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IDTechEx: buying an autonomous electric car will feel more like buying a laptop than a car

Green Car Congress

Semiconductor devices found on autonomous electric vehicles. Source: IDTechEx What are the main concerns when buying a laptop? This is fairly new, and it is hard to think of another car company advertising based on its sensing capabilities. That also makes it hard to benchmark.

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Beyond Going Green, Here’s Why You Should Buy An EV

CleanTechnica EVs

Many consumers are considering buying electric vehicles, whether to generate zero tailpipe emissions or to save money on maintenance and fuel. But beyond these reasons, one publication recently pointed out four other reasons for buying an EV, after the writer got hands-on experience with dozens of them.

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Hyundai Ioniq 5: Green Car Reports Best Car To Buy 2022 finalist

Green Car Reports

Among all the new electric cars coming out this year, the Hyundai Ioniq 5 is the one that best shows that affordable EVs don’t have to look and feel like everything else. There’s room to reformat the car and mix in some rad cues from the past, without losing focus on a future that doesn’t involve tailpipe emissions.

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Lucid Air: Green Car Reports Best Car To Buy 2022 finalist

Green Car Reports

California’s Lucid has produced an electric car with an EPA-rated 520 miles—enough to beat the Tesla Model S in range and efficiency. That, in a car offering up to 1,111 hp, which exceeds the Plaid's 1,020 hp. And it can make shorter road-trip charging stops, with up to 300 miles restored in 20 minutes.

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Mercedes-Benz EQS SUV: Green Car Reports Best Car To Buy 2023 finalist

Green Car Reports

The EQS SUV is related to the EQS hatchback that arrived late last year, and while it’s built on a version of the same EVA2 skateboard architecture as that flagship electric car, in many respects it’s a completely different vehicle—and more of a trendsetter in the U.S. vehicle market.

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Ford Mustang Mach-E: Green Car Reports’ Best Car To Buy 2021

Green Car Reports

The idea of applying the Mustang’s pony car heritage to Ford’s first widely available electric vehicle, the Mach-E, might seem like sacrilege to some, or the smartest product decision of the decade to others.

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Ford Mustang Mach-E: Green Car Reports’ Best Car To Buy 2021 finalist

Green Car Reports

The idea of applying the Mustang’s pony car heritage to Ford’s first widely available electric vehicle, the Mach-E, might seem like sacrilege to some, or the smartest product decision of the decade to others.

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