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Hyundai IONIQ 6, Kona EV are two of the cheapest cars (EV or gas) to lease at just $169/mo

Baua Electric

Hyundai EVs are some of the cheapest cars to lease After selling a record number of vehicles in the US, Hyundai looks to keep the momentum rolling in 2024. According to S&P Global registration data, Hyundai was the fourth best-selling EV maker in 2024, with 51,411 electric cars delivered, or 4.5% of the US EV market.

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Electric cars will remain ‘too pricey’ over next decade

Green Cars News

Electric cars are unlikely to become cheap enough to lead to widespread uptake over the coming decade, a new study concludes. Tags: Electric cars Hybrid cars batteries Boston Consulting Group cost hybrids. Although prices are expected to [.].

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BCG study finds conventional automotive technologies have high CO2 reduction potential at lower cost; stiff competition for electric cars

Green Car Congress

Conventional automotive technologies have significant emission-reduction potential, according to a draft of the Boston Consulting Group’s (BCG) latest report on automotive propulsion, Powering Autos to 2020. BCG comparison of the CO 2 reduction potential and cost of different technologies. Source: BCG. Click to enlarge.

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BCG forecasts electrified vehicles to take half of global auto market by 2030; hybrids to dominate

Green Car Congress

In a new report (its fourth on electric car adoption) the Boston Consulting Group forecasts that a combination of hybrid and fully electric powertrains will cut the global market share of pure internal combustion engines (ICEs) by about 50% by 2030. —Xavier Mosquet.

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BCG Report Expects Battery Costs Will Constrain Widespread Market Adoption of Fully Electric Vehicles, Absent a Technology Breakthrough; Forecasts 26% of Major Market New Cars in 2020 To be Hybrid or Electric

Green Car Congress

Although lithium-ion cell and pack costs are expected to fall sharply by 2020, they are unlikely to drop enough to support widespread adoption of fully electric vehicles without a major breakthrough in battery technology, according to a new study by The Boston Consulting Group (BCG). million will be fully electric, 1.5

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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Supporters of the car say that’s shortsighted. Electric car supporters are rising to defend General Motors’ development of the Chevy Volt after the Obama Administration’s automotive task force proclaimed that the car was probably too expensive to be commercially successful in the near future. and Chrysler. .’s

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