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Jeep Grand Cherokee PHEV tested, EQS SUV revealed, Kia electric pickup, Tesla leases: Today’s Car News

Green Car Reports

We drive the Jeep Grand Cherokee 4xe plug-in hybrid. Mercedes-Benz details its upcoming EQS SUV. And Tesla closes the door on buying leased vehicles. In a first test of the 2022 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4xe, we found this plug-in hybrid SUV to. Kia says an electric pickup for the U.S. won’t be basic.

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Toyota RAV4 Prime: Green Car Reports' Best Car To Buy 2021 finalist

Green Car Reports

It’s Toyota’s first plug-in SUV since the “powered by Tesla” RAV4 EV from earlier last decade. The Toyota RAV4 Prime is all sorts of things, all at once. It’s the quickest-accelerating vehicle in Toyota’s lineup, excluding its sports cars.

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Get out of the way diesel! Toyota Prado petrol-electric hybrid SUV coming to Australia as soon as 2024

EV Central

Toyota Australia appears certain to add a petrol-electric hybrid to the new-generation Prado 250 Series SUV line-up as soon as this year. Brand mulls electric, plug-in hybrid and fuel cell versions of iconic off-roader 2024 Toyota Prado. There are going to be thousands of people lined up to buy [Prado 250],” said Hanley.

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Daimler buying more than €20B of battery cells for electric drive vehicles by 2030

Green Car Congress

Daimler will buy more than €20 billion (US$23 billion) of battery cells for electric drive vehicles by 2030, the company announced. By 2022, the entire Mercedes portfolio is to be electrified, with various electrified alternatives available in every segment, from the smart to the SUVs.

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Turns out, Europeans love big ol’ SUVs as much as Americans do

Baua Electric

Photo by Mikechie Esparagoza on Pexels.com Regulators hate them, saying all the popularity of massive, heavy SUVs runs counter to environmental targets. Paris even slapped some hefty fines on SUVs parking in the city. But European consumers are showing nothing but love for the SUV, in all shapes and sizes.

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Ford Mustang Mach-E captures KBB’s EV Best Buy of 2022

Teslarati

Ford has captured a tremendous accolade with the Mustang Mach-E after Kelley Blue Book announced that the all-electric crossover is the Electric Vehicle Best Buy for 2022. Its SUV-leaning shape and fresh attitude also contribute to the Mach-E’s value to both Ford and to the emerging EV landscape.” ” (Credit: Ford).

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Major companies with large fleets release new EV roadmap for car & truck manufacturers

Green Car Congress

The recommendations are based upon a new Ceres analysis of the aggregate results of an internal Alliance survey, which found that the Alliance members who participated in the survey collectively plan to procure 333,000 electric vehicles including sedans SUVs, pickups and box trucks. million on-road vehicles in the United States.

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