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GM expands to new European markets with its luxury $93K Lyriq

February 27, 2024
General Motors is banking that Europeans will want an American-made $93,000 SUV that has zero emissions – but the US brand has had plenty of trouble getting production off the ground on its home turf. The US automaker, which has been testing the European waters with its luxury Cadillac EVs since late last year, has just launched its Cadillac Lyriq SUV in France this morning, with other markets…
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Fiat unveils 5 new boxy 'Panda-inspired' concept cars

February 27, 2024
Fiat just unveiled a new set of Panda-inspired concept cars at the Geneva Motor Show, including a new city car and a pickup truck. As Fiat has just launched its 500e in the US, some EV versions of these vehicles could be on their way stateside. The first new model will be…
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Nine EVs that lease for under $400/month: Ioniq 5, Solterra, Niro, Ioniq 6, more

February 26, 2024
There’s a loophole in the stricter IRA federal tax credit that only applies $3750 rebates on North American-built cars and separately $3750 on domestic batteries. For whatever reason, all EVs get the full $7500 applied to leases, however. So that has more people leasing EVs than ever before. The number of electric vehicle models that can be leased for less than an average monthly lease cost of…
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Mexico pushes Tesla to start Gigafactory construction soon, but it hesitates

February 22, 2024
The Mexican government is pushing Tesla to start construction of Gigafactory Mexico soon, but it looks like the automaker doesn’t feel ready. Tesla officially announced Gigafactory Mexico back in March, and until recently, we were wondering what was the hold up to start production after the automaker said it wanted to move fast. In October, Tesla confirmed that it was pumping the brakes on the…
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Biden may cave to pressures from automakers and Trump on EV ambitions

February 21, 2024
US President Joe Biden, whose administration has put electric vehicles front and center of an ambitious policy to dramatically curb emissions, may walk back his proposal on yearly EV requirements through 2030 due to political pressures and pushback from automakers and the UAW. Both automakers and United Auto Workers have urged the government to slow down the EV ramp-up, saying the technology is…
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