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Consumer Reports Says EVs Less Reliable Than Traditional Automobiles

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For 2023, CR reported that EVs had 79 percent more problems than automobiles that use internal combustion. Consumer Reports stated that it received responses on more than 330,000 vehicles using 20 potential problem areas ranging from motor and transmission issues to infotainment snafus and minor defects.

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Tesla Model 3 claims top spot in February global EV sales, Model Y takes third

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The EV Sales Blog says the Model 3 was registered 28,014 times in February, beating the Wuling HongGuang Mini EV by just under 8,000 units. While that sounds like a great deal, consumers will not experience the range ratings, the performance, or the features that Tesla has to offer in the HongGuang Mini EV. Credit: EV Sales Blog.

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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.& The MX-30 EV (not to be confused with the CX-30) was always a compliance automobile.

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Huawei Asks Mercedes, Audi to Collab on Software

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Remember, the latter is a state-owned automobile manufacturer in a market where outside companies must forge some sort of partnership with a local outfit in order to get off the ground – at least in terms of car. Audi currently makes 9 different models in China, ranging from the A3 and Q2L to the A6L and e-tron.

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J.D. Power Survey Finds Quality Control Has Fallen Into the Abyss

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But the general trend was still that the automotive industry seems to be having serious trouble building automobiles without issues. Volkswagen may offer classic designs and automobiles that seem to punch well above their price point. Your author has been warning everyone in the market for a new vehicle to be exceptionally careful.

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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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Ford Trademarks ‘Lightstream’ Name, Could Portend Performance Truck

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The latter, with knobby tires and lifted ride height, would surely play hell with official range estimates but the specter of a well-balanced Lightning tearing across desert dunes or doing all-wheel drive burnouts on a dry lakebed are too good not to mention.

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