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

Baua Electric

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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Penn State team develops thermally modulated LFP battery; fast-charging, inexpensive, long-life for mass-market EVs

Green Car Congress

We developed a pretty clever battery for mass-market electric vehicles with cost parity with combustion engine vehicles. There is no more range anxiety and this battery is affordable. They suggest that with this self-heating method, they can use low-cost materials for the battery’s cathode and anode and a safe, low-voltage electrolyte.

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BYD unveils sleek new electric hatch and 1,000 hp tri-motor Denza Z9 GT EV

Baua Electric

For example, its most affordable, the new Seagull (or Dolphin Mini overseas), launched last month with a starting price of $9,700 (69,800 yuan). Although BYD is best known for its low-cost electric cars, like the Dolphin, Seagull, and Atto 3, the EV giant is expanding into new segments.

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Update: Top 10 Electric Cars

Clean Fleet Report

Porsche Taycan 6,822. The Model 3 its affordable ($35,000 as it was originally advertised, though most have sold for more), smaller model changed everything. The German Juggernaut — the Volkswagen ID4, Audi E-tron(s) & Porsche Taycan. Tesla Model 3 80,681. Chevrolet Bolt 22,799. Ford Mustang Mach-E 15,938.

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Opinion: EVs for Everyone in 2022

Clean Fleet Report

Affordable & Luxury Electric Cars, Trucks & SUVs Coming. Some promises are being kept, some have been deferred, but we see a solid crop of 19 very likely new entries fairly evenly split between affordable and luxury electrics. This fancy model will come later, but we’ll see an affordable working truck in 2022.

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China puts its electric vehicles on center stage - China automotive news

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Electric vehicles are "definitely affordable and environmentally friendly technology, and we think theres a huge potential market in China for them," Li Shufu, Geelys chairman, said in an interview Monday. It would take five to 10 years before they become truly affordable for everyday folk," Mr. Zhao said.

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Is Elon Musk Back In “Production Hell” With Tesla’s 4680 Battery?

Cars That Think

And where current Tesla packs feature what Munro calls "a crappy cooling design" with thermal channels between cells—superfluous, because most heat is concentrated at cell ends—Munro says 4680 cells will rest atop a liquid-cooled thermal plate that's become a staple of EVs from GM, Ford, Volkswagen, Porsche, or Rivian.

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