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Ford plans affordable small electric pickup and SUV, starting around $25,000

Electrek

Amid a flood of new competition, Ford is shifting plans to build more affordable electric vehicles. Ford is developing a new low-cost EV platform to power a small electric pickup and SUV, with starting prices around $25,000. However, due to the pivot, plans for its three-row electric SUV have been put on the back burner.

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BYD slashes price on its best-selling SUV to $16K to compete with gas cars

Electrek

After recently reducing prices of its refreshed Han and Tang models , Build Your Dreams (BYD) just launched a new version of its top-selling EV Yuan Plus – known as the Atto 3 in overseas markets – to $16,644 in China, making it one of the lowest-priced EVs out there.

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Kia EV9 markups, Scout builds out, lack of EV experience: Today’s Car News

Green Car Reports

Scout starts building its EV manufacturing home. Kia dealers are at it again, marking up the EV9 electric SUV by $7,000 or more, despite efforts from Kia to reel in price gouging earlier in the year. Many Americans still have no experience with EVs. And how much more than MSRP would you pay for a Kia EV9?

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Rivian design boss shares how R2 builds off R1S and R1T at a lower price

Baua Electric

How does Rivian plan to keep its rugged luxury feel at a lower price? Rivian R2 design challenges present unique opportunity In less than 24 hours after revealing the smaller, more affordable R2, Rivian’s CEO RJ Scaringe said the new electric SUV earned over 68,000 reservations. The company’s design boss explains.

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BYD shares first official images of its ultra-affordable Yuan Up SUV

Electrek

Just over a week after initially teasing a new compact SUV called the Yuan Up, Build Your Dreams (BYD) has posted several of the first official images of the new EV’s exterior.

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Kia set to export this all-electric SUV at a price that undercuts Tesla

Baua Electric

South Korean automaker Kia has started production on its all-electric EV5 SUV for export in China, with the first markets targeted being Thailand and Australia, with Australia’s price expected to undercut Tesla’s Model Y. Kia’s top seller in Australia is the Sportage hybrid SUV with around 15,000 sales.

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Build & Price Appears for 2024 Ford F-150

The Truth About Cars

The build-and-price tool for the 2024 Ford F-150 is now live, meaning we can poke around in what Ford asserts is a streamlined ordering process in which the number of buildable combinations has been cut by 90 percent compared to last year. Go build your own. Image: Ford] Become a& TTAC& insider.

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