The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 14, 2023

We were promised an affordable Cybertruck, but as it turns out, nothing about Tesla’s latest EV is cheap. The least expensive trim won’t be available until 2025, leaving the truck’s starting price at almost $70,000, and we’re now learning how much some replacement parts will cost.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 19, 2024

However, the threat of China flooding the market with cheap electric models is too frightening to ignore. Despite its losses, Ford is still pushing to earn the number one EV sales spot, which Tesla currently holds. All automakers in the U.S. are grappling with wavering EV demand and rising production costs.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 7, 2024

While it’s still less expensive than many competitors, the new Performance almost certainly won’t be cheap. At the same time, the new car lost tax credit eligibility and its place as a compelling, affordable EV as a result. That said, the car is still less expensive than some competitors, including vehicles from BMW, Mercedes-Benz, and Audi.

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The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Icon’s vehicles have never been cheap, but its latest vehicle goes above and beyond. The company has long offered custom resto-modded SUVs with deep-six-figure price tags, and it’s now set its sights on the Chevy Suburban. Called the Reformer, the updated, hand-built SUV sports 1,000 horsepower and a $1.1 million starting price.

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The Truth About Cars

JUNE 26, 2023

Cheap EV trucks will likely be on the market someday. We shall see, but we can't say we're surprised, given the popularity of trucks -- and how that drives up pricing (I priced a mid-trim Silverado for funsies this morning and it came out to over $65,000) -- and the cost of building these EV trucks. Today, it appears, is not that day.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 6, 2024

That said, BMW’s EVs are not cheap, so the incentives should be a welcome move for hopeful buyers. BMW already offers a $7,500 credit for leasing the i4 sedan, which can be combined with the conquest incentive. Cars Direct noted that the iX also comes with a significant discount of up to $9,900 in lease cash.

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Cars That Think

JULY 21, 2021

What we need is something called cozy futurism, a concept I first encountered while reading a blog post by software engineer Jose Luis Ricón Fernández de la Puente. Nonprofits are already using cheap sensors to pinpoint heat islands in cities, or neighborhoods where air pollution disproportionately affects communities of color.

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The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

While we don’t have an exact number on the cost of a battery replacement, nothing with a Porsche or Audi badge is cheap to repair, and some on the internet have claimed replacements cost upwards of $45,000.

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The Truth About Cars

MAY 23, 2023

That’s far from cheap, but consider that many EVs are twice that much or more each month, and the Tesla becomes far more appealing. That number becomes even more appealing after government tax credits, which cut another $3,750 off the price, making the Model 3 a compelling EV.&

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My Energi

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

40 i (40 kWh) – Cheap to run, cheap to buy, the Renault Zoe is the perfect all-rounder. The EVs of today, which include those on our list, have excellent ranges, impressive durability and are cheap to maintain thanks to fewer moving parts. Nissan LEAF (40 kWh) – For a bargain price, you can pick up one of the most iconic EVs.

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DIY Electric Car

MARCH 10, 2012

I posted a question about this on the blog and turn out you can run these on DC. So I guess I now have a cheap DC to DC convertor. I read somewhere about a guy using one as a 144DC to 12VDC convertor instead of buying some expensive DC to DC convertor? If anyone has done this let me know how?

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Porsche 914 EV Conversion

APRIL 7, 2008

With almost 3000 miles of cheap, reliable operation, I think it's time to move on to something that will help more people do their own conversions. You probably won't see much more activity on this blog in the upcoming months as I focus on developing an open-source EV kit for a '92-'95 Honda Civic.

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The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

When Toyota first previewed the MR2 in 1981 as the SA-X Prototype, the whole point was to offer customers a car that was incredibly engaging to drive while also being cheap to own. An argument could be made that electrification could be used to help keep the car cheap to operate. The recipe would presumably be different for the FT-Se.

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Teslarati

APRIL 18, 2021

” Even dedicated EV blogs have dismissed the project as “boring.” One thing that Boring Company critics typically forget is the fact that the LVCC Loop’s tunnels are incredibly cheap and quick to build. ” Tech publication Futurism argued that the LVCC Loop is “incredibly inefficient.”

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The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Despite global economic situations looking poised to toss a large portion of the planet into a subsistence mindset that would favor cheap, reliable transportation, most companies still seem to be prioritizing larger vehicles with broader profit margins.

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The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

This wouldn’t be an issue if Western consumers had an endless supply of money or if Chinese markets didn’t have so much cheap competition. However, examples sold in the United Kingdom are priced closer to $44,000 (likewise converted into USD). That’s not good news for the aforementioned Volkswagen products.

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 16, 2023

All the modern safety or efficiency gear in the world is useless if an owner has cheaped out with off-brand rubber or simply runs the wrong set. Those four black circles at each corner of yer car are technically the only parts of the machine that literally touch the pavement.

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 2, 2023

This author tested the then-newly revised Titan for the 2020 model year and was on the cusp of palming the keys to one before being seduced by a hilariously cheap two-year lease deal (remember those?) Every Titan now gets the 5.6-liter liter V8 engine, going to work with 400 horsepower and 413 lb-ft of torque.

