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Taycan review, Equinox EV deal, R1T top safety, 70-mile PHEVs: The Week in Reverse

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Last year General Motors was highly critical of a deal struck between Ford and CATL, enabling Ford to build and run a Michigan battery plant that will make LFP cells under license from the Chinese company for improved EV affordability. Now, GM reportedly seeks a similar deal with CATL.

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Safer and Self-Driving Cars Now on Roads

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Tesla, Volvo, Mercedes (Daimler), BMW, Audi, GM, Ford, Nissan, Toyota and others are now delivering cars with some of these features and developing cars with all of these. You Can Buy Level 2 Today. By 2020, more than 1,000 self-driving cars from several automakers will be on the roads of Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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Lucid Motors adds former Waymo Treasurer as CFO as company prepares to go public

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During House’s time at Waymo, the University of Michigan grad built and led a team that handled the company’s financial health and investment plans. The additions are critical in Lucid’s eventual introduction as a public company where investors can openly buy and sell shares.

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2024 Alfa Romeo Tonale Review — Bada Bing

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Alfa Romeo has likewise been talking a big game about going all-electric, making me wonder how their holdover combustion vehicles are going to fare when nobody running the business wants you to buy them. An ungodly amount of traffic and roadworks further lowered my spirits en route to the driving event. I am only human.)

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Cadillac Celestiq will buy you a whole lot of opulence for $340K – take a look

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General Motors just announced that it has finally started production at its factory in Michigan, but only in very limited numbers, of course. Here’s what that eye-watering starting price of $340,000 will buy you. And that puts it in a similar category as the Audi e-tron GT or Porsche Taycan. Get started here.

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Convincing Consumers To Buy EVs

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With the combination of requiring all new light-duty vehicles sold in New York State be zero-emission by 2035, investments in electric vehicles charging stations , and state and federal EV rebates, “ you’re going to see that you have no more excuses ” for not buying an EV, according to New York Governor Kathy Hochul.

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Feature: The 3 Best EVs for Road Tripping

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Rent, lease or buy one of the following models. Audi E-Tron. The Audi E-Tron offers SUV room and electric drive. The Audi E-Tron fits up to five passengers (with 28.5 If you run out of power, Audi roadside assistance will dispatch a tow truck to take you to the nearest charging station. Tesla Model 3. Polestar 2.

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