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Iain Curry’s best electric car of 2023: Hyundai Ioniq 5 N

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With sensible hat on we can appreciate EVs with efficiency, long range, fast charging and silky silent smoothness. Rapid charging, V2L and liveable 448km range seal the deal. Biggest EV surprise of 2023: God awful charging infrastructure I’m not choosing a car. Then I had a catastrophic holiday in France with a rental EV.

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Should you rent an EV for a family holiday?

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Those exact words came from my wife’s mouth when I suggested we rent an electric car for a week’s family holiday in France. Sure, it’d be a gamble fraught with charging uncertainty. A stuck charging cable. Holiday days planned around EV charging. Charging is Easy! How spectacularly naive.

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Renault-Nissan Alliance rebooted | Autocar Professional

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It was the first time that all three heads – the global CEOs of both the Renault and Nissan brands as well as the Alliance chairman – convened together outside of France or Japan. SUVs lead the charge At the joint press briefing, Nissan and Renault both announced the development of four new products between the two brands.

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Budget-priced Renault 4 and 5 EVs likely for Australia

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Renault’s coming small EVs will deliver European style at Chinese prices… and they’re likely to make it to Australia. Starting prices for the 4, a small front-drive SUV, and the 5, a small front-drive hatchback, will be between €20,000 and €25,000 he estimated. Including Australia?

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Seres 3: Why this Chinese SUV is the worst EV I’ve driven

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As a motoring writer, this is the question we’re most asked after what’s the best you’ve driven. The Seres 3 SUV. But its keys were handed to me by Europcar France as my holiday EV rental, in lieu of the Hyundai Kona Electric I’d ordered. No, I’d not heard of one either.

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Mercedes-AMG EQE53 4matic+ review

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Rain is lashing down on the Vosges Mountains near France’s border with Germany. We’re nearing ski-resort altitude on the winding road, and the EQE53 is doing amazing things. It’s going to also provide the basis for other large EVs from Mercedes-EQ, including the coming EQE and EQS SUVs. Range and charging.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

However," he continued, "If carmakers decide not to take advantage of this offer, AFS Trinity intends to raise the funds to begin modifying existing hybrids or manufacture its own 150 mpg SUVs and, eventually, 250 mpg sedans. Ford spokesman in Wards Auto ) 6/9/06 "So, Mr. Ford is saying we’re looking into it.

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