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Premium EV bargain hunting? 2024’s best cut-price prestige electric buys

EV Central

Not easy shedding almost $100k in a year, but that’s the case for an ex-demo 4000km-old ’22 BMW i7 limo up for sale in Victoria. For reference, the cheapest ex-demo petrol-powered 2022 BMW 740i is $179,000 plus on-roads. How has Merc’s fabled petrol S-Class fared over the same time? Decent tumble there, too.

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It’s a buyers’ market! Tesla Model 3 and Tesla Model Y dominate  rapidly growing used EV sales in Australia

EV Central

While demand growth for EVs outstrips traditional petrol and diesel vehicles, buyers still have the upper hand in an Australian used electric vehicle market dominated by Tesla. That’s the findings from the Automotive Insights Report analysing March 2024 used car sales compiled by AutoGrab and the Australian Automotive Dealer Association.

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EV myths busted: Are electric vehicles safer than gas-powered cars?

Drive Electric

With the introduction of the Clean Car Discount in 2022, the skyrocketing prices of petrol and diesel across the country, and the increasing number of EVs available in New Zealand , we are seeing more EVs on our roads than ever before. Petrol and diesel vehicles both use internal combustion engines (ICEs).

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Boom Motors launches its first Corbett-14 electric scooter 

Electric Vehicles India

It has 30 litres of under-seat storage, and a tracking app that shows you the consumption of petrol you saved, the number of trees you saved, CO2 reduced, accident and theft detection and a parental mode with a speed limiter. 1,699 per month which is less than what many people spend on petrol. Price & Warranty.

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EV sales in India surge 41% to 1.66 million units in FY2024 | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

FY2024 has ended on a very strong note for the Indian electric vehicle (EV) industry, setting a new benchmark for sales across vehicle segments as also delivering the best-ever 12-month sales for the electric two-wheeler, three-wheeler and passenger vehicle sub-segments. Ninety-five percent – 37,70,971 units – of the 3.94

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Volvo To Go All Electric By 2030 – EV Week in Review: Feb 23-Mar 1

EV Adoption

Lucid’s top executive said the pandemic has affected the startup’s testing activities, supply chain, and its preparations for sales and service. Tesla and GM have already hit the manufacturing cap and consumers seeking to buy those vehicles no longer receive tax credits. – February 26, via BusinessInsider.

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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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