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Kia EV9 wins, Fisker franchises, Tesla tops BYD, leather in EVs: The Week in Reverse

Baua Electric

Which EVs made the tax-credit shortlist in 2024? Among its many winning assets: It fits the form that American households seek in a family vehicle, without the luxury price tag, and it’s at the leading edge in all aspects of charging. Which company faced a $1.7 billion fine for diesel emissions cheating?

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The Best Electric SUVs on the Market

EV Life

The Model Y qualifies for the full $7,500 federal EV tax credit. BMW iX xDrive50 Range: 324 Miles Price: $87,100 With similar practicality and spacious interior as BMW’s popular X5 model, the iX xDrive50 has dual electric motors that provide 516 horsepower and a large battery pack that can hold enough charge to give it 324 miles of range.

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DOE Announces $528.7M Conditional Loan for Fisker Automotive for PHEVs

Green Car Congress

million ATVM loan for Fisker’s Project Nina—the design, engineering and assembly of Fisker Automotive’s next-generation plug-in hybrids, starting at about $39,900 after tax credits. Fisker automobiles use an extended range electric vehicle architecture, and will offer a cruising range of about 300 miles. Earlier post.).

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Electric Vehicle Spotlight: Financing Ford Mustang Mach-E

EV Life

While the new Ford Mustang Mach-E shares a name with the legendary Mustang Coupe, the crossover shares few characteristics with the iconic sports car. That being said, Ford is offering Mustang Mach-E trims focused on different specialties. kWh or an extended-range 91.0-kWh kWh batter pack.

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Electric Vehicle Spotlight: Financing Tesla Cybertruck 

EV Life

The dual-motor and tri-motor versions of the truck will also feature a 2500 lb payload capacity and 11,000 lbs of towing capacity, which is comparable to its competitors, the Rivian R1T and the Ford F-150 Lightning. Available EV Incentives Federal Tax Credit. Colorado Electric Vehicle Tax Credit.

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Perspective: A View Into the New GM

Green Car Congress

The Cadillac Converj extended-range electric vehicle Concept uses the Voltec platform. In April 2009, Consumer Reports recommended only 17% of the GM cars they tested while they recommended 70% of the Fords. Bill Cooke has been an engineer and manager at Ford and Visteon.]. Build better products. Click to enlarge.

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Conversions are mostly for the Prius, with a few for the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner hybrid SUVs. At these prices, people are buying the "environmental feature" -- they want to be among the first owners of the worlds cleanest extended-range vehicles. Tags: evdriven. They are early adopters, buying "Version 1.0"

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