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Hyundai-Kia: eight electric cars by 2022, dedicated EV platform

Green Car Reports

It's long been said in the auto industry that Hyundai-Kia is the only competitor that truly scares industry colossus Toyota. Thirty years ago, the Korean company was a bit player, producing designs adapted from obsolete Mitsubishi technology.

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Auto Alliance urges EPA to withdraw premature Final Determination on light-duty GHG regulations, resume Midterm Evaluation process with NHTSA

Green Car Congress

The Auto Alliance has sent a letter to EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt requesting that the US Environmental Protection Agency withdraw the Final Determination on the Appropriateness of the Model Year 2022-2025 Light-Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards under the Midterm Evaluation which EPA announced on 13 January 2017.

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GM’s rosy year-end figures obscure the fact that legacy automakers are in deep trouble – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

Duplicitous doublespeak has become de rigueur dialect in the auto industry. “We We remain committed to an all-electric future,” says GM as it announces a rollback of its electrification plans. “We We strongly believe in EVs,” say auto dealers as they support efforts to slow the EV transition.

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Highlights from the untouched ‘Day by day Force’ podcasts, July 17-20

Baua Electric

It’s to figure out how to take these materials and make them, as we like to say, automotive grade.” — Lindsay Chappell, Automobile Information information writer, at the business affect of extra eco-friendly fabrics, comparable to the ones discovered within the pristine Kia EV9. — The material is out there somewhere.

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KPMG survey finds global auto execs ranking fuel efficiency the top consumer priority

Green Car Congress

The 2011 KPMG survey also finds the auto industry heavily investing in future technology, new products and safety improvements. In fact, Hans Flick, national tax leader for KPMG’s automotive practice noted that executives appear to indicate that the idea of entry level cars may not have met expectations. Investments.

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June 2023 – Tesla Model Y was the best selling car in Sweden

Push EVs

Sweden’s June auto market saw plugin EVs take 59.2% Overall auto volume was 28,283 units, up some 9% YoY, though still below pre-2020 norms. 4, and the Kia EV6 took third. They can build on this foundation with more BEV models in the future. share, up from 55.1% year on year. June’s result saw EVs take 59.2%

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Opinion: Hey VW, Electric Vehicles Are Not a Joke

Clean Fleet Report

The auto industry is not known as a second career for comedy writers. It’s a serious EV, enough to make the name change almost credible—until you realize we’re talking about a German corporation that is one of largest auto companies in the world. Kia’s near-future EV is no joke. It happens every year.