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World premiere of BMW iX electric SUV in Shanghai

Green Car Congress

The BMW iX electric SUV ( earlier post ) has its world premiere at the Auto Shanghai 2021 show. The BMW iX is first model in the brand’s line-up to feature the new Operating System 8 and the latest generation of BMW iDrive. Market launch in China will get underway over the course of 2021. kWh per 100 kilometers.

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Polestar 4 now on-sale as mid-sized electric SUV targets Tesla Model Y

EV Central

” Expectation is high for the Poelstar 4 in Australia, with the ambitious Swedish-Chinese electric brand predicting it will become the top-seller ahead of the recently revamped Polestar 2 hatchback and larger Polestar 3 SUV. Polestar 4 tackles the premium performance class in the D-SUV segment.”

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Best EVs of 2022: Our verdict on the new electric cars of the year

EV Central

To continue the earlier theme, I’m looking forward to driving three new Chinese EV entries to the Australian market, all of them potentially offering outstanding value for money. Stephen Corby: BMW i4. Yes, my best drive in an EV this year was, without question, the BMW i4 Gran Coupe. But is it any good? It just has to be BYD.

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Road Test: 2021 Polestar 2

Clean Fleet Report

The secret is that Polestar is an electric performance brand from Volvo and its Chinese owner, Geely Holding. A BMW owner, he is a possible future Polestar buyer, which made this a demo ride and reinforced my positive impressions. Google in the car. Still a bit of a mystery. A rocket ready to hit the road. Competitors.

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2024 Polestar 2 Long Range Single Motor review: Better, but good enough?

Baua Electric

So long as you have a Google account and a smartphone (yes, including an iPhone), setup takes under a minute. Google Maps routing with built-in charging planning works well, and I love that my recently viewed POIs across all my devices show up in the car’s map search — it feels like the future! It is just so easy.

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Electric vehicle winners and losers: Volkswagen steps up as Toyota, Honda, Mazda and Nissan drop the ball – and Tesla and BYD run away with it | Opinion

EV Central

I wonder, then, how many car-company execs are throwing their spare Nokias at the product guys who told them EVs would never catch on, that Tesla was a flash in the pan, like Laser Disc players or Google Glass (again, there’s that feeling of Apples falling from the sky to beat your head in, hello Vision Pro), and would never catch on.

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Volvo reveals EX90 EV, here in 2024

EV Central

The EX90 is set for production in Volvo’s American factory next year, with later production commencing at its Chinese plant. The EX90’s three rows of seats will be a desirable point of difference next to rival large luxury EVs: the Audi e-tron , BMW iX and Jaguar i-Pace. 2024 Volvo EX90 seven-seat electric SUV with 14.5-inch

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