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NIO ET5 electric sedan to launch in the United Kingdom

Teslarati

The NIO ET5 mid-sized electric sedan will launch in the United Kingdom (UK). The NIO ET5 mid-sized sedan has two motors producing 360 kW of power and 700 Nm of torque. The Chinese automaker’s next NIO House store will open in the United Kingdom. The brand also expects to expand to the United States market by 2025.

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U.K. Dealer Sells 'Death Trap' Twice, Faces Jail Time

The Truth About Cars

The United States doesn't have a monopoly on shady car dealerships. There's a dealer -- 62-year-old Steven Hickman -- in the West Midlands, United Kingdom, who was convicted of selling an "unroadworthy" Subaru Forester (the model year is unclear) to a customer last March. He sold the car through his store, Shelby's of Netherton.

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UK has reached 1 million BEVs, but incentives still recommended: SMMT

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The United Kingdom (UK) has surpassed an important milestone for battery-electric vehicle (BEV) sales, now reaching over one million BEVs on the country’s roads. “Manufacturers have been asked to supply the vehicles, we now ask government to help consumers buy the vehicles on which net zero depends.”

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Driving Dystopia: Pickup Sales Are Probably Going to Decline in the UK

The Truth About Cars

But things aren’t quite as simple as that in the United Kingdom. This is in addition to the Value-Added Tax (VAT), which doesn’t exist in the United States but assesses taxes on the “value added” in each production stage of a good or service in the United Kingdom. But that presumes you’re in the basic tax bracket.

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Penske Seeking to Buy Saturn

Green Car Congress

General Motors Corp. If completed, the deal would save more than 350 dealerships and 13,000 jobs at Saturn and its retailers in the United States, and would preserve the Saturn brand. and Penske Automotive Group confirmed details of a proposed transaction under which Penske would acquire the Saturn brand. Earlier post.)

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Hyundai Offering Free Chargers to EV Buyers, Swelling Industry Incentives

The Truth About Cars

Hyundai is offering customers willing to buy an all-electric vehicle a Level 2 home charger for no extra cost. With the above in mind, we may continue seeing companies betting big on electrification offering deals like this to help coax people into buying an EV. Sunak is simply delaying things on those grounds. just needed more time.

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Road Test: 2024 Range Rover Velar Dynamic SE Mild Hybrid

Clean Fleet Report

Mild hybrid engine technology uses an electric motor in conjunction with a gasoline engine, but unlike a traditional hybrid it cannot run solely on electricity. The mild hybrid electric motor boosts the gasoline engine when accelerating and modestly helps with fuel economy. There is no plug on the Range Rover to recharge the battery.

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