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Race to break the $30K barrier: Volkswagen will launch ID.1 budget-buy in 2027

EV Central

The iD1 is designed to help the German brand fight off the invasion of cheap Chinese imports such as the MG2 and rival European cars like the incoming Renault Twingo and the Dacia Spring EV that’s already on sale. 1 budget-buy in 2027 appeared first on EV Central. READ MORE: Baby Volkswagen ID.2-based

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Ghosn: Renault-Nissan needs both high- and low-spec EVs to be player in China market; ongoing importance of gov’t support

Green Car Congress

We think that in order to be a big player in the Chinese market we need both offers—high spec, low spec, higher price, lower price—because I believe that the support that the Chinese government is giving to electric cars is going to continue and it’s going to be stronger. —Carlos Ghosn. We are not selling it and it’s a problem.

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Kia Soul EV review: the cheap electric car Australia missed out on

EV Central

Delightfully and quirkily styled, good value and with excellent passenger space, it stood out like a shining, extrovert beacon next to the sea of homogenised, vanilla small SUVs. We bleated away like blind sheep, buying Ford EcoSports at twice the rate we did Souls in 2019, the last year it was sold in Australia.

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Volvo XC40 Recharge and Polestar 2: EV cousins offer different takes on “premium”

Charged EVs

You might not know it to look at them, but these two cars—one Swedish, one Chinese—share underpinnings and a parent company. Volvo and its Chinese parent Geely are very serious about selling cars that plug in. In 2019, Volvo launched the XC40 compact crossover, a boxy but stylish compact SUV with a 2.0-liter Volvo’s first EV.

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How far can your EV travel? We rank the driving range of every electric vehicle in Australia

EV Central

Whether you’re buying a Tesla Model Y , Hyundai Ioniq 5 , Kia EV6 or MG ZS EV , one of the first questions most people have regards the length of the driving range. Mercedes-AMG EQS53 575km: BMW iX M60, $222,900 With 455kW and 1100Nm on tap, the iX M60 is the first electric SUV to receive the hallowed BMW ‘M’ treatment.

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Best EVs of 2022: Our verdict on the new electric cars of the year

EV Central

Tesla briefly entered the list of top sellers, with the Model Y also topping the SUV sales charts in September. The proof is already on Australian roads in the form of the BYD Atto 3 compact SUV. If it wasn’t so stupidly expensive (around $100K, at least), I’d buy one. It was also a year of EV milestones. BYD Atto 3.

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Convincing Consumers To Buy EVs

Cars That Think

With the combination of requiring all new light-duty vehicles sold in New York State be zero-emission by 2035, investments in electric vehicles charging stations , and state and federal EV rebates, “ you’re going to see that you have no more excuses ” for not buying an EV, according to New York Governor Kathy Hochul.

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