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Toyota is already offering $10k off a lease for its fully electric 2024 bZ4X

Baua Electric

Photo: Toyota Toyota has made its fully electric 2024 bZ4X – which only just landed on dealers’ lots – available to lease with a $10,000 discount. CarsDirect says it was also able to find the 2024 electric Toyota SUV with up to $9,000 in lease cash in other parts of the US. Get started here. –

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Volvo EX90 electric SUV: a first look

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It started with hybridization a few years back, and now the brand has begun introducing its lineup of fully electric vehicles. As Volvo continues to electrify, the EX90 will be an essential part of its strategy, especially considering the current lack of three-row electric offerings on the market.

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Recharge IT

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Here is part of the story. Google.org to to Accelerate Plug-In Hybrid and Vehicle-to-Grid Technology Google.org , the philanthropic arm of Google Inc. today announced the RechargeIT initiative that aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and oil dependence by accelerating the adoption of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.

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Figure Promises First General Purpose Humanoid Robot

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Over the past year, Figure has hired more than 40 engineers from institutions that include IHMC, Boston Dynamics, Tesla, Waymo, and Google X, most of whom have significant prior experience with humanoid robots or other autonomous systems. The final robot will be fully electric, 1.6m

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Volvo XC40 Recharge and Polestar 2: EV cousins offer different takes on “premium”

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That’s partly due to the weight; the electric XC40 is a whopping 900 pounds heavier than the AWD gasoline version. Android running the dashboard means Google Assistant, Google Maps, Google Play Store, and more, are instantly available and work the way you already use them. The company notes that it has the same 57.5

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Toyota was the most searched auto brand in 2023, but Tesla still dominates EV queries

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What should come as no surprise to most people is that American automaker Tesla dominated Google Trends search data for EVs last year. In fact, four of the ten most searched automotive brands in 2023 had one or fewer battery electric vehicles (BEVs) available in the US market last year. Here’s how it was gathered. Mercedes-Benz 15.1

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EV gameplan: Strategic tie-ups, fund raising, the way forward | Autocar Professional

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The Volkswagen Group has already invested over a billion euros as part of its India 2.0 Industry experts anticipate that in 2030, about half of all new vehicles will be fully electric in certain markets. “To plan, and the return on that investment has taken longer than anticipated. As India 3.0

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