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Volvo EX90 Excellence is an all-electric limo, for China first

2024 Volvo EX90 ExcellenceVolvo unveiled a more plush version of the 2024 EX90 electric SUV at the 2023 Shanghai Auto Show. Sporting two-tone paint and 22-inch wheels, the EX90 Excellence is aimed at wealthy Chinese buyers with personal chauffeurs. It has four seats instead of the standard EX90's seven, with a pair of individual seats in the second row with heating and...
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Volvo EX90 Excellence is an all-electric limo, for China first

2024 Volvo EX90 ExcellenceVolvo unveiled a more plush version of the 2024 EX90 electric SUV at the 2023 Shanghai Auto Show. Sporting two-tone paint and 22-inch wheels, the EX90 Excellence is aimed at wealthy Chinese buyers with personal chauffeurs. It has four seats instead of the standard EX90's seven, with a pair of individual seats in the second row with heating and...
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Land Rover sets electric SUV architecture, Jaguar electric GT

2024 Land Rover Range Rover VelarJaguar Land Rover (JLR) on Wednesday announced an $18.7 billion investment over five years that will fund the first electric Land Rover and Jaguar's long-awaited second EV. JLR confirmed in a press release that it will begin taking orders for an all-electric Range Rover model later this year. Under the brand's current product plan, Range Rover has...
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All 2023 VW ID.4 models qualify for top $7,500 EV tax credit

2023 Volkswagen ID.4All 2023 Volkswagen ID.4 models will qualify for the highest $7,500 federal EV tax credit amount under the latest rules, VW confirmed Wednesday in a press release. Local assembly of U.S.-market ID.4 crossover SUVs, as well as local battery sourcing, help allow the ID.4 to qualify for the full credit amount. New rules introduced Tuesday require...
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Tesla prices drop again, base Model 3 now at $41,380

2023 Tesla Model 3Tesla has introduced another round of price cuts, the sixth time it has done so this year. Lower pricing appeared on Tesla's website late Tuesday, ahead of the company's first quarter earnings announcement later Wednesday. It brings the Model 3's base price down to $41,380 with the mandatory $1,390 destination charge, down $2,000 versus the...
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Nissan Arizon is an electric SUV concept conceived for China

Nissan Arizon conceptNissan on Monday unveiled an electric SUV concept aimed at the Chinese market. Revealed at the 2023 Shanghai Auto Show, the Nissan Arizon concept was designed by a Chinese team "to serve as a multifunctional partner for China’s drivers," according to a press release from the automaker. It's built on the global CMF-EV platform, though, so it...
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Nissan Arizon is an electric SUV concept conceived for China

Nissan Arizon conceptNissan on Monday unveiled an electric SUV concept aimed at the Chinese market. Revealed at the 2023 Shanghai Auto Show, the Nissan Arizon concept was designed by a Chinese team "to serve as a multifunctional partner for China’s drivers," according to a press release from the automaker. It's built on the global CMF-EV platform, though, so it...
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Ineos confirms electric SUV to be built by Magna in 2026

Ineos Grenadier production starts at plant in Hambach, France - October 2022Ineos Automotive, the company behind the old school Grenadier off-roader, will launch an electric SUV, to be built by Magna at the latter's Graz, Austria, factory starting in 2026. This new EV "will deliver world-class off-road capability," and will be tested on Austria's Shöckl mountain near Magna's factory, Ineos said in a press release...
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Tesla Model Y cost now dips below average new vehicle, EV or not

Tesla Model YAfter multiple price cuts this year, the Tesla Model Y now costs less than the average new vehicle in the U.S.—EV or not. That's the conclusion of a recent Bloomberg article that compared Tesla Model Y price cuts to average new vehicle prices in 2023. The base price of the Model Y has decreased 24% since January, the steepest price cut of...
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Zeekr X tackles Model Y with sub-$30,000 price, tech twists

2023 Zeekr XChinese automaker Geely's Zeekr brand this week unveiled its third model, a nearly Tesla Model Y-sized crossover that will sell for less than $30,000 in its home market. The Zeekr X follows the 009 van and the 001, a hatchback based on a concept originally badged for Geely's Lynk & Co. brand, in the all-electric Zeekr brand's lineup...