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Report: Future BMW I3 Will Be Less Weird Than Original

The Truth About Cars

BMW definitely needs to bring to market an affordable, compact car,” Weber said. "We That is why we are thinking very carefully about how an entry offering can be part of the Neue Klasse family." It lasted longer than many expected, with BMW ending production in August of 2022.

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Nissan X-Trail e-Power review: Is it better than a Toyota RAV4 Hybrid?

EV Central

This is Nissan’s take on an electrified, but not full EV, future. And that means it’s not cheap. You can get into a Toyota RAV4 Hybrid for $40,550, but Nissan does say it will look to expand the tech across cheaper trim levels in the future. What is the Nissan X-Trail e-Power with e-4ORCE ? The fuel use is an official 6.1L

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Feature: Going Green on Car Care, Repair and Insurance

Clean Fleet Report

Exploring Ways to Green Your Current & Future Vehicles. You may be wondering if electric and hybrid cars are cheap to insure. Some may argue that a gas-engine car shouldn’t be part of the green vehicle category because it runs a traditional combustion engine. Green Vehicles. Car Repair.

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LIVE BLOG: 2023 Tesla Investor Day

Teslarati

From Elon Musk’s Master Plan Part 3, details on the company’s third-generation platform, and discussions on how Tesla could each extreme scale, Investor Day promises to be an event that is one for the books. Elon noted that the most profound architectural changes would be in future vehicles. He thanks the Tesla team as well.

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Alternatives to permanent magnet motors in EV traction applications

Charged EVs

In my very first article for Charged over 10 years ago, I opined that the Switched Reluctance Motor , or SRM, would eventually come to dominate the EV traction market, if for no other reason than the fact that it is almost as cheap as dirt to manufacture. materials like woven carbon fiber composite.

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EV Radar: December 2021

Noodoe

This could rewrite the near future of EVs in the UK. That’s a big deal because American driving culture doesn’t see long-distance driving as the barrier it can be viewed as in other parts of the world. The EV definitely serves best-in-design for Mattel! Cheap New Method Reuses EV Batteries.

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EV ute overload: The electric pickups coming soon

EV Central

Rather than utilising a skateboard-style architecture with the battery pack as part of the floor structure Ford simply added batteries and electric motors to the F-150 ladder frame structure. But the future of Lordstown is looking very shaky , with missed production schedules and an embarrassing early recall.

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