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Kia electric pickup, Panasonic US plant, Sony and Honda, F-150 Lightning cold testing: Today’s Car News

Green Car Reports

Kia plans an electric pickup. Panasonic is reportedly considering either Oklahoma or Kansas for a U.S. Sony and Honda might be in the EV business together. Ford shows the F-150 Lightning testing in Alaska cold. And Panasonic looks for a new U.S. plant site. This and more, here at Green Car Reports.

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Niro Plug-In Hybrid coming, VW vs Tesla, OK hybrid owners win, EPA for dirtier diesels: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

Today, we've got good news from Oklahoma and bad news by a former Oklahoman, VW attacking Tesla, the incipient plug-in model of the Kia Niro, and an update on used electric cars. All this and more on Green Car Reports. We updated an earlier article on fast-moving used electric cars to add a nuance we'd missed.

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Nine EVs that lease for under $400/month: Ioniq 5, Solterra, Niro, Ioniq 6, more

Baua Electric

Kia Niro EV Wind – $343/month (2023), $357/month (2024) At $239/month for 36 months and $4499 to start, the factory lease offer on a 2024 Kia Niro EV Wind has an average monthly cost that’s $30/month less than the lease on a 2023 model back in August. Check for Kia Niro EV lease discounts and lease deals in your area.

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Feature: The Genesis Experience

Clean Fleet Report

As the luxury division of the Hyundai Group (Genesis, Hyundai and Kia) it has gone from two models in 2015 to eight in 2023. Genesis has an extensive lineup The Genesis of Genesis Eight years is a very short time in the automotive world. In this time Genesis went from being a model in the Hyundai line-up to becoming a car company on its own.

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Toyota was the most searched auto brand in 2023, but Tesla still dominates EV queries

Baua Electric

I’d personally wager Toyota loses its top spot to Tesla and we see automakers like Hyundai and Kia garner a larger audience of Google users. Here’s how the top ten most searched automakers in the US broke down: Automaker Google Search Volume * 1. Hyundai 18.6 Mercedes-Benz 15.1 million 10. We will check in again next year!

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EXCLUSIVE: ‘Rivian wanted what Georgia had’: How the Peach State became Rivian’s $5B match

Teslarati

These large-scale, mass-market automakers were unwilling to join Kia, which has a massive $1.8 for November 2021, the fourth-lowest rate federally, following Nebraska (1.8%), Utah (2.1%), and Oklahoma (2.5%). billion, 2.2 It just was not the right fit.

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