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Toyota confirms second 3-row electric SUV for US production

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Toyota announced on Thursday that it plans to build a new three-row battery-electric SUV in Princeton, Indiana, with a corresponding $1.4 billion investment in the automaker’s Kentucky plant, to build a separate three-row battery-electric SUV. billion investment in the plant.

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Kelley Blue Book finds average EV price in US down 5.4% in January due to Tesla price cuts

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The most affordable vehicles—compact cars, compact SUVs and subcompact cars— had incentives between 3% to 4%, which is above industry average. Luxury vehicle ATPs were a mixed bag in January, with luxury cars, luxury compact SUVs and luxury mid-size SUVs showing price declines between 0.4% in December.

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KBB: Average new vehicle transaction price in US in December up 1.9% from November; EV ATP dropped 5.5% due to Tesla

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Luxury cars at all levels were selling below MSRP in December, along with luxury compact and sub-compact SUVs. Luxury brands Audi, BMW, Infiniti, Lexus, Lincoln, and Volvo showed the least price strength, selling 1% or more below MSRP in December. over sticker price last month. of ATP, followed closely by luxury cars at 5.8%

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Tesla Model S & Model X named ‘Best Resale Value Award’ winners

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.” The Tesla Model S was recognized as the top of the luxury electric car segment, while the Tesla Model X took the top of the luxury electric SUV segment. No electric vehicles were recognized within the KBB’s top 10, with most of those vehicles coming from Japanese automakers and most being non-electrified models.

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TTAC's Worst Cars of 2023

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Lexus LX600: Not a bad car by any means, and there are likely plenty of buyers for it. But to me, it simply seems absurd to pay over $125k for a four-seat SUV that can in all likelihood go literally anywhere off-road.if This is in reverse order, from third worst to worst. Nissan Pathfinder: Argh. Here’s the view from Downtown Canada.

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Cumulative worldwide sales of Toyota hybrids top 3M units

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Next came the second-generation Prius in 2003 and the expanded use of TMC’s hybrid system on such vehicles as minivans, SUVs, rear-wheel-drive sedans and hatchbacks.

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Consumer Reports: Tesla and other domestic brands take big steps backwards in reliability rankings

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Asian brands, led by Lexus, Toyota, and Mazda, in that order, continue to be the best for new car reliability in CR’s survey, which is the largest of its kind. The Model X SUV remained “Much-Worse-Than-Average” for reliability, with ongoing problems including the falcon-wing doors and center display screen.

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