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BYD slashes price on its best-selling SUV to $16K to compete with gas cars

Baua Electric

The price war has already seen major deals on some of its best-selling EVs, with its brand-new Yuan Plus crossover now available at 11.8% The vehicle is available in five trims, with the price of each trim reduced by 16,000 yuan ($2,200). cheaper than the final sale price of its predecessor, reports Reuters.

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Carmakers are going green but British motorists are not

Green Cars News

The report found that strict new emissions laws are having a strong effect on the availability of cleaner cars, but wealth, motoring taxes, fuel prices and consumer attitudes, which vary wildly from country to country across Europe, have much more of an effect on how clean a car is chosen.&#. Hungary / 153 / 155 / 10. Honda / 6 / 154.

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Reports highlight ongoing advances in vehicle technology, consumer demand for fuel efficiency in US and Europe

Green Car Congress

Between 2009 and 2013, the percentage of total available models getting at least 30 mpg rose from one to nine; the percentage getting at least 23 mpg increased from 19 to 45; and the percentage getting less than 15 mpg (15.7 l/100 km) fell from 15 to 3. Diesel vehicles represent 55% of the newly registered vehicle fleet.

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