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Mazda CX-60 PHEV to sell from $72,300 plus on-roads

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The new Mazda CX-60 plug-in hybrid EV will sell from $72,300 before on-road costs when it arrives in Australian dealerships from June 2023 – and it has its eyes on the world’s biggest luxury brands. Mazda CX-60 PHEV. The resulting 241kW and 500Nm makes it the most powerful road car to ever wear a Mazda badge.

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Mazda races to feed U.S. call for for CX-90 amid looming transport dearth

Baua Electric

TOKYO – Export-dependent Mazda Motor Corp. A world transport dearth is inflicting the Hiroshima-based automaker to scramble to keep enough quantity sea delivery to feed hovering call for for Mazda cars, particularly its crossovers. In the meantime, exploding auto exports from China are gobbling up field on to be had carriers.

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California passes 1M mark for cumulative sales of electric vehicles: BEVs, PHEVs and FCEVs

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of total California auto sales in 2021. In comparison, EVs delivered as a percent of total US sales in 2021 totaled just 4%. Jaguar, MINI, Rivian, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz, Lucid, Honda, FIAT and Smart each posted less than 1,000 units for the year, with Smart taking the bottom spot with 5 units total. 379,125 PHEV (36% ).

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Consumer Reports Lists Least/Most Expensive Car Brands to Maintain

The Truth About Cars

The data comes by way of CR’s 2023 Annual Auto Survey, where members were asked as part of a much broader survey how much they had spent in total maintenance over the previous 12 months. Still, the list is more-or-less what one would expect. This total only applies to the dollar amount paid out of pocket by the owner.

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2025 Mazda CX-70 Review – Adding By Subtraction

The Truth About Cars

Last week in Desert Hot Springs, California, a wandering canine got my attention and forced me to stop as I piloted the 2025 Mazda CX-70. Full disclosure: Mazda flew me to the Palm Springs, California metro area and fed and housed me for two nights. Mazda graced the CX-70, like the CX-90, with attractive duds inside and out.

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Chinese-made cars account for one in five BEV sales in February in Europe | Autocar Professional

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JATO’s data revealed that these vehicles were responsible for 61% of total sales in February 2024, in comparison to the 62% registered in February 2019. By comparison, the registrations of cars made in Germany and Spain – the second and third most popular origins – saw increases of 6% each during February. in February last year.

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Michigan State University Receives $2.5M ARPA-E Award to Build Wave Disc Engine/Generator for Series Hybrid Applications

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million from the Department of Energy’s ARPA-E program ( earlier post ) to complete its prototype development of a new gasoline-fueled wave disc engine and electricity generator that promises to be five times more efficient than traditional auto engines in electricity production, 20% lighter, and 30% cheaper to manufacture. Norbert Müller.

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