EV Central

DECEMBER 30, 2023

Dedicated city cars with cheap-feeling cabins, but rarer than a Pagani Zonda on our shores. Hyundai Ioniq Electric – from $26,000 2020 Hyundai Ioniq Electric Premium. But it looked bloody odd (and not a patch on Hyundai’s later Ioniq 5 style winner) and range was a paltry 230km. Now we’re talking.

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Clean Fleet Report

DECEMBER 25, 2021

The 2022 Kia Rio S is a small car with much going for it. Low-cost but not cheap. The front-wheel drive 2022 Kia Rio is powered by a 1.6-liter Clean Fleet Report tested the Kia Rio S five-door with standard equipment that included power windows, door locks and heated outside mirrors. Kia calls it a five-door.

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Charged EVs

JUNE 2, 2023

Iconic design, two-tone paint, three rows, AWD; whatever you call it, the Buzz won’t be cheap. The concept for an all-EV reboot of the classic Type 2 Microbus appeared in 2016 and was confirmed for production in August 2017. Ford, Hyundai, Kia, and GM will all launch vehicles into that segment over the next couple of years.

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EV Central

AUGUST 19, 2023

But its keys were handed to me by Europcar France as my holiday EV rental, in lieu of the Hyundai Kona Electric I’d ordered. It’s a Hyundai Kona-sized small SUV with a 120kW/300Nm single electric motor up front, 52kWh (useable) battery, 18kWh/100km energy use and a claimed 329km range (WLTP). The Seres 3 SUV.

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EV Sales

MARCH 22, 2021

The only exception to this geographical intra-Europe rule was Ukraine, entering the Top 10 in 2016-2018 on the power of grassroots-driven lively market of second-hand EV imports, which seems to have stalled in 2019-2020. In October, our relatives in Israel bought this amazing Hyundai Ioniq BEV, designed and built in Korea.

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