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Volvo EX90 pricing, EV reliability skids, Hyundai in-wheel alternative: Today’s Car News

Green Car Reports

The Volvo EX90 gets U.S. Plug-in hybrid reliability is the pits, finds Consumer Reports. And Hyundai and Kia bypass some of the hurdles of in-wheel motors with their own solution. Hyundai and Kia have shown an alternative to in-wheel motors that accomplishes some of the same packaging goals.

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Lowest-priced EVs, Elio electric, Volvo XC40 Recharge range boost, Kia Sorento PHEV price: Today’s Car News

Green Car Reports

The Volvo XC40 Recharge gets a range boost, and the Kia Sorento Plug-In Hybrid gets a price tag. Need a new electric car for well under $40,000? You have a lot of choices. And Elio is back with an EV—timeline, to be announced. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Elio Motors is at it again.

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40-mpg pickup, Niro EV changes, Volvo PHEV sales, Tesla recalls: Today’s Car News

Green Car Reports

The Ford Maverick hybrid shows a 40-mpg future for gasoline compact trucks that Toyota has inexplicably omitted. Kia carries the Niro EV over as anticipation builds for the EV6. And Volvo has been selling a lot of plug-in hybrids. We sum up recent Tesla recalls. This and more, here at Green Car Reports.

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GM EVs at Hertz, Sorento Hybrid price hike, taxing the wealthy for EV infrastructure: The Week in Reverse

Green Car Reports

What is Volvo calling the fully electric counterpoint to its XC90 SUV? The 2023 Kia Sorento Hybrid gets a price hike of roughly $2,000. Why did Tesla issue a safety recall for more than a million vehicles this week?

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EVs Take 52.5% Share In Sweden – New Volvo EX30 Ascends

CleanTechnica EVs

Share In Sweden – New Volvo EX30 Ascends appeared first on CleanTechnica. January’s market saw plugin EVs take 52.5% share in Sweden, flat YoY from 52.4%. Plugin volumes were up YoY for. continued] The post EVs Take 52.5%

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Volvo pays for charging, Kia Soul EV postponed, very small electric cars: Today’s Car News

Green Car Reports

Volvo introduced its first electric car yesterday, and elaborated on a plan that will pay owners of its plug-in hybrids to, well, plug in. And Kia has officially nudged its Soul EV ahead one model year. Uniti, also from Sweden, revealed its One, an urban electric minicar for the no-frills yet always-connected set.

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Road Test: 2021 Kia Niro PHEV EX Premium

Clean Fleet Report

Photos by John Faulkner and Kia. The 2021 Kia Niro PHEV is one of three electrified Niro models to choose from, alongside a hybrid and a pure battery electric version. There are driver-selectable drive modes of EV, Eco, Hybrid and Sport. A Winning Formula. Story by John Faulkner. Charge up for electric-only local driving.

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