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Cheap Electric Cars, Used Hertz EVs, Ford Supercharging — 15 Top CleanTechnica Stories

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continued] The post Cheap Electric Cars, Used Hertz EVs, Ford Supercharging — 15 Top CleanTechnica Stories appeared first on CleanTechnica. The constant stream of big cleantech stories has been flowing strong, and I’ve got about a dozen to highlight from the past couple of weeks as ones I wouldn’t want you to miss.

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BYD Says Inflation Reduction Act Keeping Out Cheap EVs — Does That Make Sense?

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Chinese electric vehicle giant BYD thinks the USA’s Inflation Reduction Act is preventing the sale of cheap electric cars in the United States. We asked BYD’s CEO whether or not the company would bring its popular electric vehicles (EVs) to the US a couple of times in the past decade.

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US EV Sales Up 143%, Walmart Electric Semis, & Cheap Electric Vehicles — Top Cleantech News

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continued] The post US EV Sales Up 143%, Walmart Electric Semis, & Cheap Electric Vehicles — Top Cleantech News appeared first on CleanTechnica. The past week or two has included several original CleanTechnica reports that I think are especially noteworthy and fun to.

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And So It Begins: Cheap Geometry E Arrives In Costa Rica, Triggers A Price War

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Cheap EVs are finally arriving on Latin American shores: Costa Rica’s Geometry E is triggering large price reductions. I’ve been saying for months now that EV prices in Latin America are unsustainably high, and that they ought to come down sooner rather than later. We’ve already seen what can happen once a manufacturer presents a […]

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Cheap Electric Motorcycles, EVs Will Kill Some Hobbies, Tesla Model 3 & Y Get LFP Batteries — CleanTechnica Top 20

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In the past week, CleanTechnica readers were most attracted to stories about cool & cheap electric motorcycles, an Australian pastime that electric vehicles are sure to kill, and the standard-range Tesla Model 3 and Model Y getting LFP batteries.

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Second-Hand Electric Cars — Buyer Beware

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By David Waterworth, with suggestions from Paul Wildman It’s a long time since I have bought a second-hand car. In the ’70s, it was old British cars that were cheap to purchase and I had a Vauxhall Viva and a Hillman Hunter. But over the years, I have had a quite a few. They didn’t […].

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Buyers Guide: Budget EV Options for Clean Transportation

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Price is one of the most significant roadblocks to clean transportation. Tesla, arguably the most iconic electric automaker right now, recently raised the price of several models in the U.S. While new EVs come out all the time, many of them aren’t cheap. The 2020 Mini Cooper SE is the cheapest electric car available in the U.S.

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