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Cheap talk: Volkswagen to bed Renault in race to build sub-$30k EV | reports

EV Central

Volkswagen and Renault are primed to join forces to work today to develop a new family of electric cars that will be priced less than €20,000 ($A32,000). Encouraging both to work together is the influx of cheap Chinese EVs that have flooded European markets eroding established European brand’s market share in all segments.

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VW Commits to a Very Cheap EV – in Europe

The Truth About Cars

Now, the brand is eagerly posting about the imminent introduction of a cheap-as-chips EV – in Europe. According to a post on X (Twitter) yesterday afternoon by an account belonging to the VW Group, a bite-sized electric vehicle will appear in 2027 with a price tag of just 20,000 euros. The statement of “From Europe, for Europe!”

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

CleanTechnica EVs

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.

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Below $30,000! MG 2 coming in 2025 to shatter electric car price barrier

EV Central

Chinese-owned MG is hatching a cheaper sibling to its current all-electric MG 4 that will share tech but be priced from less than €20,000 ($33,000) when it makes its debut in 2025. Also in the pipeline is an all-electric ZS SUV and an MG 4-based wagon. The post Below $30,000!

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

EV Central

READ MORE: Toyota bZ family to expand beyond bZ4X However, Toyota Australia vice president of sales and marketing Sean Hanley has again warned the bZ4X won’t be cheap in a sign that suggests it will be priced north of $70,000 before on-road costs. Battery electric cars are expensive, don’t kid yourself,” says Hanley. “If

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Renault is promising a sub-$22K electric car ­– can it deliver? 

Electrek

Cheap, small, and made in Europe ­– Renault has hit the sweet spot with the latest announcement of its new electric city car, set to replace the popular yet quirky little Twingo e-Tech. more… The post Renault is promising a sub-$22K electric car ­– can it deliver? appeared first on Electrek.

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

Baua Electric

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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