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J.D. Power: First-time owners find switching to EVs highly satisfactory

Green Car Congress

The overall EVX ownership index score measures electric vehicle owner satisfaction in both premium and mass-market segments. Further, when owners say BEV range never affects driving habits compared with range regularly affecting driving habits, satisfaction improves 119 points in the premium segment and 107 points in the mass market segment.

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Tesla dominates January BEV sales in the United States with S3XY lineup all in Top 10

Teslarati

While automakers like Ford, Nissan, Hyundai, Volkswagen, Kia, and others are adopting electric powertrains and aligning with the long-standing mission of accelerating the world’s transition to sustainable energy, there is still only one king of the hill in the U.S., Tesla’s two mass-market vehicles combined for around 63.8

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Size or Speed? IIHS Study Examines Safety Between Models

The Truth About Cars

Overall, newer vehicles are much safer than those of the past,” said Chuck Farmer, IIHS vice president of research and statistical services, who calculated the death rates. The Mirage may be the smallest vehicle presently available on our market but it’s only a couple inches shorter than they are and boasts none of their fun-loving attitude.

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Kia Launches All-Electric EV3

The Truth About Cars

Drawing much in terms of style from the excellent EV9, the new EV3 will be Kia’s foray into the all-electric compact crossover segment. Shown today in its home market, the EV3 is likely to be popular with EV shoppers when it goes on sale in this country. Kia says the EV3 measures 169.3 inches long and 72.8 inches wide on a 105.5-inch

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Norway leads the world in moving to EVs

EV Info

Evidence that the market can force change far better that rules and regulations dictated by the powers to be / Government. But there is a clear trend that outside of these few exceptions or niche vehicles, there will probably not be many mass-market sales of non-electrified vehicles. 17 Kia e-Niro Electric car 1 674 1.51

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Junkyard Find: 1988 Mazda 323 Base Hatchback

The Truth About Cars

Six thousand 1988 dollars were worth about $15,822 in today's money, according to the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics , just below the MSRP of the cheapest new car available here now. The fourth-generation Familia became the GLC ( G reat L ittle C ar) here, first available as a 1977 model.

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