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Survey Shows Auto Dealers Still Annoyed With Biden EV Strategy

The Truth About Cars

According to the 2024 Dealer Outlook Survey, 83 percent of respondents said the government was pushing the transition toward EVs too quickly and mucking up the auto market. As for dealers, there’s some amount of disagreement as to what’s holding EVs back. EVs are definitely not a want of our guests today.

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Hyundai Motor, including Kia top Ford and GM in US EV market with affordable EVs

Baua Electric

Hyundai Motor Group, including Kia, is using affordability to gain market share in the US. Hyundai, Kia top Ford, GM in EV sales with affordability After the IONIQ 5 was the sixth best-selling EV in the US last year with nearly 34,000 units sold, Hyundai (and Kia) are starting the year strong in the US. 361 $43,656 SEL RWD 77.4

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Government of British Columbia to introduce Zero Emission Vehicle legislation in spring; 100% ZEV sales by 2040

Green Car Congress

The provincial government has put British Columbia on a path to require the sale of all new light-duty cars and trucks to be zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) by the year 2040. This legislation will set targets of 10% ZEV sales by 2025, 30% by 2030, and 100% by 2040, while government will take additional steps to make ZEVs more affordable.

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Tiny Eli Zero urban EV priced at $11,990, goes up to 90 miles—slowly

Baua Electric

Launched with help from crowdfunding, the Zero was first shown in 2017 and began shipping to European dealers in 2021. Eli plans to sell vehicles “through local distributors and dealer partners” and claims to have an assembly plant capable of producing 4,000 vehicles per year. Eli Electric Vehicles on Tuesday opened U.S.

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Chevy Blazer EV goes on sale again with lower price tag

Teslarati

Chevy Blazer EV already seeing ~$10k markups from GM dealers “We are excited to have the Chevrolet Blazer EV available again, this time with a compelling price, enhanced features and functionality and qualifying for the full consumer tax credit,” said Scott Bell, Vice President of Global Chevrolet (via Automotive News ).

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Stellantis-Leapmotor announces global expansion, to enter India by Q4 of 2024 | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

It enables the JV to accelerate the way to go to market with smart and affordable EVs, bringing in the latest technology from Leapmotor, supporting the Dare Forward plan of Stellantis to reduce emissions by 50% by 2030 and use an asset-light model to execute the plan. The JV will help in offering affordable vehicles,” he added.

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Power Global launches eZee swappable battery EVs in India 

Electric Vehicles India

The swappable battery is designed for light vehicles including two and three-wheeler vehicles. The demand that we see in emerging markets is greater than those experienced by the United States, as millions of drivers are limited by options to affordably switch to electric mobility,” said Porter Harris, CEO, and founder of Power Global.

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