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J.D. Power: US growing increasingly divided on EV adoption

Green Car Congress

Luxury EVs Still Wield Outsize Influence on Affordability. While true parity between the EV and ICE vehicle markets will only be achieved when manufacturers produce more mainstream EVs, the recent news cycle has been dominated with updates on luxury SUVs and trucks like the new Escalade IQ from Cadillac and the Tesla Cybertruck.

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Kia suddenly shifts to hybrids, affordable EVs amid waning global demand

Baua Electric

To boost sales and fend off low-cost Chinese rivals, Kia will introduce a new lineup of affordable EVs in addition to hybrids starting this year. Kia announced that it is shifting its electric vehicle plans to include more hybrids and affordable EVs. It plans to boost demand by launching a series of new affordable EVs.

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Kia suddenly shifts to hybrids, affordable EVs amid ‘waning global demand’

Baua Electric

To boost sales and fend off low-cost Chinese rivals, Kia will introduce a new lineup of affordable EVs in addition to hybrids starting this year. Kia announced that it is shifting its electric vehicle plans to include more hybrids and affordable EVs. It plans to boost demand by launching a series of new affordable EVs.

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Cadillac balks on plans to go all-EV by 2030, may still offer gas cars for ‘a number of years’

Baua Electric

Cadillac’s global vice president recently told reporters that the company has plans for its EV and combustion powertrains to “coexist for a number of years.” Cadillac is a long-standing GM sub-brand that has followed the parent company’s lead in embracing electrification—or, at the very least, continuously sharing intentions to do so.

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UAW Expands Strike Again, Targeting GM's Largest Plant

The Truth About Cars

But targeting domestic automaker’s valuable truck and SUV plants represents a major escalation in tactics. Meanwhile, industry leaders have used the media to spread a message that their companies cannot give the UAW what it wants without jeopardizing subsequent investments or potentially endangering the financial health of the business.

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Convincing Consumers To Buy EVs

Cars That Think

However, until mainstream public confidence reaches the point where the perceived combination of risks of a battery electric vehicle purchase (range, affordability, reliability and behavioral changes) match that of an ICE vehicle, then EV purchases are going to be the exception rather than the norm. How much range is enough?

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