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Look out LandCruiser, Patrol, Range Rover, Benz, BMW: Huge, powerful, pricey BYD Yangwang U8 SUV confirmed for Australia

EV Central

The outrageous BYD Yangwang U8 luxury SUV is headed for Australia. A far cry from the affordable battery electric vehicles led by the Atto 3 with which BYD has established in Australia, the plug-in hybrid Yangwang’s Chinese price converts to about $240,000 here. So it is more realistically a Range Rover and Benz rival.

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Ultimate Audi TT Roadster, Mercedes-AMG GT2 Professional: Automobile Information Headlines

Baua Electric

Ringbrothers capped off its show off for this future’s 2023 SEMA display with a customized 1965 Ford Mustang convertible. It’s carefully aligned with the GT2 race automobile however is much more ultimate because of its insufficiency of any rules to satisfy.

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Report: Toyota to begin sales of fuel cell sedan in Japan this December

Green Car Congress

The front compartment houses the electric motor, electronic control system and boost converter. Increasing the voltage produced by the fuel cell, this converter has allowed both the size of the motor and the number of cells to be reduced, thus cutting costs and increasing performance.

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Schaeffler supplying modular hybrid transmission to 2020 Ford Explorer, Ford Police Interceptor Utility and Lincoln Aviator

Green Car Congress

One of Schaeffler’s latest E-Mobility technologies, the modular hybrid transmission enables hybridization for the SUV, truck and off-road vehicle segments, while providing more power and torque. When equipped with a Class III Tow Package, the all-new Explorer Limited Hybrid tows 1,500 pounds more than a 2019 Toyota Highlander Hybrid.

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2023 Toyota bZ4X

Clean Fleet Report

Toyota announced its all-new, all-electric compact SUV, the 2023 bZ4X—wait, what?! bZ” = “beyond Zero”; “4” = “mid-size”; “X” = SUV. This all-new, all-electric compact SUV is an important step for Toyota. The Largest Hybrid Car Company Goes Electric.

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Tale of Two 2,000-mile EV Rural Road Trips

Clean Fleet Report

Charging the British way Around the UK In the UK my goal was to drive from Heathrow on a mammoth loop around the very northern parts of the Scottish Highlands on the NC 500 route, which traverses one of the most remote and sparsely populated parts of Europe. Consequently, range anxiety and charging locations are of little concern.

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Camry hybrid, Ioniq 5 N reviews; Prius and Cybertruck recalls; Highlander EV: The Week in Reverse

Baua Electric

The Kentucky-made three-row Toyota electric SUV that the automaker has been underscoring is on the way has taken on an intriguing twist with new info: that it’s reportedly a Toyota Highlander EV. bound fully electric luxury convertible will come from Italy. Plus, reportedly, Toyota’s “bZ” nomenclature might already be toast.