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Electric Vehicle Spotlight: Financing a Chevrolet Bolt EUV

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Budget models like the Chevrolet Bolt EV, SUV crossovers like the Equinox Blazer EV, electric versions of popular legacy models like the Blazer EV, and high-performance trucks like the Silverado EV make up what is becoming an impressive lineup of all-electric options. These factors will also determine the size of your rebate.

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

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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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Audi to invest ~€14B in electromobility, digitalization and autonomous driving over next 5 years

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We are consistently prioritizing our resources for future-oriented products and services that are highly attractive and relevant to the market. Starting with the Audi e-tron, the brand’s first all-electric SUV, the company will launch numerous electric cars in the coming years. e-tron GT concept.

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DOE labs study on costs and benefits of new transportation technologies the most comprehensive to date

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Levelized cost of driving (LCOD) across powertrains for light-duty SUV, MY 2025. A new study published by US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory offers the most complete understanding yet of the costs of owning and operating a vehicle, and how those costs vary by powertrain, from the conventional to the cutting-edge.

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Volkswagen Group to invest ~€60B in hybridization, electric mobility and digitalization over next 5 years; ~€33B on electromobility

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Plans for the Emden site were confirmed, according to which production of the electric A-SUV (ID.Next) should start in 2022. These joint ventures finance investments in plants and products from their own resources. Others will be produced by German plants in Zwickau, Emden, Hannover, Zuffenhausen and Dresden.

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Evergrande NEV warns risks of production halt if it can't get additional liquidity

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In order to focus its financial resources on supporting the mass production of the Hengchi 5, Evergrande NEV has continued its cost-saving initiatives and has taken measures to reduce the workforce of its Swedish subsidiary National Electric Vehicle Sweden AB, according to the announcement.

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FCA US reaches settlements on diesel emissions at estimated cost of $800M

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Department of Justice (DOJ), the California Air Resources Board (CARB), the State of California, 49 other States and U.S. FCA US will conduct an emissions recall to update emission control software in an estimated 100,000 model-year 2014-2016 Ram 1500 pickups and Jeep Grand Cherokee SUVs equipped with 3.0-liter

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