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Toyota 3-row EVs, lower-priced Ford EVs, Honda EV hubs, Mazda EZ-6: Today’s Car News

Baua Electric

Ford EVs are losing money, but hope is on the way with a next generation of vehicles. And Honda is creating another EV hub in Canada. More lower-priced Ford EVs are on the way, the automaker said, as it reported a massive loss on its EVs for the first quarter of the year. Toyota plans a second U.S.-made

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US NTSB probes driver assistance system use in fatal Ford crash – ET Auto

Baua Electric

Ford offers BlueCruise, an advanced hands-free driving system that operates on 97% of U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said on Friday it was investigating the use of an advanced driver assistance system in a Ford Mustang Mach-E that was involved in a Feb. and Canadian highways with no intersections or traffic signals.

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More auto plant shutdowns for COVID-19

Green Car Congress

Joining BMW, Ford and FCA in suspension of production in the US due to COVID-19 ( earlier post ) are: Toyota is temporarily suspending production at all of its automobile and components plants in North America, including Canada, Mexico and the US, through 3 April. Tesla will suspend production at its Fremont plant on 23 March.

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Review update: 2021 Honda CR-V Hybrid is 38-mpg mainstream green

Green Car Reports

The Honda CR-V Hybrid is a quiet giant in the grand shift that’s happening in the auto industry. Yes, you might still be able to get non-hybrid versions of the Honda CR-V, or its rivals like the Toyota RAV4, Hyundai Tucson, or Ford Escape, but each year the portion of these that are selling as hybrids becomes a little larger.

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Honda EV production begins to take form with new battery deal

Teslarati

Honda has partnered with Ascend Elements to recycle lithium-ion batteries and recuperate the elements into new cells. As Honda works towards selling its first electric vehicle, the Honda Prologue, in 2024 , its production and manufacturing chops for EVs are finally taking form.

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Hyundai Ioniq 6 deal, affordable Honda and Toyota EVs, Civic and Elantra hybrids: The Week in Reverse

Baua Electric

The 2024 Ford Mustang Mach-E GT will get an optional performance upgrade yielding the quickest acceleration of any Mach-E version yet. We rounded up all the themes and details, in 12 things to know about these Honda EVs arriving in 2026. Honda says hybrids made up more than a quarter of its total U.S.

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Q1 Auto Sales Up Overall, Challenges Remain

The Truth About Cars

The combined might of Honda and Acura counted for 333,824 sales while Lexus and Toyota claimed 565,098 new customers. Recognizing some major brands – ahem, Ford – have yet to rise off their duffs and report numbers as of this writing, the American car industry was up about 8 percent through the first quarter of 2024, notching 2.6

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