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Ford-Tesla charging, cheap Hyundai EV leases, US EV batteries: Today’s Car News

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Ford and Tesla tie up for charging. Tesla leads other EVs in miles driven. Hyundai lease prices undercut Tesla. Thursday, Ford and Tesla made an announcement that might change the EV charging landscape forever: Ford is adopting Tesla’s. And Hyundai plans for a lot of batteries for U.S.-built

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Chevy Detailed a Longer Range and Lower Price for the Silverado EV RST

The Truth About Cars

The automaker now states a range of 440 miles for the luxurious electric pickup, increasing the originally advertised 400-mile range. That makes it almost as robust as the more stripped-down 4WT (Work Truck) trim, which boasts a 450-mile driving range. Though stout on specs, the new truck is far from cheap.

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

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People might be bored reading about the Prius but a review on four Priuses (2004, 2005, two 2006s) that my family owns that ran a total of 913k km (570k miles) should be interesting, right? I knew I wanted something for her that was cheap to maintain, had a reliable automatic transmission, came with cruise control, AC. Very practical.

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Junkyard Find: 1991 Ford Escort LX 4-Door Hatchback

The Truth About Cars

The Ford Escort began life in 1955, in Britain (just a year after World War II-era food rationing finally ended), as a cheapified version of the Ford Squire wagon. The refrigerated air in this car added $744 to the out-the-door price, or about $1,690 in today's money. liters in this application. No, you did not!

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GM unveils the Chevrolet Equinox EV, its budget SUV offering

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Chevrolet has long been the budget offering of GM products; their vehicles are made for everyone, so what if the interior is comparable to a school lunch tray, it’s cheap and (hopefully) reliable transportation. More importantly, with a starting price of $30,000, the vehicle has numerous features that appeal to many consumers.

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Potential Motors unveils the Adventure 1: an all-electric Overlanding van

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This is powered with a 70kWh battery capable of a 100-mile offroad range, though the company has not specified an on-road range. Sadly, the van’s price tag is not for the faint of heart. The vehicle starts at $136,600, and a preorder of the van isn’t cheap either at $1,000.

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Junkyard Find: 1992 Geo Metro 4-door hatchback

The Truth About Cars

If we're talking about realistic Metro competitors here, the base 1992 Ford Festiva actually managed to undercut the price tag on the cheapest possible Metro two-door hatchback that year: $6,911 versus $6,999. The wretched 1992 Hyundai Excel base two-door was even cheaper, at $6,595 ($15,879 in today's spondoolies ).

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