, Navigant expects expansion in both the higher end of the market (thereby putting competitive pressure on Tesla Motors), as Audi, BMW, Cadillac, Mercedes, Saab, and Volvo introduce their first plug-in cars. Tesla is also readying the Model X, a more affordable crossover for launch by the end of 2014.

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Perspective: A View Into the New GM

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Fritz Henderson, GM’s President and CEO: “ We had a couple of Audi and BMW customers sit in an Equinox and say ‘this vehicle should be priced well above what it is’—Chevrolet should blow people away for what they get for their money. ”. Buick will focus on North America and China. Chevrolet is a global value leader.

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Report: Honda e:Ny1 to Drop Terrible Name

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Keeping the Y element would also avoid awkward conversions with McLaren or Audi if using the P1 or S1 name. Audi has been very protective of its naming system, last year forcing Chinese EV maker Nio to change the name of its ES6 and ES8 SUVs on the basis that they sounded too much like S6 and S8.

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The best EVs that won’t be available in the U.S.

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first or potentially not sell them in North America at all. Jeep Avenger – (Credit: Stellantis) Being Jeep’s first EV, many anticipated that the American company would first serve its largest/home market in North America, but sadly, that isn’t the case. Volkswagen ID.3 3 – The Volkswagen ID.3.

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Kia EV9 and Volvo EX30: Are they 2024’s most important EVs?

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In North America, the EX30 is small enough that four full-size American adults will find it too tight for more than short trips. Expanding Volvo’s audience “We’ve gotten an amazing reception, with way more pre-orders and hand-raisers than we expected,” said Mike Cottone, CEO of Volvo Cars in North America.

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