EV Central

OCTOBER 26, 2023

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. The maximum DC fast charge rate is 110kW. 2023 Yangwang U8.

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BYD Australia SUV BMW 97

Clean Fleet Report

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Toyota announced its all-new, all-electric compact SUV, the 2023 bZ4X—wait, what?! bZ” = “beyond Zero”; “4” = “mid-size”; “X” = SUV. Then, by 2030, 80 percent of Toyota’s global sales will be electrified with hybrid, plug-in hybrid, battery electric or hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. Modern Exterior. Modern design up front.

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Toyota All-Electric SUV Light 82

Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 11, 2023

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. I duly plugged it into an exterior household outlet.

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Miles Kia Charging All-Electric 79

Baua Electric

APRIL 20, 2024

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. The plug-in series hybrids would have used dramatically downsized engines—a turbo-2 for the EQS—while halving the EV battery pack.

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Camry Hybrid Highlander Prius Hybrid 52

EV Central

JANUARY 18, 2024

Back then , the plucky electric SUV had the mainstream EV market more to itself. Finally, you can have the Kona Electric Premium, which is only available with the bigger battery — but you’ll have to pay for it, with the fanciest Kona listing at $68,000, or $4000 more than its equivalent predecessor (which was called the Highlander).

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Hyundai BYD Extended Range Tesla 88