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Honda Accord Hybrid review, ID.4 recall, $2,000 rebate for EV conversions: Today’s Car News

Green Car Reports

California considers money for EV conversions. Volkswagen recalls some of its first-year ID.4 And we take a drive in the 2023 Accord Hybrid. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. In a first drive of the 2023 Honda Accord Hybrid, we found that this sedan isn’t as distinctive in some respects as its predecessor, but it’s.

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2024 Hyundai Elantra N Review – Tightening Up

The Truth About Cars

My biggest beef was noise – while loud exhaust noise is baked in (and reduces a bit when the car isn’t in a performance drive mode) – the sounds coming out of the rear intrude on conversation. That’s not appropriate at the end of a nice dinner, and it’s similarly annoying here when you’re dealing with traffic.

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Conversion supporters petitioning Obama Administration to extend tax incentives to plug-in conversions

Green Car Congress

Entrepreneurs and advocates for electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles conversions have taken advantage of the platform to create a petition urging the Administration to extend the Qualified Plug-in Electric Drive Motor Vehicles (IRC 30D) tax incentives, currently granted for new plug-in vehicles, to plug-in conversions.

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Fiat 500e review, F-150 Lightning price cuts, BMW and Rimac: Today’s Car News

Baua Electric

And Rimac announced that it will help BMW with next-gen EV batteries , as the company that started with a BMW EV conversions, and then a supercar maker, now also shifts roles to a high-tech supplier. The post Fiat 500e review, F-150 Lightning price cuts, BMW and Rimac: Today’s Car News appeared first on Bauaelectric Auto News.

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Review: Mazda MX-30 EV masquerades as an exotic, misses what matters

Green Car Reports

For the most part, these were electric conversions of small cars—the Fiat 500. It embodies a unique package not shared with any gasoline model and its design details transcend its sub-$40,000 price tag. Yet it sends out some of the disappointing signals of the so-called compliance cars from a decade earlier.

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DOE announces $15.5B package primarily focused on retooling existing factories for EVs

Green Car Congress

This includes making available $2 billion in grants and up to $10 billion in loans to support automotive manufacturing conversion projects that retain high-quality jobs in communities that currently host these manufacturing facilities. Leveraging New Loan Authority for Automotive Manufacturing Conversion Projects.

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Honda Accord Hybrid review, Hyundai EV subscription, $2,000 EV conversion credit: The Week in Reverse

Green Car Reports

Which upcoming solar EV was crash-tested? Which EV maker is now offering a $7,500 “EV credit?” ” This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending February 11, 2023.

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