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Turns out, Europeans love big ol’ SUVs as much as Americans do

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But SUVs took the lead even in the highest-priced performance segment, reports Automotive News Europe , with plug-in hybrid BMW XM taking first place with 3,142 sales, outselling the Lamborghini Urus and Bentley Bentayga. Amsterdam, London, and Copenhagen could be next. Electrek’s Take Where is the Citroen Ami when you need it?

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Ferrari’s Plug-in Hybrid One-Ups the Combustion Engine

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That front-drive mode gets the car a green light in cities like London and Rome as they begin to bar polluting cars from their downtown areas. Ten- and 12-cylinder engines are on a virtual death watch, with V-12 purveyors like Lamborghini, Ferrari, Bentley, and BMW widely expected to eliminate these longtime markers of automotive prestige.

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Manganese Could Be the Secret Behind Truly Mass-Market EVs

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25 on the periodic table, situated between chromium and iron—as the latest, alluringly plentiful metal that may make both batteries and EVs affordable enough for mainstream buyers. For the fickle automaker, even nickel is on the outs—at least among those focused on China, or on modest-range, more-affordable EVs.

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