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

Baua Electric

With the $7,500 EV tax credit, the EV starts at under $40,000. 2024 Honda Prologue (Source: Honda) Electrek’s Take Japanese automakers, including Nissan, Honda, and Toyota, are falling behind in the EV market due to a slow shift from hybrids. The Prologue is based on GM’s Ultium platform, with up to 296 miles range.

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BMW’s 2021 luxury sedan, the 745e PHEV, comes with 16 pure-electric miles

Current EV

By John Coulter, CURRENT EV CMO To attract new customers, BMW has been offering plug-in hybrid versions of all of its models. They added an integrated electric motor to the 745’s 6-cylinder combustion engine a year ago, creating the 745e xDrive Plug-In Hybrid. The hybrid achieves 0 to 60mph in 4.9 Top speed is 130mph.

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Perspective: Drive Star Conversion Program Could Cut US Oil Use in Half by 2020

Green Car Congress

In a pre-response to that speech, having successfully advocated for plug-in hybrids like the forthcoming Chevy Volt, we propose that the President follow that speech up with a “realistic and conservative” roadmap to halve our oil use in 10 years. Right now, buyers of new plug-in cars get up to $7,500 in tax credits.

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Electrify Your Fleet Faster With Incentives and Rebates

EV Connect

Federal Incentives for Electric Fleets There are a variety of federal tax credits and incentives for purchasing electric vehicles, as well as for expanding America’s charging network and EV infrastructure. After a company sells 200,000 qualified PEVs, the credit begins to phase out for all of its electric models.

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An iconic sedan gets electrified: the BMW 330e PHEV offers 22 e-miles

Current EV

As of 2021, BMW has all its segments covered with more than 10 plug-in hybrid models to choose from. Bayerische Motoren Werke AG has electrified its 7 th Generation 3 Series with the 2021 330e xDrive plug-in hybrid. Hybrids and PHEVs improve gas mileage overall. Tax credits are another great reason to drive a hybrid or PHEV.

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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

(Last year Oregon had also aggressively negotiated with the Chinese carmaker, BYD , to manufacture its line of plug-in hybrids in the state for sale in the U.S.) Many of the first Prius hybrids that were released are still running strong on their NiMH batteries after 100,000+ miles.

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