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These Are the 10 Least Reliable Car Brands, Says J.D. Power

The Truth About Cars

It serves as a vital tool for consumers who value reliability in their vehicle purchasing decisions and for automakers striving to improve their products' performance. This article was co-written using AI and was then heavily edited and optimized by our editorial team. Power's Role in Automotive Insights J.D.

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Tesla Model 3 leads used EV price collapse

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At one point, vehicle prices were still spiking, largely thanks to the constrained production of new vehicles. In context, the entry-level Tesla was one of four vehicles that had its price drop by more than 13%, joined by the Nissan Armada, Infinity QX80, and Land Rover Discovery. What do you think of the article?

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Cadillac teases the Celestiq’s $300,000 interior

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However, Cadillac for their part, did state that the vehicle would be hand-built and that it would feature many luxuries that have been put onto few if any production cars ; multi-zone variable opacity roof panels, large cross dash front screen, 2+2 captains seating, etc. What do you think of the article? times that estimated amount.

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Oversold Lithium could be about to rally

Green Car Congress

Investing in the commodity market can be a roller-coaster ride; what with the incessant boom-and-bust cycles driven by the ebb and flow in infrastructural spending, production ramps/cutbacks and stockpiling/destocking supplies. That’s certainly a massive production ramp-up considering that global production in 2017 totaled just over 200kt.

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Life cycle analysis of three battery chemistries for PHEVs and BEVs; environmental impacts higher than expected

Green Car Congress

Total impacts are expressed quantitatively (left) and also normalized against the worst performance (graphically, right), with impacts broken down between the production of the battery and the electricity consumption during the use phase. A reduction of lifetime estimations by one-third increases all categories of impacts by 30–45%.

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Nissan reveals electric car plans

Green Cars News

It was no surprise then that Carlos Ghosn, president and CEO of Nissan Motor Company Ltd, took the opportunity to announce that Infiniti plans to introduce an electric vehicle – one that Ghosn states will be true to the brand’s promise of “inspired performance”.

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The green cars of the Tokyo Motor Show. The Green Piece

Green Cars News

When the Honda CR-Z (Compact, Renaissance, Zero) Concept (see article ) made its debut at the Tokyo Motor Show in 2007 it was described as the “world’s first hybrid sports car”. Two years on, its questionable as to whether that tag can still apply, but there’s no denying the appeal of the production version of this model.

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