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Plug In India

APRIL 10, 2021

In the blog/video, we bust this myth and we show how petrol scooters cost same as electric scooters and you always save money when it comes to total cost of ownership when using an EV. Cost of electricity is fairly cheap at Rs 10 per unit in the commercial location of cities and Rs 3 - 4 small towns and villages.

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The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

If a defect robs a vehicle of motive power and/or results in a giant repair bill, it’s deemed as more important than the windows failing to work or the paint being cheap. Mechanical issues are weighted the most heavily in the Consumer Reports reliability survey.

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 17, 2023

Though cheap may not be the operative word, as this choice shifts the Bronco starting MSRP from $36,785 to $41,025. Ford’s Bronco is becoming more expensive, as the company is dumping the base trim for the 2024 model year. The Big Bend edition will now represent the cheapest way for one to procure the SUV.

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Creative Greenius

FEBRUARY 16, 2009

Greenius Blog Fires Daily Breeze Editors, Takes Over Environmental Coverage. In a surprise to to all but the most savvy readers of this blog, Joe Galliani, the Creative Greenius, today fired the editors of The Daily Breeze newspaper and took over responsibility for all local environmental news coverage and analysis.

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Cars That Think

MAY 17, 2023

Brooks, who is now working on his third robotics startup, Robust.AI , has written hundreds of articles and half a dozen books and was featured in the motion picture Fast, Cheap & Out of Control. By the way, I recommend a long blog post by Stephen Wolfram. And it’s really cheap. It doesn’t have any connection to the world.

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My Energi

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

And when the sun isn’t shining, the addition of a smart home battery, either soaking up solar energy or cheap off-peak electricity overnight, can reduce the cost of charging compared to standard grid electricity tariff rates.

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The Truth About Cars

MAY 10, 2023

Previous Rangers felt a little cheap inside, even in top trims, but Ford said it upgraded the truck’s materials and design to feel more premium. Ford gave the truck more interior storage, including a larger center console storage space, larger door pockets, and a second glob box.

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 15, 2023

It’s one of the brand’s biggest markets and it’s also a source of relatively cheap labor — ensuring the Mirage can be a competitively priced global product. Up until a few years ago, the model represented one of the best automotive bargains available in North America.

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Driivz

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Another approach under development is adding lithium salt to the electrolyte of lithium-ion batteries to reduce flammability.

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My Energi

AUGUST 18, 2023

The EVs of today, which include those on our list, have excellent ranges, impressive durability and are cheap to maintain thanks to fewer moving parts. Significant investment has been made by manufacturers into designing ever-more capable vehicles to suit the needs of tomorrow’s drivers and it really shows.

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The Truth About Cars

JULY 25, 2023

While they all manage to hit 60 mph in under six seconds, they’re supposed to prioritize nimbleness and delivering cheap thrills off the expressway. .& However, none of these cars were ever about straight-line acceleration.

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Green Charging

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

However, we have decided to use the term EV charger in this blog for ease of understanding. Based on your utility company, you can take advantage of the cheap off-peak electricity tariffs. EVSE (Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment), is indeed the right term for what you perceive as an electric vehicle charger or just EV charging station.

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Driivz

AUGUST 30, 2023

Or you can store grid energy in the batteries when it is cheap and use it to meet peak needs. Companies can reduce costs by using locally generated renewable energy, typically solar, to power EV charging instead of grid electricity. This energy can also be stored in onsite batteries for use when grid energy is most expensive.

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Driivz

MAY 15, 2023

The ultimate promise: vehicle-to-grid Many see V2G, where the EV receives power from the grid when it is cheap or plentiful and gives power back to the grid to balance and supplement the grid as needed, as the ultimate game changer. SB-233 covers school buses as well so they can power V2B and fleet depots use cases.

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The Truth About Cars

MAY 10, 2023

But some of the materials used on the test models I previewed felt a little cheap. But you’ll still be happier in an F-Series if you’re of the portly persuasion. Storage is more than adequate. Thankfully, the worst of it happened to be on the door cubbies that don’t need to be all that robust in the first place.

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Clean Car

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

They don’t care that its an end of line car with an older engine and a socket for a nokia 6310, its cheap and its better than what they are driving today. The pedants are methodical they start with a list of “must-have” attributes, such as it must have 7 seats, four-wheel drive and a towing capacity of 1600 kilos.

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Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

If it were legal to deliver rescued migrants to Libya, it would be as cheap as sending rescue boats a few extra kilometers south instead of east. Growing amounts of data and processing power mean that now even dilettante data scientists can write blog posts ( here and here ) about coding your own boat-detection software.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Learn more about simulation apps and find this and other case studies at comsol.com/blog/apps. I was surprised by the result, but when you think about it, whole-genome sequencing is relatively cheap. We’re back with my guest Dr Lee Harrison of the University of Pittsburgh’s Medical Center.

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Get Electric Vehicle

OCTOBER 27, 2023

How to Win the EV Race –  Blog Series This is the second part of How to Win the EV Race blog series As An EV Maker, What Does It Take to Win the EV Race? READ]: Read Other Blog Series from GetElectricVehicle.Com The post What Does It Take To Win The EV Race As A Country? Now moving on to the next important factor. #2

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