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Hilux, Ranger EV ute conversions by Roev from $47,990 as company confirms 2023 production

EV Central

The Boston Consulting Group recently forecast that 55 percent of new utes sold in Australia by 2030 would be electric. The most affordable of the EV conversions will cost $47,990 when hooked up to a two-wheel drive system. Vehicles produced in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 cost another $1000 to convert.

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The EV Transition Explained: Reshaping Labor Markets

Cars That Think

The automaker has already begun idling auto plants and is warning of future closures to pay for its transition to EVs and to try to keep EV prices affordable. By some estimates , upwards to 80,000 auto workers and a similar number in the auto supply chain have already been laid off globally to support the EV transition.

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