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Consumer Reports Says EVs Less Reliable Than Traditional Automobiles

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Consumer Reports has concluded its annual car reliability survey and the resulting data for 2023 has not been kind to all-electric vehicles. For 2023, CR reported that EVs had 79 percent more problems than automobiles that use internal combustion. Plug-in hybrids were even worse with 146 percent more issues.

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Mazda’s Electric MX-30 Being Pulled From the U.S. Market

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While the small crossover will live on in other parts of the world with a rotary range extender, mimicking what BMW did with the i3 with some Mazda-specific flair, the company’s first all-electric vehicle seems to have been a flop in North America.& & Let’s be objective. & Other markets received MX-30s equipped with a 2.0-liter

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Electric Vehicle Adoption Divide Mapped

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The populace is split between gasoline-loving Luddites, endlessly bemoaning the current regulatory landscape and smug EV adopters who proselytize battery-powered vehicles with all the zealotry of a religious fanatic. The study suggested battery-electric sales comprised 8.6 There’s plenty of overlap between the two groups.

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Hyundai Offering Free Chargers to EV Buyers, Swelling Industry Incentives

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Hyundai is offering customers willing to buy an all-electric vehicle a Level 2 home charger for no extra cost. While the ChargePoint device is framed as being free, it does require the purchase of a new automobile through the automaker’s captive finance arm Hyundai Capital America.

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Driving Dystopia: Pickup Sales Are Probably Going to Decline in the UK

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For corporate automobiles that also see private use, benefit-in-kind taxes are calculated as a perk on top of the base salary. Real Driving Emissions Step 2” (RDE2) has likewise introduced new emission rules that require gasoline and diesel driven automobiles to have on-road emissions output effectively match laboratory testing.

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Honda E Ending Sales in Europe

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It may have been cuter than a first-generation Civic but Honda’s entirely electric supermini didn’t last very long. But it likewise boasts a maximum range of 130 miles, which was only achievable under idyllic circumstances. Although test drivers have claimed difficulties even reaching 100 miles before having to charge the vehicle's 35.5-kWh

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On Prius

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There's much I should be blogging these days and hopefully will shortly. The pathetic CARB staff ZEV recommendations ( here ); Bob Lutz's latest inanity about inefficient windshield wipers effect on electric cars' range; London's step backward on the congestion charge. Check out the blog Stuff White People Like on the Prius.

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