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Road Test: 2025 Maserati GranCabrio Folgare EV

Clean Fleet Report

Designed at Maserati headquarters in Modena, Italy, and built at the Maserati Mirafiori plant in Turin, Italy, the GranCabrio Folgare is on the exclusive list of convertible electric cars that deliver performance in style, grace and elan. This also goes for the 232-mile trip from San Francisco to San Luis Obispo.

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Used LCV market buoyant as new van sales struggle

Baua Electric

14 April 2025 Read next The Automotive Update: UK government steps up support of EV industry 11 April 2025 Read next Used-car market continues to struggle in Poland 10 April 2025 Read next EVs inspire growth in Italys new car market 09 April 2025 Light-commercial vehicle (LCV) registrations in the UK continued to struggle in March.

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Video Friday: Agile Humanoids

Cars That Think

ASAP ] from [ Carnegie Mellon University ] and [ Nvidia ] Big News: Swiss-Mile is now RIVR! In 2025, well be deploying our groundbreaking wheeled-legged robots with major logistics carriers for last-mile delivery to set new standards for efficiency and sustainability.

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UK government steps up support of automotive industry

Baua Electric

It will also provide an eight year, or 100,000 mile, high-voltage component and battery warranty, as well as a free-of-charge five-year service plan, and towing assistance. With this in mind, the carmaker has launched its Power Promise, which it hopes will make it easier for drivers to make the switch to EVs.

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Stellantis Chairman Suggests Western Markets Embrace The Kei Car

The Truth About Cars

During an Automotive News summit held in Italy , Elkann suggested that Europe could have an “e-car” that filled a similar niche. ECUs are now more numerous and entirely integrated together via miles of copper wire and CAN bus systems. The closest approximation to the Kei car in Europe are probably A-Segment vehicles (e.g.

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Alfa Romeo starts production of its first plug-in hybrid; Tonale offers 30 miles electric range

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Alfa Romeo’s first plug-in hybrid is built at the Giambattista Vico Stellantis plant in Pomigliano d’Arco, Naples, Italy, one of the company’s most advanced production sites. The Tonale PHEV will begin arriving at dealers in June.

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Hertz Italy Launches smart fortwo Electric Vehicle in Rome for Italo-NTV train customers

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A fully charged battery is sufficient for up to 135 kilometers (84 miles). Hertz is the first car-rental company to deploy EVs and PHEVs (plug-in hybrid electric) on three continents—in the US (available to the public in New York, Washington, DC and San Francisco); the UK (London) and now Italy in Europe; and China (Shenzhen).

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