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The i4 EV is now the cheapest lease in BMW’s entire lineup

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Photo: BMW The all-electric BMW i4 is currently the most affordable car to lease in the German automaker’s lineup – gas cars included. BMW is a luxury automaker, so the i4 isn’t a cheap car. What’s more, the i4 isn’t even one of BMW’s entry-level models. That puts the effective monthly cost at $627.

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Europe may slap retroactive tariffs on Chinese EVs

Baua Electric

Back in October 2023, Europe launched its formal investigation into the Chinese EV industry, as European companies are struggling to compete with the cheap, high-tech Chinese imports, made by low-cost labor, entering the European Union. Get started here. FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.

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Tesla Model Y also leads the German EV market

Push EVs

Only the MG4 put in a personal best performance, with 1,389 units delivered, near to twice its previous high (February). The Smart “#1”, having first delivered in noticeable volume in December, had personal-best deliveries of 313 units in March. There were a few newcomer BEV models visible further down the sales charts.

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Hyundai CEO Jose Muñoz says consumers would pay for a richer combine

Baua Electric

They search for just right attribute, just right design and just right generation at cheap costs. They’re extra challenging, they’re extra affected person, and they’re extra savvy. However does Genesis be capable to develop past that, possibly to get to the scale of BMW or Lexus? That’s a superb query.

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Nissan’s Killer EV App, the Plug-In Car That Puts the Nail in GM’s Coffin

Creative Greenius

Meanwhile, over at Germany’s BMW they made a handful of EV Minis just for show and not for dough in a cynical and dumbass move to game the California CARB regulators who once again seem to be all too anxious to assume the BOHICA position on behalf of car makers. I look forward to bringing you my insights and analysis.

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Analysis: What’s the Best Way to Market EVs?

Clean Fleet Report

Perhaps the first electric sub-brand was BMW’s i series, which included the i3 hatchback and i8 plug-in hybrid sports coupe. BMW’s electric i sub-brand started with the quirky i3. Not easy or cheap, but it has worked so far. Create a New EV Company. Tesla is the poster child for this option, and so far, it’s working.

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134. WHAT WE LEARNED FROM 100M SMARTPHONES

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For instance, Apple designs its own batteries in Cupertino, and BMW invested €200 million in a battery cell competence center in Munich. These used cheap plastic lenses but corrected for their optical deficiencies using software. It is no surprise that auto OEMs now rank battery intelligence software as critical to their systems.