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3 Scenarios That Would Make An EV Ineligible For the Federal EV Tax Credit

EV Adoption

Battery is under 10kWh: Currently only five PHEVs would not meet the proposed 10 kWh threshold: Toyota Prius Prime (8.8 Of these five, the Toyota Prius Prime is the only one that sells in any significant volume. Of these five, the Toyota Prius Prime is the only one that sells in any significant volume. kWh) Kia Niro PHEV (8.9

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Update: Top 10 Electric Cars

Clean Fleet Report

Tesla helped former shareholder Toyota to bring back the Toyota RAV4 EV , an electric SUV and also aided its other OEM shareholder, Daimler (which also has since divested its Tesla shares), with the Smart ED and B-Class Electric. Toyota – Big in Hybrids; Betting on Fuel Cells & Electrics. Nissan Leaf – the Standard Bearer.

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New EV electric car calendar

EV Central

Alfa Romeo Tonale – the Italian brand finally has a rechargeable car in its ranks in the form of the Tonale PHEV compact SUV. Fering Pioneer – look out Hummer! Hummer – Best known for copping bruises on the battlefields, Hummer has been reignited as an all-electric SUV brand (or sub-brand) with the GMC Hummer EV.

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Behind the Wheel, Under the Hood of Rivian's R1T

Cars That Think

That all-around capability lets Rivian’s all-wheel-drive “adventure truck” venture through hellscapes like Moab, Utah, where only the hardiest off-road vehicles—your Hummers, Jeeps or Rover Defenders—dare to tread. The latter figure beats the $112,595 GMC Hummer EV that’s set to reach showrooms in early 2022.

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2025-2035: Rewriting The Automotive History

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Starting from the humble Model T, the Beetle, Rolls Royces, and the Toyotas, the Fords all have bought massive changes in the industry in one area or another. A hybrid vehicle runs on gasoline plus a little amount of electricity; the battery powers the car for a few miles and then recharges as it slows down or descends.

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Behind the Wheel, Under the Hood of World’s First 500-Mile EV

Cars That Think

This week, Lucid finally put a number to its largest battery pack: 118 kilowatt hours, a far cry from the up-to-200 kWh units coming in EV behemoths like the GMC Hummer EV. Peter Rawlinson, Lucid CEO/CTO The Air might have eked out even more miles by adopting the kind of frugal-yet-flabby tires found on, say, a Toyota Prius.

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Opinion: EVs for Everyone in 2022

Clean Fleet Report

Two luxury pickups, the Rivian and GMC Hummer , along with the luxury sedan Lucid Air and more affordable sedan Hyundai Ioniq 5 all just started deliveries at the end of the year and should ramp up numbers in 2022. Based on that, the sister vehicles—the Toyota BZ4X and Subaru Solterra —will arrive during summer.