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BYD Debuts PHEV Pickup Truck for Mexican Buyers

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The Shark PHEV pickup will be sold globally for a starting price of around $53,400, though the world’s largest truck market will have to sit by and watch. That said, BYD and other Chinese brands dominate the EV markets in other regions, including South America, where they comprise 87 percent of new electric sales.

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California PHEV Owners Return to Gas Power

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Electric vehicles are one way to carbon neutrality. Yet 20 percent of California PHEV owners have gone back to gas-powered vehicles. The post California PHEV Owners Return to Gas Power appeared first on The Truth About Cars.

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Alfa Officially States Mileage for Tonale PHEV

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Alfa intends for it to fit well into a customer’s monthly balance sheet as well, announcing today it expects the Tonale to run 33 miles solely on electricity and return a rating of 77 MPGe. engine which tag teams an electric motor and 15.5-kWh It is expected the Tonale PHEV will begin arriving in dealers next month.

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2022 Mazda MX-30 EV Arrives in California This Fall, Rotary PHEV to Follow

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Mazda’s first electric vehicle will arrive in the United States later this year, though technically it’s just going to be California while the manufacturer considers the viability of selling to regions beyond the West Coast.

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Porsche Announces Yet Another PHEV Cayenne Variant

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Though it does nothing to simplify Porsche’s insanely complicated model naming system, the new PHEV offers buyers a more reasonable price point than the $153,000-plus Turbo model. The new model gets a 348-horse V6 paired with a 174-horsepower electric motor for a combined 512 horsepower and 553 pounds of torque. Porsche promises a 4.4-second

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Tesla Model 3 maintains #1 spot in France after strong May performance

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The Tesla Model 3 maintained its spot as the best-selling electric vehicle in France in 2021 so far. According to new figures from the EV Sales Blog , the mass-market sedan continued its strong performance in May, indicating an additional 2,111 Model 3s were registered last month. Credit: EV Sales Blog. Credit: EV Sales Blog.

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BMW introduces the X3 30e PHEV with 18 miles of electric range

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For 2021, the Bavarian automaker has introduced an X3 hybrid version with numerous technology updates, an electric motor and a lithium-ion battery. Assuming you’ve charged the 12kWh battery, your 2021 X3 PHEV will start in Max eDrive (all-electric mode) and will stay there for an EPA-rated 18 miles of electric range.

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