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Kelly Blue Book: EV prices increased slightly in March, bucking general downward trend

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For comparison, a year ago in March 2022, the average ATP was nearly $1,000 over MSRP. For comparison, in March 2018, the luxury share was 14.0% Two luxury brands now have average transaction prices over $100,000: Land Rover and Porsche. of the market.

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Consumer Reports Lists Least/Most Expensive Car Brands to Maintain

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From Consumer Reports : The comparison for fresher cars is muddied because a number of brands, including BMW and Toyota, offer free maintenance periods on new cars. But that was nothing when we took time to examine Porsche and Land Rover. Land Rover was even steeper, ending up at $19,250 over the first 10 years of ownership.

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German EV Motor Could Break Supply-Chain Deadlock

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Besides not using any rare earth elements, the motor offers a few other advantages in comparison with permanent-magnet synchronous motors. Among the customers for its motors and electric drive trains are Mercedes-Benz , BMW , and Jaguar Land Rover. Scharrer : BMW and Land Rover.

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Watch a Rivian R1T pull a stuck Ford F-150 Raptor out of the snow [Video]

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That’s more than the Ford Bronco (13.1″), Jeep Wrangler (12.9″), and Land Rover Defender (11.5″). In comparison, the 2024 Ford F-150 Raptor has 720 horsepower and 640 lb-ft of torque. The Rivian R1T can plow through 3+ feet of water and rock crawl a 100% grade with 14.9″ of ground clearance.

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Ricardo to host conference on energy generation and management in low carbon vehicles

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The conference will conclude with a comparison of range extended electric vehicles to other low carbon powertrain architectures. As the leader of work streams associated with APU design and waste energy recovery and storage, Ricardo has been responsible for the coordination and hosting of this project dissemination conference.

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California ARB considering modifications to ZEV regs to provide more flexibility for intermediate volume manufacturers

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At that Board Hearing, five IVMs—Jaguar Land Rover, Mazda, Mitsubishi, Subaru, and Volvo—presented their proposal for changes to the ZEV regulation that would provide them with adjustments they felt necessary to allow them time to come into the advanced technology vehicle market.

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Road Test: 2021 Ford Mustang EcoBoost Premium

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First introduced in 2002, versions of this suspension system are found on Camaro, Corvette, Cadillac, Acura, Audi, Land Rover, Ferrari, and Lamborghini models. Then, for comparison take a spin in the Mustang GT or Mach 1. MagneRide responds to road conditions 1,000 times per second for each damper or shock absorber.

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