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Chevy Bolt EV payment, Hertz brakes on Tesla, two-wheel electric car: Today’s Car News

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A concept EV challenges the notion that electric cars need four wheels, or even three. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Hertz backs away from its ambitious EV plans. One company pushes ahead with plans for U.S.-made made solid-state cells. The 2020-2022.

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With electric trucks and SUVs coming, is it time to reevaluate what a green car means?

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Over the past ten years, the green-car landscape has made progress in fits and starts. Since the 2011 Nissan Leaf that we named our original Best Car To Buy—rated at just 73 miles—electric cars have evolved rapidly. Lucid announced a model.

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Fisker Pear interior, charger reliability, Senator’s “expensive” electric car: Today’s Car News

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A Senator's "expensive" electric car turns out to be the cheapest one on the market, and helps make a point. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Fisker gives a look inside its upcoming affordable urban EV. A study sounds the alarm about fast-charging reliability. And higher coal prices are helping clean the grid.

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Electric car fires, three-motor Audi E-Tron, Samsung battery plant: Today’s Car News

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Electric car fires are less frequent than gasoline car fires, but there’s some nuance. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Samsung SDI is the primary battery supplier of cells for Rivian’s upcoming electric. The three-motor versions of the E-Tron SUV and Sportback are almost here.

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Hyundai Ioniq 5: Green Car Reports Best Car To Buy 2022 finalist

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Among all the new electric cars coming out this year, the Hyundai Ioniq 5 is the one that best shows that affordable EVs don’t have to look and feel like everything else. There’s room to reformat the car and mix in some rad cues from the past, without losing focus on a future that doesn’t involve tailpipe emissions.

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Lucid Air: Green Car Reports Best Car To Buy 2022 finalist

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California’s Lucid has produced an electric car with an EPA-rated 520 miles—enough to beat the Tesla Model S in range and efficiency. That, in a car offering up to 1,111 hp, which exceeds the Plaid's 1,020 hp. And it can make shorter road-trip charging stops, with up to 300 miles restored in 20 minutes.

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Mercedes-Benz EQS SUV: Green Car Reports Best Car To Buy 2023 finalist

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The EQS SUV is related to the EQS hatchback that arrived late last year, and while it’s built on a version of the same EVA2 skateboard architecture as that flagship electric car, in many respects it’s a completely different vehicle—and more of a trendsetter in the U.S. vehicle market.

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