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A cheap Toyota EV? Not right now, the company says

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If you were waiting for a smaller, cheaper Toyota electric car, you may have to keep waiting. Toyota has no current plans to launch a cheap EV despite demand building. Toyota’s European product development boss, Andrea Carlucci, told Autocar that battery costs make a cheap EV unlikely. The post A cheap Toyota EV?

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IDTechEx: Sales of electric motorcycles in Europe grew 50% y-o-y in 2020

Green Car Congress

Growth is also being boosted by consumer awareness and acceptance in Europe of the benefits of electric motorcycles. The result has been strong growth on par with the electric car market since 2017, as shown in the chart below. Source: ACEM, EAFO, IDTechEx.

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China’s EV market hits its stride with 1-in-3 sales being electrified

Teslarati

Unfortunately, all-electric vehicles are not the fastest-growing subcategory of electric vehicles, as PHEVs seem to be growing at the fastest rate: 187 percent compared to the same time last year. Meanwhile, fully-electric car sales grew by 91 percent. In even more defiance to trends seen here in the U.S.,

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UT Austin team develops new family of high-capacity anode materials: Interdigitated Eutectic Alloys

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It is a simple, low-cost approach that can be applied to a broad range of alloy systems with various working ions such as Li, Na, or Mg. Then, you can reduce the microstructure by rolling it, which is an extraordinarily cheap step to convert a microstructure into a nanostructure. —Karl Kreder.

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Why One LEAF-Driving Cop Can't Drive Straight Home After Work Anymore

Plugs and Cars

Chances are he hadn’t read the Plug In Electric Vehicle Collaborative report which documents workplaces where Level 1 meets employees’ needs reliably and cheaply. Perhaps he figured electric cars are such duds it wouldn’t be long before Bill got a regular car. Maybe they tout it as smart and cheap. And then some.

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Road Test: 2022 Kia Rio S 5-door Hatchback

Clean Fleet Report

Excellent fuel economy, nice styling, low price and an excellent warranty. Low-cost but not cheap. This well-built small car should not be considered “cheap” as some people see that as meaning poorly built. Drivetrain. The front-wheel drive 2022 Kia Rio is powered by a 1.6-liter

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Australia’s cheapest electric car? Tiny EK X EV imported by Mitsubishi to test demand

EV Central

Mitsubishi Australia has announced it has launched a new case study that could open the door to the introduction of a new category of electric cars that could cost around $10,000 less than Australia’s current cheapest EV. It’s not the first time Mitsubishi has experimented with low-cost EVs.