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Hyundai Ioniq 6 deal, affordable Honda and Toyota EVs, Civic and Elantra hybrids: The Week in Reverse

Baua Electric

Looking at the latest “Highland” Model 3, as priced last week, it undercuts the Tesla by $9,000. Two automakers this past week, both known for affordable gasoline cars, dashed hopes of seeing more affordable EVs anytime soon. Toyota also dismisses the viability of an affordable EV —in this case, specific to the European market.

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Toyota Hybrid Breakthrough! One-mile EV Range Highlander Hybrid!

Plugs and Cars

AutoBlogGreen has the details on the '08 Highlander, and it includes an EV mode! The 24 NiMH batteries in my Toyota RAV4 EV take the car 120 miles without gasoline. Toyota could deliver a plug-in hybrid highlander, get 20 miles all-electric and 75 mpg using NiMH today! Would a Lithium-ion battery be better?

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Hyundai undercuts Tesla Model 3 by $9,300 with 2024 IONIQ 6 special cash offer

Baua Electric

With a new special cash offer, the 2024 Hyundai IONIQ 6 can be significantly cheaper to buy than the upgraded Tesla Model 3 Highand. That’s to buy, not for a lease like previous deals. The cash offer could bring the IONIQ 6’s MSRP of $38,615 down to just over $30,000 ($31,115) as one of the most affordable EVs on the market.

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Tesla Model S Plaid dismantles previous EV hot lap record by nearly five seconds

Teslarati

A Tesla Model S Plaid driven by professional electric vehicle driver Blake Fuller recently dismantled the previous EV hot lap record at Sebring Raceway in Highlands County, Florida, which was not close. As for the Model S Plaid , you can buy one for yourself right now at Tesla.com. h/t: Road and Track.

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Tesla Van, revised Cybertruck, Tesla Boat — Here’s what could be coming

Teslarati

Offering only 236 miles of range in its Custom offering, the E-Transit could be challenged by a Tesla Van. “If it turns out nobody wants to buy a weird-looking truck, we’ll build a normal truck, no problem,” he said. A Tesla Van would also enter a market with relatively small amounts of competition.

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Toyota Concerned About Market Viability of Plug-ins, Sees Clear Path to Commercialization of Fuel Cell Technology in 2015

Green Car Congress

It is not enough to build niche vehicles that only a few can afford to buy or fulfill only a small subset of customer needs. We believe the variation [in natural demand] exists because there are regional differences in importance in buying an environmentally friendly vehicle or fuel efficiency.it Michael O’Brien.

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Tesla Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript: April 23, 2024

Teslarati

These new vehicles, including more affordable models, will use aspects of the next-generation platform as well as aspects of our current platforms and will be able to be produced on the same manufacturing lines as our current vehicle lineup. So we now have over 300 billion miles that have been driven with FSD v12.

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