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Hyundai Ioniq 6 deal, affordable Honda and Toyota EVs, Civic and Elantra hybrids: The Week in Reverse

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The 2024 Hyundai Elantra Hybrid gets a price hike—and more of a price bump versus non-hybrid Elantra models, although the Elantra Hybrid does now get the larger 10.3-inch Looking at the latest “Highland” Model 3, as priced last week, it undercuts the Tesla by $9,000. inch infotainment screen. with other markets to follow.

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2022 Volkswagen ID.4: More range, faster charging, price hike of $765

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As we await the reveal of Volkswagen’s production-bound electric Microbus reboot, the VW ID.4 4 electric SUV is ramping up from a slow delivery start here and, with a second model year, getting ready to realize its mass-market potential versus gasoline models like the Toyota RAV4 or Honda CR-V.

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Report: Honda to Aggressively Price New Fit Hybrid In Japan

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Kyodo reports that Honda Motor Co. million (about US$18,600), which will be the lowest price for a gasoline-electric vehicle sold in Japan, according to company sources. The price of Honda’s new Fit compact car to be released in October will be some 300,000 yen lower than the 1.89 million yen, analysts said.

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Toyota 3-row EVs, Tesla price cuts, electric G-wagen, airless tires: The Week in Reverse

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Which automaker priced its hardware set allowing its EVs to back up the home? The Tesla Model Y undercuts the Model 3 by $5,000 —for those who are EV tax credit eligible—under the latest round of Tesla price cuts made last weekend. made electric SUV —in Princeton, Indiana, starting in 2026. Toyota confirmed a second 3-row U.S.-made

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Honda CEO: Solid-state batteries may enable affordable small EV by 2030

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Honda built its original reputation around affordable small cars like its Civic. Yet decades on, segueing into an era of EVs, it has no battery-electric equivalent to the Civic. It might take a technology breakthrough, like solid-state battery tech, before Honda sees a small, affordable car as making sense—late in the decade.

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2019 Honda Insight production model to make global debut at New York International Auto Show; series hybrid with 55 mpg city

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The new Insight, launching at Honda dealerships nationally in early summer, joins the Clarity series and just-launched 2018 Accord Hybrid as the fifth new Honda electrified vehicle introduced over the past year. As a premium compact sedan, Insight is positioned and priced between Civic and Accord in Honda’s passenger car lineup.

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Safest EVs, VW ID.4 update, Honda fuel-cell PHEV, Fiat’s EV future: The Week in Reverse

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Which major automaker might be partnering with Fisker for an electric pickup? 4 lineup gets a higher price—although much of the lineup offers substantial upgrades including stronger performance and a much-improved infotainment system. Should EV charging stations be allowed where gas stations aren’t? The 2024 Volkswagen ID.4

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