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Blazer EV price cut, Dodge electric muscle, Rivian R2 and R3: The Week in Reverse

Baua Electric

At its own theater in Laguna Beach, California, the company presented the expected Rivian R2 electric SUV , a smaller sibling to the R1S that will start at $45,000, deliver more than 300 miles of range in most of its forms, and be comparable to the Tesla Model Y in overall footprint.

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Flash Drive: 2023 Cadillac Lyriq

Clean Fleet Report

This Flash Drive review will take a quick look at this luxury midsize SUV, with a full Road Test review coming later in the year where we will dive in deeper to the performance, features and real-world driving range. The AWD will have two motors that kicks it up to 550 horsepower (driving range not yet released). The Electric Cadillac.

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SAE taskforce J2954 on wireless charging and positioning standards looking to have final draft of guideline this year; significant industry involvement

Green Car Congress

Communications for wireless charging will use DSRC (Dedicated Short Range Communications) ( earlier post ). Auto OEMs participating include Audi; BMW; Chrysler; Coda; Daimler; Fisker; Ford; GM; Honda; Mitsubishi; Nissan; Phoenix; and Toyota. Other infrastructure companies include Better Place, NRG Energy and Southern California Edison.

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Hands-on with the ChatGPT-enabled VW ID.4, with big 2024 model year changes

Baua Electric

4 does currently qualify for the full $7,500 US federal EV tax credit – the only car made by a foreign automaker to qualify, due to local production in Chattanooga, Tennessee – and the credit is now available upfront at the point of sale. 4 now has 291 miles of EPA-estimated range, up from 275, and the AWD version has 263 miles, up from 255.

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GM, finally, ramps up Cadillac Lyriq to meet demand for luxury SUVs

Baua Electric

2024 Cadillac Lyriq Luxury trim (Source: Cadillac) The all-around Lyriq has been compared to the Mercedes EQE SUV, Audi A8 e-tron, and BMW iX, but it offers an impressive 300 miles or range at a price set around $60,000. The 2024 Cadillac Lyriq starts at $57,195, with the mid-range Luxury trim begins at $61,295.

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Cadillac’s ambitious move to an all-electric luxury brand by 2030

Charged EVs

The model intended to put US shoppers on notice that Cadillac now offers EVs is the 2023 Lyriq, a mid-size five-seat crossover utility vehicle with an estimated range of up to 312 miles. Lyriq launch pulled ahead. The EPA hasn’t yet released its official rating.) It’s worth noting that production of 2023 Lyriqs is entirely sold out.

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Manganese Could Be the Secret Behind Truly Mass-Market EVs

Cars That Think

VW is already building EV factories in Tennessee and China. Those energy-poor packs brought just 24 kilowatt-hours of storage and a 117-kilometer (73-mile) driving range. Even that piddling storage and range rapidly degraded, especially in the southwestern United States and other searing climates, leaving customers howling. (It

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