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Lucid Air price cut, Lancia Ypsilon EV, Civic-sized Sony-Honda EV: Today’s Car News

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Sony and Honda may be working together on a Civic-sized EV. And Lucid cuts prices. Thursday, Lucid cut prices on the 2024 Air lineup. Affecting all but the top-performance, tri-motor Sapphire version, the very long-range. Lancia rolls out the start of an EV revival. Rivian shines some light on the R2.

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IDTechEx: despite efforts to reduces rare-earth use, percentage of permanent magnet-based EV motors rising

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While there has been much publicity and technical development towards rare-earth reduction in vehicle motors, in practice the market is seeing an increase in the number of permanent magnet motors. China accounts for the vast majority of rare-earth production worldwide and this has, in the past, led to huge price volatility.

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Honda to invest $40B over 10 years in electrification and software; launching 30 EV models by 2030; > 2M units p.a.

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In a press briefing held in Tokyo on its initiatives in automobile electrification, Honda announced that it will spend approximately ¥5 trillion (US$40 billion) in the area of electrification and software technologies to further accelerate its electrification over the next 10 years, including both R&D expenses (¥3.5 trillion / US$12 billion).

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Would You Rather? Honda Civic vs Toyota Corolla

The Truth About Cars

Piggybacking off our earlier match between the Honda CR-V and Toyota RAV4 , this week’s throw-down will be between the 2024 Honda Civic and Toyota Corolla. On the Hondas you start with a 2.0-liter, Climbing the trim ladder at Honda will yield a 1.5-liter Pricing reflects what you’re getting in most cases.

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Lucid Air price cut, Lancia Ypsilon EV, Civic-sized Sony-Honda EV: Today’s Car News

Baua Electric

Sony and Honda may be working together on a Civic-sized EV. And Lucid cuts prices. Thursday, Lucid cut prices on the 2024 Air lineup. Affecting all but the top-performance, tri-motor Sapphire The post Lucid Air price cut, Lancia Ypsilon EV, Civic-sized Sony-Honda EV: Today’s Car News appeared first on Bauaelectric Auto News.

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Honda Elevate prices hiked for the new year by up to ?58,000

Baua Electric

The hike is in line with Honda’s announcement in December 2023 to increase prices for the new year. It also marked the end of the Elevate’s introductory prices ranging between ₹ 11 lakh and ₹ 16 lakh (ex-showroom). The motor is paired with a 6-speed manual and a CVT automatic.

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The Honda Prologue Gets Major Boost with Federal Tax Credit Eligibility

The Truth About Cars

Honda leaned on General Motors to help get its EV program off the ground here in the U.S., The automaker recently announced that its upcoming Prologue EV would be eligible for federal tax credits of $7,500, meaning buyers can get around 15 percent off the SUV’s purchase price at the point of sale.