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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 i7 review, Honda Accord Hybrid, Audi Q8 E-Tron, Volvo EX90: The Week in Reverse

Green Car Reports

Which 1,000-mile EV is getting carbon-fiber composite bodywork? In a first drive of the 2023 BMW i7, we found. Which automaker balks at the idea of building U.S. EVs because it can’t compete with fast-food wages?

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2023 BMW X7 Review - Go With The Flow

The Truth About Cars

The 2023 BMW X7 M60i xDrive you see before you is one of those which, by function of cost and size, must only fit a relatively few - but who is that driver?& It’s damned near impossible for anyone not on a Bavarian payroll to honestly say that a current BMW has been styled with the beauty and restraint the company was once known for.

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2017 BMW i3 REx: drive review of range-extended electric car

Green Car Reports

When the history of modern electric cars is written, the BMW i3 will likely go down as something of an anomaly. Its carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic body shell, aluminum underpinnings, and battery-electric powertrain with an optional range extender are a combination not offered by any other maker, now or perhaps ever.

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2023 BMW M2, Audi F1 program: Car News Headlines

Baua Electric

BMW’s M2 has been redesigned for the 2023 model year. Review: 2023 BMW M2 tells tales from the Dragon Audi gives update on F1 program Lucid Gravity electric SUV starts on-road testing Lincoln Navigator vs. Cadillac Escalade: Compare Luxury SUVs Jay Leno tests Finale Speed’s carbon-fiber 1969 Chevy Camaro California hits 1.5

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BMW i3 Faces VW e-Golf, Mercedes B-Class Electric Cars In New Reviews

Green Car Reports

The BMW i3 electric car takes risks, and not just with its plug-in powertrain. A radical design and carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic body shell make the i3 unlike most other cars on the road.

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News: 2023 BMW XM PHEV Revealed

Clean Fleet Report

The all-new 2023 BMW XM was sort-of revealed to the media in Los Angeles on November 16. What we did get in Los Angeles was a guided walk-around by BMW executives, and plenty of time to ask questions about this important vehicle for BMW. BMW “M” performance with a plug. The twin-turbocharged 4.4-liter

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