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Karma prices GS-6 plug-in hybrid arriving soon, teases electric SUV due in 2022

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Karma Automotive Monday revealed pricing for its more affordable plug-in hybrid luxury car, the GS-6. A fully electric GSe-6 model, set to arrive late this year with a choice between two battery packs—Luxury and Long Range—starts. With its arrival this month, the GS-6 starts at $83,900.

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Lincoln puts EVs on the back burner amid Ford’s shift to more affordable EV models

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After Ford announced a surprising shift to more affordable EVs, its luxury Lincoln brand is putting electric on the back burner. Lincoln backtracks on EVs as Ford shifts to affordable In an interview (via Detroit News ), Lincoln President Dianne Craig said that the company is “listening to what customers really need.”

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Media Release: Plug’n Drive welcomes proposed discount electricity rate for EV chargers in Ontario

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Introducing an incentive to make charging more affordable is an important step in encouraging EV adoption,” says Cara Clairman, President and CEO of Plug’n Drive. With over 83 percent of Canada’s electricity coming from non-emitting sources (e.g.,

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SEAT to launch 6 electric and plug-in hybrid models, develop smaller version of MEB for lower-cost EVs

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SEAT, a member of the Volkswagen Group, presented its electric strategy which, until the beginning of 2021, includes six electric and plug-in hybrid models. The CUPRA Leon and the CUPRA Formentor will also have a plug-in hybrid variant. More than 300 engineers will be participating in this project in Spain.

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Next-gen PHEVs, Nissan EV pickup, Tesla at 6M, GM and CATL: Today’s Car News

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And will next-generation batteries help plug-in hybrids make more sense at 70 miles? More energy-dense batteries coming in the near future aren’t just destined for fully electric vehicles. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Now, GM reportedly seeks a similar deal with CATL.

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Corby answers the $456,000 question: Is the luxury-soaked Bentley Flying Spur the world’s most pointless plug-in hybrid?

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Not quite Bentley-affording smug, but still. And would I be asking why, when Rolls-Royce already has one, in the alluring shape of the new Spectre, Bentley doesn’t have a fully electric vehicle to sell me instead? I managed this in one hour and 50 minutes, on a sunny day, using my solar panels, and felt very smug.

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Bloomberg New Energy Finance forecasts plug-in electric vehicles could account for up to 9% of US auto sales in 2020 and 22% in 2030

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Plug-in electric vehicles, including plug-in hybrids and battery electric vehicles, have the potential to make up 9% of US auto sales in 2020 and 22% in 2030 (1.6 The BNEF forecast is based on first identifying the addressable market for plug-in vehicles—i.e., Last week, J.D. Earlier post.) Power projected 1.3

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