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Toyota's Already Offering a Huge 2024 bZ4X Lease Discount in New York

The Truth About Cars

Despite it only having been on sale for one year, the automaker is already offering discounts on the new 2024 model, cutting $10,000 off the top for lease clients in New York. Toyota, a noted EV skeptic, finally delivered the bZ4X crossover in 2023. Image: Toyota] Become a& TTAC insider.

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Kia confirmed the EV9 electric SUV for the US: Now what about that electric pickup?

Green Car Reports

But it would need to be an upscale model—not focused entirely around value and affordability—to make sense in America, a US Kia executive suggested to Green Car Reports at the New York auto show last week. Kia promised the EV9 SUV for the U.S. A Kia electric pickup has already been confirmed as a global model.

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Opinion: The Bentley Crash in New York is Scrambling Brains

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Canada border outside of Buffalo, New York. And to give Kois credit, he’s not entirely wrong to point out that the increase in vehicle sizes , especially as it pertains to trucks and SUVs, can increase the likelihood of pedestrian deaths. What happened in New York was a tragedy, especially for those who knew the Villanis.

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J.D. Power: EV price pressure grows as government incentives and lease deals wield outsized influence on consumer demand

Green Car Congress

The trend is consistent with steady growth in availability and affordability. on a 100-point scale) in January 2023 from 35 in December 2022, meaning approximately four-in-ten new vehicle shoppers currently have a viable alternative to ICE vehicles. Overall affordability has also improved by a similar margin, rising to 85.6

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Here’s how Nissan might electrify trucks and SUVs for the US

Baua Electric

During an interview at the 2024 New York auto show Nissan North America’s Senior Vice President and Chief Planning Officer, Ponz Pandikuthira laid out for Green Car Reports the automaker’s viewpoint on where EVs, PHEVs, and series hybrids make the most sense.

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Could these tiny, low-cost electric cars help save America’s cities from massive vehicles?

Electrek

To take back our cities from massive trucks and SUVs while simultaneously promoting affordable and efficient electric vehicles, New York-based startup Wink Motors thinks it has the answer. As the cars on US roads grow larger and heavier every year, perhaps going electric simply isn’t enough.

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Fisker slashes MSRPs of Ocean trims by tens of thousands as it fights to stay in business

Baua Electric

At the time, Fisker explained it was seeking assistance from a “large automaker” to continue its progress with the Ocean SUV and the three additional EV models in its pipeline. Fisker shared details of the cuts to MSRPs of all three trims of the 2023 Ocean SUV in a press release today, catering to US customers only.

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