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The Best Electric SUVs on the Market

EV Life

These spacious, versatile, and family-friendly vehicles offer drivers the best of many worlds in one, so it’s no surprise that the release of electric SUVs on the market was highly anticipated and met with excitement by EV fans and SUV enthusiasts alike. Which Electric SUVs Have the Most Range? The good news?

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Argonne study finds BEVs can have lowest scheduled maintenance costs, but highest cost of driving

Green Car Congress

The study considers five different powertrains (internal combustion engine, hybrid-electric, plug-in hybrid-electric, fuel-cell-electric, and battery-electric) and 12 cost components (purchase cost, depreciation, financing, fuel, insurance, maintenance, repair, taxes, registration fees, tolls and parking, payload capacity and labor).

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Volkswagen committing $7.1B to boost product line-up, R&D, manufacturing in North America; targeting 55% BEV sales by 2030

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said that Volkswagen will begin to phase out gasoline-powered vehicles from its American line-up, aiming to exit from sales at the beginning of the next decade, while focusing on the most desirable models. Buzz electric microbus in 2024, and new electric SUVs from 2026. 4 electric SUV at Volkswagen’s Chattanooga, TN, facilities.

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PSA Group outlines electrification solutions for future hybrid and electric vehicles; 4 EVs, 7 PHEVs by 2021

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PSA Group is consolidating the development of its models on two global modular platforms—CMP and EMP2—allowing it to offer a wide range of internal combustion, electric and plug-in hybrid gasoline models from 2019. a 60 km (37-mile) driving range in all-electric mode. a 60 km (37-mile) driving range in all-electric mode.

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Lucid Air exceeds 10K reservations, CEO aims to make EV segment a “two-horse race”

Teslarati

While speaking with Yahoo Finance , Rawlinson stated that the Lucid Air has just reached a new milestone with 10k reservations. Lucid is also investing in a second production line that would be dedicated to Project Gravity , a premium all-electric SUV that would likely compete with the Rivian R1S and the Tesla Model X.

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Volkswagen is buying credits from Tesla to meet China’s environmental standards: report

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million cars, the vast majority of them being gasoline-powered sedans and SUVs. . If the recent reports from China are any indication, however, it appears that Volkswagen may be poised to help Tesla’s finances in a more direct manner as well. . Last year, FAW-VW sold 2.16 Don’t hesitate to contact us for news tips.

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2022 Rivian R1T: a real pickup truck makes an impressive debut

Charged EVs

The startup carmaker Rivian was founded a decade ago by RJ Scaringe, but it didn’t go public with its electric pickup truck and SUV until the 2018 Los Angeles Auto Show. The company says more than 50,000 people have put down cash for reservations in the sales queues for both the pickup and the SUV that will follow shortly.

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