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Next-gen PHEVs, Nissan EV pickup, Tesla at 6M, GM and CATL: Today’s Car News

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Nissan and Mitsubishi team up for EVs, hybrids, and PHEVs, and next-generation pickups. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Between the lines, Nissan reportedly plans to use Mitsubishi’s plug-in hybrid system in its own PHEVs, while Mitsubishi will use Nissan’s EV tech—and the upcoming pickup could potentially use both.

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Taycan review, Equinox EV deal, R1T top safety, 70-mile PHEVs: The Week in Reverse

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This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending April 6, 2024. In a first drive of the 2025 Porsche Taycan , we found that with improvements to performance, efficiency, and charging, this grand-touring electric sports car lives up to its original mission—and much more.

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EV tax credit union boost, Hyundai Tucson PHEV pricing, BMW EV range: Today’s Car News

Green Car Reports

BMW is sitting out the race for more mass-market EV range. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. The Hyundai Tucson Plug-In Hybrid beats the RAV4 Prime on affordability. And controversy swirls over a boost being given to unions as part of the EV tax credit. We help break down why.

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BMW i8 beats Mercedes S 500 PHEV, Golf GTE to win World Green Car award in New York

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The BMW i8 plug-in hybrid ( earlier post ) was named the World Green Car at the World Car Awards in New York. The BMW i8 was also one of the finalists in the category World Luxury Car at the World Car Awards. Ian Robertson, Member of the Board of Management of BMW AG, responsible for Sales and Marketing BMW.

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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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This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending March 2, 2024. It signals not just that shoppers can choose fully electric vehicles with market-leading safety, but that the agency is putting more EVs through its full battery of testing. The 2024 Volkswagen ID.4

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Will Toyota Prius Prime gain EV route planning smarts?

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In that Toyota PHEV, a geofencing function also automatically activates electric mode in urban low-emission zones, as part of a trip-planning function that saves electric operation for those route portions. But as Green Car Reports found out in follow-ups with Toyota in the U.S., market Prius Prime. In the U.S.

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What Does GM’s “30 New EVs By 2025” Promise Mean for the US Market?

EV Adoption

In particular, we often see production delays and reduced volumes from what the market was initially led to believe and what may often be well below actual consumer demand. 4, Hyundai IONIQ 5, Audi Q4 e-tron, Toyota RAV4 Prime PHEV, Ford Escape PHEV, and Lincoln Corsair PHEV have either become available or likely will be in 2021.

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