Charged EVs

JUNE 2, 2023

Iconic design, two-tone paint, three rows, AWD; whatever you call it, the Buzz won’t be cheap. The 2025 Volkswagen ID.Buzz electric minivan has been coming to North America for a long, long time. It’s been on sale in Europe for a year, as has the Cargo commercial-van variant. Then VW launched the U.S.-built So the U.S.

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Charged EVs

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

For North America, the electric Hummer is the first of a promised 20 or so GM EVs based on the company’s new Ultium battery and powertrain technology. Ditto the smaller H3, priced to be the sales leader. That was the Cadillac Lyriq, a five-seat luxury crossover SUV that will go on sale in China and the US during 2022.

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Charged EVs

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Late last year, Volvo launched its very first all-electric model in North America. It’s called the XC40 Recharge, and the earliest versions aren’t cheap, priced from about $55,000 including delivery. The Volvo XC40 Recharge isn’t the only battery-electric vehicle from Volvo/Geely to go on sale in the US. Volvo’s first EV.

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Cars That Think

MAY 7, 2022

But the technology that I needed to make it happen—reliable low-cost communications, cheap screens and processors—didn’t exist yet. It was a dead, unloved market with less than $1 billion in total annual sales in the United States. In North America and Europe, thermostats control half a home’s energy bill—something like $2,500 a year.

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Charged EVs

AUGUST 2, 2023

Unlike individual car owners, fleet operators know exactly how many miles their vehicles travel, and they aren’t likely to be swayed by questions of styling or coolness factors—if you can demonstrate that an EV will save them money, then you should be able to make a sale. Nobody buys a commercial truck because it looks good.

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The Truth About Cars

JULY 24, 2023

Mazda began selling the second-generation Familia in North America in 1971, as the 1200 (with piston engine) and R100 (with Wankel engine). North American GLC sales continued through 1985 , and a facelifted Familia became the 323 here for 1986.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

In late 2023, a few publications, automakers, and auto suppliers hinted that electric vehicle sales in the United States would slow down in 2024. Together, the Korean car companies came in second in EV car sales in the United States last year behind Tesla–by a large margin. “Everything is complicated.

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The Truth About Cars

JULY 17, 2023

In the 1960s, Americans were enjoying cheap gasoline and everyday automobiles boasting some of the largest engines ever manufactured. SUV sales were already supplanting sedan volumes even before CAFE incentivized manufacturers to tweak production trends in the 2010s. Let’s take a trip back in time to see how this all started.

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Baua Electric

MAY 12, 2024

And Chinese EV makers aren’t playing a silly game of limiting their own commitments in order to push a myth of falling sales (that said, Chinese dealer associations were granted a mere 6-month pause in regulations responding to a glut of unsellable gas cars – while also demanding that automakers stop building noncompliant vehicles immediately).

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