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Will it be a Hossan or Ninda? Honda dumps GM, plans new family of affordable electric cars with Nissan

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Nissan and Honda have co-signed a historic deal that will see the two major Japanese car-makers join forces to fast-track a new family of EVs that will be sold globally. One car, the Honda Prologue (pictured top), has already been released as a result of that dissolved partnership.

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Ford plans affordable small electric pickup and SUV, starting around $25,000

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Ford is developing a new low-cost EV platform to power a small electric pickup and SUV, with starting prices around $25,000. However, due to the pivot, plans for its three-row electric SUV have been put on the back burner. It will rival the low-cost EV Tesla is working on.

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Nissan and Honda may team up to slash EV prices and take on Chinese automakers like BYD

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Nissan and Honda are considering teaming up to introduce more affordable EVs to compete with Chinese automakers like BYD. Sources at Nissan said the automaker may discuss joint battery and vehicle development with Honda. The aim is to reduce EV prices as the automakers look to Chinese automakers with low-cost models like BYD.

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Nissan and Honda confirm new EV partnership as they look to play catch up with Tesla, BYD

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Nissan and Honda are forming a new EV partnership after falling behind leaders like Tesla and China’s BYD. Nissan and Honda form EV partnership to keep pace Yesterday, Electrek reported that Nissan and Honda were considering partnering up to introduce more affordable EVs. It’s official.

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Struggle for China’s electrical SUV marketplace heats up at house and in another country

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Xpeng, Leapmotor and others have fired again with their very own reductions, moment BYD introduced a cut price of $1,000 on its market-leading Track Plus SUV, or about 4 p.c inexpensive than Fashion Y and nearly the similar worth as Honda’s CR-V, first-quarter gross sales of which slumped 56 p.c.

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Ford drastically cuts workforce at F-150 Lightning EV plant amid ‘much slower’ demand

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CEO Jim Farley revealed Ford was developing a low-cost EV platform. The new EV platform will have multiple “top hats,” enabling new electric SUVs, trucks, sedans, and vans. According to Bloomberg Businessweek , a smaller, cheaper electric pickup and SUV will be the first to launch on the platform. It starts at $73,495.

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Kia mulls EV plant in Thailand to take on Toyota and BYD with affordable electric cars

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The Korean automaker is also seeing early success with its first three-row electric SUV , the EV9. It confirmed that the EV5 electric SUV, a Volvo EX30 rival, will start at $35,000. BYD Atto 3 (Source: BYD) Although legacy automakers like Toyota and Honda have long dominated the market, Chinese automakers have committed to over $1.44