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TTAC's Best Cars of 2023

The Truth About Cars

Jeep Wrangler 4xe: The Wrangler 4xe gets too expensive in top trims, but Jeep gave us a cheaper configuration for 2024 that makes it easier to afford. Matt Posky Mazda3/CX-30: I was wrong to doubt Mazda going upmarket and vehicles like the Mazda3 and CX-30 are the proof. Want something prettier without a CVT?

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2022 EV sales record: Top selling electric cars revealed

EV Central

Conversely, big guns such as Toyota, Volkswagen, Mitsubishi, Isuzu and Subaru didn’t sell a single EV between them – and Ford logged one of its upcoming E-Transits as sold in 2022. Mazda sold only 55 EVs and Hyundai and Kia managed 3381 EVs between them. BYD wins the affordable SUV sales race. That also means that 21.5

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New EV electric car calendar

EV Central

ACE-EV X1 Transformer – Australian-based start-up plans a small range of affordable EVs focused on light commercial duties. $5 Chevrolet Equinox – affordable mid-sized SUV set to go EV in 2023. Hyundai Ioniq 5 – more affordable version of the Ioniq 5 arrives in Australia in mid-2022.

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The #1 working mum’s guide to buying the perfect electric car

My Energi

Modern-day kids are engrossed in a world of rambling Youtube stars and have adopted that same approach in daily conversation. Can I afford an electric vehicle? The last petrol car I owned was the Mazda 3. Two, you get out of the car and make a small conversation about ballet tutu’s for the next hour with the crazed dance mums.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Several after-market companies have done PHEV conversions of the Ford Escape hybrid and one has done a retrofit of the F-150 pickup -- see Where PHEVs Are and ICE-Conversions.) Mazda Ford Partner was reported to be developing Series PHEV based on Mazda 5 MPV platform. Has shown some concept fuel-cell PHEVs.

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