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HKG and Pininfarina introduce two more microturbine range extended EVs; graphene-enhanced LTO batteries

Green Car Congress

At Auto Shanghai 2017, China-based Hybrid Kinetic Group (HK), with its partner Pininfarina, introduced two more microturbine range-extended electric vehicles: the five-seat K550 and 7-seat K750 SUVs. These join the luxury sedan H600, introduced earlier this year at the Geneva show ( earlier post ), making a family of three.

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News: 2023 Pebble Beach Concept EV Debuts

Clean Fleet Report

News: 2023 Pebble Beach Concept EV Debuts 6 Exotic EVs Announced at Monterey Car Week Another winged flyer-the Pininfarina Battista Edizione Nino Farina Electric cars to this point have pretty much been designed to replace the daily drivers we all use—everyday sedans, SUVs and pickup trucks. Both models have full-time all-wheel drive.

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Scrapyard Find: 2010 Citroën C4 Picasso VTR+

The Truth About Cars

While SUVs and crossovers have become increasingly popular in Western Europe in recent years, compact MPVs have done very well there during the past quarter-century. For 2010, the C4 Picasso was available with diesel or gasoline power. liter diesel straight-four, rated at 110 horsepower. This one has the 1.6-liter

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India’s Mahindra plans Australian electric vehicle assault with batteries from China’s BYD

EV Central

The Indian SUV and ute manufacturer Mahindra has revealed a tough electric concept that looks like a readymade rival for the Jeep Wrangler and GWM Tank. These EVs designed at Mahindra’s UK tech centre are the XUV:e8 and XUV:e9 SUVs and the BE:05, BE.07 Dubbed the Vision Thar.e and BE – starting in 2024 Mahindra’s upcoming EVs.

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Flash Drive: 2023 VinFast VF 8

Clean Fleet Report

VinFast invited Canadian and American automotive journalists to California to drive the 2023 VF 8, an all-electric midsize two-row SUV. The company has ambitious plans to import the three-row VF 9 by the end of 2023 and the two-row VF 7 in the first part of 2024, both of which are electric SUVs built in Hai Phong, Vietnam.

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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. Alfa Romeo Tonale – the Italian brand finally has a rechargeable car in its ranks in the form of the Tonale PHEV compact SUV. Aston Martin DBX PHEV and EV – electrified versions of AM’s first SUV on the cards.