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Junkyard Find: 2012 Hyundai Equus

The Truth About Cars

When the first Hyundai Excels appeared on American streets as 1986 models, bearing shockingly cheap price tags, did anyone imagine that someday there would be a big, ostentatious Hyundai luxury sedan with serious V8 power available here? I drove an $80,000 BMW. That's my name!"

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#EVmyValentine: Your Creative Odes to Electric Vehicles

Plug in America

The fuel is cheap, The maintenance low, No emissions, It’s fast, not slow. Jose from Washington penned a poem about his previous BMW i3. Get one yourself, Ignore the hater, Don’t wait anymore, You’ll thank me later! V from Idaho loves her EV so much that she added bling to make her Nissan Leaf more glamorous!

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Europe may slap retroactive tariffs on Chinese EVs

Baua Electric

Back in October 2023, Europe launched its formal investigation into the Chinese EV industry, as European companies are struggling to compete with the cheap, high-tech Chinese imports, made by low-cost labor, entering the European Union. But now Europe may enforce its own tariffs.

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Nissan’s Killer EV App, the Plug-In Car That Puts the Nail in GM’s Coffin

Creative Greenius

Too bad for America our corporations long ago outsourced that kind of effort and heart. Keep in mind that BMW has no plans to actually make this car, they’re just testing it in Southern California to “gather data.&#. And the Greenius says this looks like the smart money bet to me.

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Used electric vehicle pricing guide: How much you’ll pay for a pre-loved Tesla Model 3, Hyundai Kona Electric, MG ZS EV and many more

EV Central

America and Europe have more mature EV markets than us, meaning thousands of pre-loved electric cars have popped up on their used car classifieds. Dedicated city cars with cheap-feeling cabins, but rarer than a Pagani Zonda on our shores. BMW i3 – from $28,000 2020 BMW i3s EV. But will Australia follow suit?

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Analysis: What’s the Best Way to Market EVs?

Clean Fleet Report

They did it because they wanted to sell luxury sedans, and in America, people thought of Toyotas as inexpensive, reliable small cars. Geo renamed the Nova as the Geo Prizm and added other models jointly produced with Isuzu and Suzuki in North America and Japan, but separated them from its “American” cars. America doesn’t get the ID.3,

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The Workplace Charging Challenge

Plugs and Cars

The electric Infiniti has been “postponed,” and BMW is entering the market with a car that doesn’t challenge Tesla. And thanks to the efforts of Plug In America, you can still claim a tax credit for your investment in home charging. Providing a conventional 120V outlet is cheap and familiar. Level 2 is perfect for the home.

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