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Maybach’s first plug-in hybrid sedan gets nearly twice the all-electric range of a Toyota Prius

Electrek

Mercedes-Maybach unveiled its first plug-in hybrid Thursday, the S 580 e sedan, marking a new era for the over 100-year-old luxury automaker. Despite being a PHEV, the Maybach S 580 e gets twice the all-electric range of Toyota’s fifth-generation Prius.

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Strategic Vision: Tesla owners show differences from rest of EV buyers

Green Car Congress

Tesla has 29% fewer female owners compared to the average luxury buyer, 10% fewer than the electric vehicle buyer and at least 14% fewer than competitive performance vehicles such as the Mercedes CLS-Class and BMW 5 Series, according to NVES. Tesla owners’ emphasis on “Performance-Electric” sets them apart from other EV buyers.

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Connecticut providing up to $3K cash rebate for buyers of BEVs, FCEVs, and PHEVs while funding lasts

Green Car Congress

EVs covered by CHEAPR include battery electric (BEV), fuel cell (FCEV), and plug-in hybrid (PHEV) vehicles. Vehicles in this category include the Nissan Leaf, VW e-Golf, Ford Focus Electric, BMW i3, and Mercedes Benz B class. A $1,500 rebate is available for vehicles with a batter capacity of seven to 18 kWH.

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Hybrids take 7% of California market in 1H 2013; PHEVs 0.7%; EVs 1.1%

Green Car Congress

The top-selling model in the state for the first half of the year was was the Toyota Prius family (sedan, c, v and PHV), with 33,987 units, according to the report. (Tesla Motors took 0.6% This was followed by the Honda Accord family with 31,576 units. Honda Civic was in third place, with 31,798 units.

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Ricardo and A2Mac1 renew partnership to expand benchmarking and competitive analysis of EVs and PHEVs; online database

Green Car Congress

MY2016 Toyota Prius. MY2016 Mercedes GLE 550e. MY2012 Toyota Prius. Under this new agreement five more vehicles will be added in the coming twelve months. The EV/Hybrid analysis database currently includes the teardown of the following vehicles: MY2017 Chevrolet Bolt. MY2016 Tesla Model X. MY2016 Chevrolet Volt.

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US Electric Vehicle Sales Report: 1H 2021 — Now Available

EV Adoption

From January 1 to June 30, 2021 an estimated 291,933 BEVs and PHEVs (plug-in electric vehicles) were purchased, roughly 30,000 below the 320,000 average for the full years of 2018-2020. This inaugural report includes an Excel file and table of actual and estimated sales of 57 EVs for Q1 and Q2 2021 which is also categorized by BEV and PHEV.

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Update: Top 10 Electric Cars

Clean Fleet Report

Kia had its Soul EV on the market and made its presence known, then added the Niro EV (and PHEV & Hybrid), but now is adding the EV6 crossover. Daimler is the automotive giant that owns Mercedes-Benz and Smart and also was a Tesla stockholder. The Prius Prime becomes Toyota’s leader with a plug.