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Looking to get in a hybrid for cheap? Used Toyota Prius 1.5 HSD 2004-2009 Review

Green Car Congress

It was time to buy our first car. I knew I wanted something for her that was cheap to maintain, had a reliable automatic transmission, came with cruise control, AC. I started to read up on the Prius and started looking at cars to buy in a week’s time, so the paperwork would be ready for my wife to use the car from the following week.

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Battery revolution! Has Stellantis cracked the code for super-cheap EVs that will undercut ICE?

EV Central

The global auto giant Stellantis has done a deal with a French battery-maker to secure fresh sodium-ion battery technology for its future EVs that could see electric cars finally undercut petrol cars on purchase price. Has Stellantis cracked the code for super-cheap EVs that will undercut ICE? The post Battery revolution!

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Toyota Australia’s bZ4X price warning: ‘it’s not going to be cheap’

EV Central

But rather than the version of the car that is already on sale overseas, the Toyota bZ4X that will arrive late in the year will be an updated model that is yet to be revealed. Battery electric cars are expensive, don’t kid yourself,” says Hanley. “If This car will not be a cheap car.”

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Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV review: Plug-in SUV saves money, comes at a cost

EV Central

It shares an all-new platform with the purely petrol Outlander version. litre combustion petrol engine allied with twin electric motors, a 20kWh lithium-ion battery pack and all-wheel-drive. For a plug-in hybrid it is, but those prices are some $15,000 more than the equivalent Outlander petrol versions. Is it good value?

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Could a tiny $30,000 2024 Hyundai Casper electric SUV challenge the BYD Dolphin and MG4 in Australia?

EV Central

Hyundai is set to embark on an experiment that will see it radically slash the cost of its cheapest EV in Europe when its new Hyundai Casper arrives before the end of this year. Currently, the Casper is only sold in South Korea, with Europe preferring to import the Turkish-built Hyundai i10 city car for its entry offering.

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Why 2023 will be another great year for electric vehicles

My Energi

million electric cars had been registered in the UK in the ‘modern’ EV era (since 2010), taking 12 years to reach that figure. For all the media hype around people potentially switching back to petrol or ditching the thought of an EV, it is important to remember that this is still very much a supply-constrained market.

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Used EVs – Over The Hill, Or An Absolute Steal?

My Energi

While you can’t miss the mix of top-end, nearly new models pushing upwards of £100k, there’s also a huge choice of cars for far less than £17,409, the average UK spend on a second-hand vehicle. 40 i (40 kWh) – Cheap to run, cheap to buy, the Renault Zoe is the perfect all-rounder. Renault ZOE Z.E.40 Rising electricity bills.

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