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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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The Aptera solar-assisted EV will get a carbon-fiber composite body from the same supplier used by supercar makers, to aid in its quest for 1,000 miles of real-world range. Aptera recently announced an agreement with Italy's C.P.C. Bodies for the sleek three-wheeler will be made in Modena, Italy, in the Motor Valley.
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On the road to putting its first electric car into production, Porsche ran the Taycan for 24 hours straight at Italy's Nardo test circuit. Covering 2,128 miles around the circuit in a day carried the car about the distance from Los Angeles to Atlanta.
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The Stellantis Cassino Assembly Plant in Italy, producer of vehicles for the premium and luxury brands, Alfa Romeo and Maserati, will add production of vehicles, to be shared at a later date, based on the flexible, BEV-centric STLA Large platform. The plant puts a high emphasis on energy and resource conservation.
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Around 61,000 vehicles have been sold across Europe with around 80% in Italy alone. Turbo LPG ecoFLEX featuring a 56 liter gasoline tank and a 49 liter LPG tank is more than 1,400 kilometers (870 miles). Italy has more than 2,800 stations; France more than 1,800; the Netherlands more than 1,400; and Belgium more than five hundred.
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