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EV Central
JANUARY 22, 2024
The global auto giant Stellantis has done a deal with a French battery-maker to secure fresh sodium-ion battery technology for its future EVs that could see electric cars finally undercut petrol cars on purchase price. Has Stellantis cracked the code for super-cheap EVs that will undercut ICE? READ MORE: Range anxiety solved?
EV Central
JANUARY 2, 2023
It won’t be cheap, but Audi’s e-Tron GT and its more potent RS e-Tron GT sibling promise big performance. But it’s what’s beneath the skin that promises to tempt plenty of people out of the big-powered petrol engines that have dominated at this end of the market. But it’s the tech and comfort inside that could be a drawcard for the i7.
EV Central
JANUARY 6, 2024
Audi Q4 e-Tron Audi Q4 50 e-tron quattro The Q4 e-Tron is set to become the most affordable EV for the luxury brand, with the 210kW/545Nm rear-wheel drive 45 model priced from $88,300 plus on-road costs. None of which will be cheap, the Polestar 3 is priced from $132,900 before on-roads. Chery Omoda 5 EV Chery Omoda 5 EV.
EV Central
NOVEMBER 25, 2022
ACE-EV X1 Transformer – Australian-based start-up plans a small range of affordable EVs focused on light commercial duties. $5 Audi RS models – performance flagships set to pick up plug-in hybrid tech as early as 2021. Chevrolet Equinox – affordable mid-sized SUV set to go EV in 2023. Audi RS e-Tron GT.
EV Central
JULY 7, 2022
So instead it’s hybrid and EV tech for Kia’s new entry-level electrified SUV. But whereas the EV6 is based on a dedicated EV architecture, the Niro relies on an ICE platform to allow for the petrol engine for the hybrid model. But even as a hybrid the Niro doesn’t come particularly cheap. Kia Niro EV GT-Line interior.
Cars That Think
JANUARY 23, 2023
However, until mainstream public confidence reaches the point where the perceived combination of risks of a battery electric vehicle purchase (range, affordability, reliability and behavioral changes) match that of an ICE vehicle, then EV purchases are going to be the exception rather than the norm. How much range is enough?
EV Central
MAY 11, 2023
Available here only in ($340,000 drive-away) AMG 53 trim, the EQE’s you smaller yet more affordable way into an electric Benz sedan. It’s supercar fast, yes, but it won’t give you the satisfying tingles of a petrol-powered AMG great. In the metal it very much looks a compact alternative to its big brother EQS.
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