Baua Electric

JANUARY 15, 2024

BMW has crossed the “tipping point” as the automaker shifts from gas-powered vehicles to EVs. According to BMW’s CFO, from here on out, most of its growth will come from electric vehicles. After nearly doubling (+74%) EV sales last year with over 375,000 electric models sold , BMW doesn’t see the growth slowing.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 26, 2024

Kia aims to boost sales with improved tech and designs. To help its transition, Kia is bringing on former longtime Mercedes-Benz and BMW designers. With extensive experience at some of the biggest auto brands, including Mercedes-Benz and BMW, Kia aims to strengthen its design team amid its shift to EVs.

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EV Central

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

MINI has previewed its incoming Aceman small electric SUV that it has created to bridge the gap between the Cooper hatch and much larger Countryman and revealed it will be fully unveiled on April 24. Charging rates will be limited to around 95kW, which is about average for the small electric SUV class. 2024 Mini Aceman.

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EV Central

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

What does BMW’s new concept tell us about its coming EVs? Lots… The BMW Vision Neue Klasse provides a more realistic preview of the compact EV sedan coming in 2025 than the i Vision Dee shown earlier in 2023. This tech, it turns out, will serve as the basis for an entire family of better BMW EVs.

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EV Central

OCTOBER 23, 2023

The 2024 Lucid Gravity has been pencilled in for an unveiling at the upcoming LA motor show on November 16, providing new powerful seven-seat opposition to the likes of large battery-powered SUVs like the Tesla Model X, BMW iX and Mercedes-Benz EQS SUV. The post Better than a Tesla Model X?

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EV Central

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

WORLD EV DAY SPECIAL: Produced in partnership with BMW. BMW CONTENT HUB: Plug-in hybrid vs pure EV: Which green tech is right for you? BMW CONTENT HUB: Modern luxury: Exploring sustainability in the premium space BMW CONTENT HUB: Is plug-in hybrid technology a better solution than EV for right now? Think again.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 22, 2024

Three months after opening US orders for the long-anticipated three-row EV9 SUV, the folks at Kia invited media out to wine country to test drive it for the first time. We’ve already had up-close encounters with the EV9, but this was our first chance to take it for a spin and really test everything inside and out (including that third row).

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Baua Electric

MARCH 19, 2024

Before Craig took over as President in December 2022, Lincoln unveiled its Star Concept that April. Lincoln Star EV Concept (Source: Lincoln) Here we are, over a quarter of the way through 2024, and Lincoln has yet to launch its first all-electric vehicle. Lincoln said EVs were expected to account for half its global volume by 2025.

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EV Central

JANUARY 22, 2024

Hot high-performance electric flagship Alfa Romeo SUV on way to battle Porsche Cayenne and BMW iX Better still, sodium-ion batteries (Tiamat prototyopes pictured top) are said to be faster to charge, safer to use, with much less chance of the catastrophic thermal runaway conventional batteries occasionally suffer.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 11, 2024

However, with the new EV battery tech still a few years out, Toyota could fall further behind. Toyota has been teasing solid-state EV battery tech for several years now. It’s aiming to begin rolling out the new battery tech in 2027 and 2028. By then, several companies will have already rolled out the tech.

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

The Toyota-owned Japanese luxury brand Lexus already has the UX 300e battery electric SUV on-sale in Australia. Yep, while it might look a bit like the staple Lexus RX SUV, every panel including the solid spindle grille is different and it is based on the Toyota Group’s e-TNGA electric vehicle architecture. So what about equipment?

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EV Central

MARCH 26, 2023

Sedans and SUVs are in development using BMW component technology and Foxconn electric architectures. Izera Izera concept. While Izera concepts were first shown in 2024, its factory in Jaworzno (Poland) won’t start construction until 2024 with first production cars rolling off the line in 2025. Togg 2023 Togg SUV.

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EV Central

MARCH 28, 2024

BMW has given us another look at how it will reinvent itself next year with the reveal of the all-new BMW Vision Neue Klasse X concept – a new electric mid-size replacement for its current BMW iX3. BMW Neue Klasse X concept interior. BMW Neue Klasse X concept. Note the sloping console.

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Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 8, 2023

BMW i Vision Dee Concept EV. BMW said this technology will show up on its next generation of cars, based on the Neue Klasse platform due to arrive mid-decade. They just began production on the Lightyear 0, a limited production proof-of-concept that costs about $265,000. Ram 1500 Revolution EV Concept.

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EV Central

OCTOBER 18, 2022

From BMW-owned British icon Rolls comes its first production EV, the Spectre coupe (pictured above). Revealed as a concept just months ago and priced from just above USD$300,000 (AUD$474,000) when it goes into production in December 2023, the Celestiq will be the second EV from Cadillac following on from the far more affordable Lyriq SUV.

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

BMW says that when its sixth-generation battery cell technology is introduced on its next-generation of EVs it will have the competition licked, including the leading electric car brand Tesla. Better still for buyers, they also cost half as much to make, which could translate to BMW EVs being cheaper to buy in the future.

