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Kia unveils Concept EV9 electric SUV

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Like the recently introduced EV6 ( earlier post ), the Concept EV9 is a dedicated EV developed and optimized on the company’s advanced Electric Global Modular Platform (E-GMP). The all-electric SUV delivers driving range of up to 300 miles. The two other modes relate to when the Concept EV9 is not moving.

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Get out of the way diesel! Toyota Prado petrol-electric hybrid SUV coming to Australia as soon as 2024

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Toyota Australia appears certain to add a petrol-electric hybrid to the new-generation Prado 250 Series SUV line-up as soon as this year. When it does get here it will be the first hybrid (as opposed to 48v mild hybrid) added to Toyota’s line-up of top-selling line-up of utes and large SUVs. litre turbo-diesel engine.

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Toyota reveals electric bZ compact SUV concept

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Toyota has taken covers off its electric bZ Concept compact SUV, looking near production ready and primed to be an EV version of the next-generation C-HR. Revealed at this month’s Los Angeles Auto Show, the bZ Concept joins the Tesla-fighting bZ3 electric sedan revealed last month and bZ4X electric SUV due on-sale in Australia in 2023.

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Lunaz to begin production of electric classic Range Rovers; prices begin at £245,000 excluding local taxes

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The company, based in Silverstone, England will create an initial run of 50 of the luxury SUVs built in the ‘classic era’ between 1970 and 1994. Since unveiling Jaguar, Bentley and Rolls-Royce electrified classics, Lunaz has been consistently asked by its global customer base to apply its re-engineering and restoration approach to these cars.

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Comment on Tesla's Apr sales in China halve from Mar to 31,421 units by John Hanna

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Those who are not just go-with-the-flow EV-buyers, who believe in the importance of the global transition to EVs, know the movement would have died in the womb of any other upstart but Musk's Tesla. Tesla's existing Supercharger network in China (and elsewhere) is the only adequately available and reliable charging network. (As

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Volkswagen committing $7.1B to boost product line-up, R&D, manufacturing in North America; targeting 55% BEV sales by 2030

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Buzz electric microbus in 2024, and new electric SUVs from 2026. Currently, more than 90% of Volkswagen’s vehicle portfolio for North America is assembled in North America, including the Atlas and Atlas Cross Sport SUVs in Chattanooga, TN, as well as Tiguan, Taos and Jetta in Puebla, Mexico. 4 in 2022, the ID. Assembly of the ID.4

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Chevrolet introduces second-generation Duramax 4-cylinder diesels; global engine

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The new Duramax engine was engineered in Europe and the US, with global application as one of its developmental objectives. Applications include powering the Colorado pickup truck and Trailblazer SUV for the Thailand and Southeast Asian markets. —Nicola Menarini, Global Chief Engineer, GM Powertrain. liter variants.

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