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BMW i7 review, Aptera carbon fiber, Subaru US-built EVs: Today’s Car News

Green Car Reports

Aptera is getting Italian carbon-fiber coachwork for its 1000-mile solar EV. And we take the BMW i7 luxury electric sedan for a drive. In a first drive of the 2023 BMW i7, we found this big sedan to be shockingly good—even. Subaru hasn’t been swayed yet by incentives encouraging U.S.-built

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BMW, Mini, Rolls-Royce adopt Tesla’s NACS charging port

Teslarati

BMW is the latest of many automakers to officially adopt the North American Charging Standard (NACS), meaning future electric vehicles (EVs) built by the company will include Tesla’s charging port and get access to the vast Supercharger network. With six fully electric BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce models now available in the U.S.

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Major OEMs are teaming up to dethrone Tesla from charging dominance

Teslarati

The report states General Motors, Stellantis, Hyundai , along with its affiliate Kia, Honda, BMW, and Mercedes-Benz, will all establish a new conglomeration to set up an expansive network of EV chargers. I’d love to hear from you! If you have any comments, concerns, or questions, please email me at joey@teslarati.com.

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Blazer EV price cut, Dodge electric muscle, Rivian R2 and R3: The Week in Reverse

Baua Electric

According to its latest update, the startup vehicle maker Aptera revealed it still needs additional capital to start production of its solar EV —even the Launch Edition model. Samsung SDI is a joint-venture battery partner of Stellantis and supplies BMW and Rivian, among others, with cells for some of their latest EVs.

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Mini E Makes LA Debut

Revenge of the Electric Car

BMW’s just held an event for the lessees of their Mini E at the Science Center, next to the University of Southern California, a really stellar venue when you consider the product they were showing. My good friend, Jeff U’ren, who came loaded with questions for the BMW folks and came away satisfied with the answers.

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BMW CE 04 Definition – Electric Scooter!!

Get Electric Vehicle

BMW recently launched their CE 04 Definition scooter as a part of their strategy to dominate the e mobility sector and according to BMW, the model is all about ‘urban life and being connected together. BMW CE04 boasts a futuristic eye-catching design and it is an evolution of the Concept Link, which was released in 2017.

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EVs from these brands will soon use the Tesla NACS charge port

Baua Electric

Ford wasn’t the first to announce its allegiance to the Tesla port; that nod goes to California firm Aptera , which confirmed in November 2022 its three-wheeler would include only NACS. “This is a really big deal for our customers,” Farley said then, pointing to the ease of use of Tesla’s connector and the reliability of it.