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

All the new electric cars, electric SUVs and electric utes arriving in Australia in 2021, 2022 and 2023. Alfa Romeo Tonale – the Italian brand finally has a rechargeable car in its ranks in the form of the Tonale PHEV compact SUV. Aston Martin DBX PHEV and EV – electrified versions of AM’s first SUV on the cards.

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Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 9, 2021

A High-Tech Customer Experience. By taking what could be “Volvo’s EV model” and breaking it out as a standalone brand, Volvo and Geely are promoting exclusivity while creating a high-tech customer experience. A BMW owner, he is a possible future Polestar buyer, which made this a demo ride and reinforced my positive impressions.

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Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 16, 2024

CES 2024 was no different with several concept and new vehicle reveals, and technological advancements that will be part of new cars in the coming years. BMW: AI, AR, Digitalized Mobility and Remote Controlled Valet Parking BMW sees in-car gaming as a coming trend BMW was all about the digital customer experience at this year’s CES.

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EV Central

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

For the BMW Group-owned Brit brand 2024 will be an EV-centric year. It will launch electric versions of its all-new Countryman SUV and Cooper hatchback. The Countryman range is built on the same vehicle platform as BMW’s ICE-powered X1 and electric iX1 range, and will be produced in the same Leipzig factory.

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EV Central

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Tesla briefly entered the list of top sellers, with the Model Y also topping the SUV sales charts in September. The proof is already on Australian roads in the form of the BYD Atto 3 compact SUV. Stephen Corby: BMW i4. Yes, my best drive in an EV this year was, without question, the BMW i4 Gran Coupe. BYD Atto 3.

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EV Central

JANUARY 26, 2023

But with seven seats as standard and a large SUV body it will not only be the largest vehicle Kia sells here – also potentially offering more space than many ICE three-row SUVs – but also the most expensive. Model grades will include the entry-level Air, mid-grade Earth and more highly-equipped GT-Line.

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EV Central

JANUARY 27, 2024

Jeep has released the first pictures of the 2024 Jeep Wagoneer S it will launch late this year and confirmed it hasn’t toned down either the 2022 concept’s performance or good looks. Designers hope as well as the performance most buyers will be won over by the way the BMW X6 or Range Rover Sport rival looks.

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Get Electric Vehicle

DECEMBER 30, 2023

Among them, Maruti Suzuki is making its debut in the electric vehicle market with the eVX, an SUV that highlights the company’s dedication to green mobility. The company’s first EV for India, the eVX concept was unveiled to the public at Auto Expo 2023. The model was first unveiled as a concept in 2022.

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EV Central

JANUARY 2, 2023

The recently-arrived X1 compact SUV will soon spawn an EV sibling in the form of the BMW iX1. It’s all about tech and trinkets in the electric version of the 7-Series limousine. Badged the BMW i7 , the lengthy four-door promises up to 625km of WLTP range and 400kW/745Nm from its dual electric motors. Hyundai Ioniq 6.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

The day was split between a morning session at the GM tech center in Warren and an afternoon session at the GM proving grounds in Milford, MI. The Cadillac Converj extended-range electric vehicle Concept uses the Voltec platform. Click to enlarge. Chevrolet is a global value leader. Buick will focus on North America and China.

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EV Central

JULY 27, 2023

It shares all its core tech with the Volvo XC40 and C40 EVs. Early next year the Polestar 3, a sleek, five-seat SUV, will join the 2. Within months it will be joined by another sporty SUV, the smaller Polestar 4. Precept concept is the design basis for the Polestar 5. It’s built on a Geely-developed platform.

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Charged EVs

AUGUST 4, 2022

Founded by Mujeeb Ijaz in July of 2020, the Michigan-based company recently closed a $65-million funding round led by BMW i Ventures. kWh battery with an energy density of 416 Wh/l, and drove it 752 miles on a single charge, as a proof of concept. The BMW iX demo will use generation one, [which] contains nickel and cobalt.

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Baua Electric

JULY 20, 2023

Lately, it sells 3 top rate EVs – 001 taking pictures brake, 009 MPV (minivan), and the original member of Zeekr’s population – the compact SUV Zeekr X. When Zeekr 001 was once introduced, we concept it was once a comic story, because it was once a rebadged Lynk&Co 0 idea from any other Geely model. 4 and FAW-VW ID.4

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Charged EVs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Among cutting-edge automotive buyers—the glitterati of Los Angeles, the tech millionaires of Silicon Valley, the finance titans of Wall Street—only one Cadillac is widely recognized. It’s a truck, specifically the Escalade SUV, the gussied-up, very successful ultra-luxury version of the Chevy Suburban.

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EV Adoption

MARCH 15, 2021

The reveals of the Canoo pickup and Kia EV6 have heads turning and yet another automaker, BMW-owned Mini this time announced plans that it would only produce battery-electric vehicles from 2030. Honda of America sales chief Dave Gardner told reporters one of the electric SUVs will be from the Honda brand, while the other will be an Acura.

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Baua Electric

MAY 12, 2024

2024 Hyundai Ioniq 6 Kia has confirmed that its compact EV3 electric SUV is production-bound and will arrive next year. In a small set of close-cropped teaser photos, Kia showed that the production EV3 preserves many of the same bold design traits and so-called Star Map lighting theme as the concept. That will include 3,000 U.S.

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