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April 2023 – Plug-in car market share continues to grow in Norway

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As for newcomer BEV models, just as we saw in neighbouring Sweden, the Toyota’s group sibling, the Lexus RZ450e made its debut in Norway in April. Although sharing most of the same underpinnings, the Lexus is slightly bigger, heavier, and a bit more powerful than the BZ4X, with more luxury (and price), at the cost of slightly lower range.

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Analysis: What’s the Best Way to Market EVs?

Clean Fleet Report

Ignoring the briefly popular commercial electrics around at the turn of the last century, EVs have been experimental concepts or limited edition runs until relatively recently. This lower-cost and lower-risk strategy is exemplified by the Volkswagen e-Golf and Fiat 500e. Lexus did the trick. Create a Sub-brand.

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Update: Top 10 Electric Cars

Clean Fleet Report

Tesla helped former shareholder Toyota to bring back the Toyota RAV4 EV , an electric SUV and also aided its other OEM shareholder, Daimler (which also has since divested its Tesla shares), with the Smart ED and B-Class Electric. Toyota offers 12 hybrid models (Toyota & Lexus ) with similar electric motors and advanced battery packs.

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New EV electric car calendar

EV Central

All the new electric cars, electric SUVs and electric utes arriving in Australia in 2021, 2022 and 2023. ACE-EV X1 Transformer – Australian-based start-up plans a small range of affordable EVs focused on light commercial duties. $5 Aston Martin DBX PHEV and EV – electrified versions of AM’s first SUV on the cards.

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Ford showcasing vehicle-to-vehicle communication for crash avoidance; potential for leveraging WiFi and smartphones to extend quickly the number of participating vehicles

Green Car Congress

A new study by the Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI) found that Volvo XC60 midsize SUVs outfitted with a standard collision-avoidance feature called City Safety are far less likely to be involved in low-speed crashes than comparable vehicles without the system. In general the passenger vehicle industry is also exceedingly cost conscious.As

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The electric year ahead: Every EV coming to Australia in 2023

EV Central

Even in regular e-Tron GT guise (at $181,700 before on-road costs) there’s up to 390kW/640Nm to play with. The recently-arrived X1 compact SUV will soon spawn an EV sibling in the form of the BMW iX1. Priced from $82,900 before on-road costs, the iX1 also offers a claimed 438km of WLTP range. Lexus RZ450e.

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Toyota provides update on status of green car technology, future plans; 21 new hybrid models, new gasoline and diesel engines, transmissions, EV and fuel cell stack

Green Car Congress

TMC, believing that eco-cars only contribute to society through widespread use, said it will will continue to refine conventional engine fuel efficiency while placing hybrid technology as key to further improving the performance of eco-cars, reducing their cost and improving the. overall TMC product lineup. Gasoline engines. characteristics.

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