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Are 100-mile BMW, Nissan, VW electric cars already a lost cause?

Green Car Reports

The continuing tepid sales of the Nissan Leaf electric car, despite a range upgrade to 107 miles, remains one of the puzzles in the plug-in car market. But the.

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Researchers find Nissan LEAF creates less CO2 than Toyota Prius hybrid in west US and Texas, but more in N. Midwest

Green Car Congress

Regionally specific lifecycle CO 2 emissions per mile traveled for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) and battery electric vehicles (BEVs) in the US can vary widely based on grid emission factors (i.e., Under some conditions, the battery electric Nissan LEAF can produce higher emissions than a Toyota Prius hybrid.

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Blazer EV price cut, Dodge electric muscle, Rivian R2 and R3: The Week in Reverse

Baua Electric

At its own theater in Laguna Beach, California, the company presented the expected Rivian R2 electric SUV , a smaller sibling to the R1S that will start at $45,000, deliver more than 300 miles of range in most of its forms, and be comparable to the Tesla Model Y in overall footprint.

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EV News: EV everywhere

Electric Auto Association

Marking $125M incentive for Rivian plant at Georgia state capitol. Nissan Leaf is ranked as least expensive 2022 EV. EV value The marketplace made clear “Inside EVs” has done a very thorough job rating EVs from the least to the most expensive , and by price per mile of EPA range. Maintenance of an EV. Volva mega-casting.

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Eco real estate

Electric Auto Association

An all-Tesla family Matos-Roger’s personal connection with electric vehicles (EVs) started in 2014 with the lease of a Nissan LEAF. Georgia had one of the most aggressive tax credit programs in the country back then. We’ve driven over 200,000 miles in seven years,” Matos-Rogers explained. “As

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Kia will beat Rivian and Tesla into affordable mass-market EVs

Baua Electric

The electric SUV will start at $45,000, with all trims boasting over 300 miles range. To accelerate the launch, Rivian will build the R2 at its Normal, Illinois facility rather than its new plant in Georgia. One of them, the Kia EV3, is expected to launch by the end of the year. You can think of it more as the size of a Tesla Model Y.

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2022 Hyundai Ioniq 5: First of an aggressive wave of new EVs

Charged EVs

Upcoming entries include the Audi Q4 e-tron, Kia EV6, Nissan Ariya, Subaru Solterra, Toyota bZ4X, and a Chevrolet crossover to be launched in 2023. Originally rated at 124 miles of range, in 2020 the model received a range boost to 170 miles, and it remains on sale. 4 are already on sale. The company says it will invest $7.4

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