EV Central

JUNE 29, 2022

British-Chinese sports car specialists Lotus is confident it will win the race to become the first mainstream sports car manufacturer to offer an all-electric product range. The first electric Lotus was the Evija hypercar that bowed in 2019 and starts customer deliveries in 2022. 2022 Lotus Evija hypercar. 2028: Chrysler.

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Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Volkswagen Group (which includes VW, Audi, Porsche, Lamborghini and Bentley in the U.S.) Models from Bentley and Lamborghini will come, too, but in the small, expensive numbers in which those brands routinely trade. Road Test: 2019 BMW i8 Roadster. The Swedes (with some Chinese help) are bringing more EVs.

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EV Central

JULY 27, 2023

Volvo had been bought from Ford by big Chinese car maker Geely in 2010. Polestar’s first EV, the Polestar 2 hatchback, was revealed in 2019 and went into production in 2020. They’ve been working on the Polestar 5 since 2019. It shares all its core tech with the Volvo XC40 and C40 EVs. Bottomline?

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 23, 2023

Even in the Chinese market where smaller EV sales are booming, profits are not. Interestingly, a 2019 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) study predicted that as EVs became more widespread, battery prices would climb because the demand for lithium and other battery metals would rise sharply.

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Charged EVs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

billion to build those plants, it said in July, under its Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing (ATVM) low-interest loan program. It will be priced at $300,000 and above, putting it above top-end models from Audi, BMW, Lexus and Mercedes-Benz, and up against more rarified marques: Bentley, Rolls-Royce, and perhaps Mercedes-Maybach.

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