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Lexus EV concept preview, Aptera update, Kia EV5 details, EV3 and EV4 concepts: Today’s Car News

Green Car Reports

Aptera shows how it’s at work on its solar EV. And Kia provides a look at several future affordable EVs. As part of its first EV Day, Kia showed a suite of affordable EVs set to be priced at $35,000 to $50,000. Lexus looks to several concepts as a starting point toward becoming an EV brand.

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Toyota Corolla Hybrid review, Rivian Max pack details, Kia EV9 range, Aptera update: The Week in Reverse

Green Car Reports

Which company revealed several upcoming affordable EVs? For EV shoppers, why is leasing a more popular vs. buying than it was last year? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending October 13, 2023.

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Affordable Electric Adventure Vehicles Are Coming, But They’re Probably Not What You Think

CleanTechnica EVs

For those of you who read CleanTechnica regularly and follow authors, you probably know about my oddball project I’m undertaking with my Chevy Bolt EUV. I’m under no delusions that it’s a real SUV, because it’s obviously just a chunky Bolt EV hatchback.

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Lightyear locks in €81 million from InvestNL to produce solar-powered car

Teslarati

With a recent investment from InvestNL of 81 million euros ($80,240,220), they hope to move to production with the Lightyear 0 and continue to develop the Lightyear 2, the company’s foray into affordable electric vehicles. And similarly, Aptera has been successful in acquiring investment to work towards production.

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Aptera partners with Elaphe for in-wheel-motor technology

Green Car Congress

The rebooted Aptera Motors has teamed with Elaphe Propulsion Technologies on a long-range, volume production electric vehicle powered by in-wheel motors. Aptera, initially known as Accelerated Composites, formed in 2005 to bring highly efficient, three-wheeled vehicles to the market ( earlier post ), went out of business in 2011.

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Leno gives Aptera his seal of approval

Green Cars News

Now Mr Leno has taken the all-electric Aptera 2e for a test drive and has fallen in love with the three-wheeled wonder. Of course it will be quite some time before we get to sit behind the wheel of the Aptera 2e, presuming we will ever be able to afford it - so for now we’ll just have to settle for living vicariously through Leno.

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“Never Charge EV” -1000 km Range Aptera Solar Car

Get Electric Vehicle

What if there is a vehicle you don’t have spent a single penny for fueling… guess what there is Aptera Solar Car. Aptera is an audacious startup with a vision to change the face of E-mobility forever. The company aims to eliminate the stratification in the EV sector by building affordable solar-powered Electric cars.

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