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Kia EV9 wins Women’s Worldwide Car of the Year 2024 title | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

It will be the vehicle we look back on down the road and say ‘that is when EVs became truly affordable, user-friendly and desirable for all consumers’. It was hard to believe this large, comfortable and versatile vehicle did not need a tank of petrol or diesel.”

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Does the future of electric cars hinge on costs?

Green Cars News

He also spent a year living with the pioneering General Motors EV1 electric car and has driven the vast majority of alternative fuel vehicles. Nevertheless, he believes they may be cost prohibitive for some time to come.

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Can General Motors bounce back? The Green Piece

Green Cars News

With CAFE emphasising fuel economy and increasing the target from 26mpg in 2010 to 35.5mpg in 2016, GM is focusing on getting greater mileage out of existing petrol engine technologies. Critics will point to the fact that GM missed the boat with the ill-fated EV1, which was produced from 1996 to 1999. Starting from 2010 its 2.4l

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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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Slow start for charge of the electric cars - Times Online

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Electric cars remain dependent on the development of better,affordable batteries. It ispleasingly quick but will still only manage 150 miles between charges, muchless than a tank of petrol, even if it costs only £1.50 to charge overnight. The electric Mini is unlikely to go into production in its present form.

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Posted by: AJ | Apr 13, 2009 3:24:59 PM Dont buy the hype, version 1 was the EV1 which GM released in 1996. Posted by: J-Bob | Apr 13, 2009 4:48:10 PM "Dont buy the hype, version 1 was the EV1 which GM released in 1996. They leased a few (at a loss) to those that could afford it. Sorry the market killed the EV1.

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