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Ford gives all EV buyers a free charging station and installation—it seems to sell more cars

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Selling electric vehicles was always going to be a challenge, especially for established U.S. To address these challenges, last year Ford launched its Ford Power Promise, a marketing and support package to ease EV-curious shoppers (intenders) over the hump to buying and driving an electric vehicle. Its working.

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BYD closing on Tesla in Australia: Achieves 40,000 sales in less than three years, aims beyond 40K in 2025 alone!

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Chinese electrified brand BYD has sold its 40,000th vehicle in Australia after less than three years on-sale. It now says it expects to sell 40,000 vehicles or more in Australia in 2025 alone. Today BYDs line-up includes the Dolphin, Seal, Atto 3, and Sealion 7, as well as the Sealion 6 and Shark 6 plug-in hybrids.

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Think the plug-in Ford Ranger PHEV isn’t capable enough? I just drove one up an active volcano in Iceland!

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That’s a snapshot of the online trolling faced by Ford’s new Ranger plug-in hybrid ute as it lands in Australian showrooms this month. READ MORE: 2025 Ford Ranger PHEV full pricing and specifications READ MORE: Will Ford expand its PHEV portfolio to sit alongside the new plug-in Ranger? Let me give you an extreme example.

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Tesla Superchargers were over 10 times as reliable as these rivals

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Comparatively, Shell Recharge users faced the most issues, with respondents detailing problems in 48 percent of charging sessions. ” The survey included responses from 1,230 owners of BEVs and plug-in hybrid EVs (PHEVs), detailing experiences from roughly 5,700 individual charging sessions.

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Report: Nissan GT-R Will Return With Hybrid Powertrain

The Truth About Cars

While the automaker had confirmed that a successor to the R35 was in development roughly a year ago, details on the vehicle have been sparse. But as time went on, it started to seem more plausible that it would be an all-electric vehicle. Nissan says it doesnt yet know for certain if it will be a plug-in hybrid or not.

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2025 Volkswagen ID.Buzz: electric Microbus finally arrives

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Behind the wheel, our jaunt down Lombard Street immediately made clear that while this is a largish vehicle—it has the footprint of the VW Atlas Cross Sport midsize two-row SUV—its 37.4-foot Second, the vehicle icon in the header bar of the 12.9-inch foot turning circle makes it hugely maneuverable (42.7 Two examples suffice.

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Personal: My Ongoing EV Adventure

Clean Fleet Report

Life Without Gasoline Continues I like to drive an electric vehicle (EV) because it helps fight climate change by reducing the burning of fossil fuels. I drove every other EV I could get back then, too, including the Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid and the Mitsubishi i-MiEV , but there were precious few offerings.