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MEB electric catamaran, Porsche-inspired sports car, carbon fiber and range: Today’s Car News

Green Car Reports

A niche EV company teases its skateboard platform with a Porsche 356 tribute. And a product that’s most definitely not for the masses applies VW’s platform for affordable EVs. Nissan looks at reducing its manufacturing footprint, and Jaguar Land Rover aims at freeing up more space and weight for an EV range boost.

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Lotus Theory 1 previews future sports car design direction

Baua Electric

The concept has a 70-kwh battery pack affording an estimated range of about 250 miles , and powering dual motors that send 987 hp to all four wheels, which wear EV-specific Pirelli P Zero Elect tires. in the first quarter of 2025, and the Emeya, an electric sedan due to face off against the Tesla Model S Plaid and Porsch Taycan.

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Smartphone-maker Xiaomi unveils SU7 Ultra, a 1548hp, 4-door electric hypercar

Baua Electric

The Xiaomi SU7 has been making waves as an affordable electric sportscar in a similar format to the Porsche Taycan. All body panels are made of carbon fiber for weight reduction – which will probably add quite a bit of expense to the car. In that, Porsche has a lot of experience – but we’ll have to see what Xiaomi can do.

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BYD launches $233K Yangwang U9 electric supercar that will smoke a Ferrari and can dance

Baua Electric

BYD Yangwang U9 electric supercar (Source: BYD) The company says the U9 “opens the era of pure electric supercars.” It’s also quicker than the Porsche 911 Turbo S (2.6 Ford’s CEO Jim Farley said the American automaker is working on affordable EVs to compete with Chinese automakers like BYD.

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Ferrari’s Plug-in Hybrid One-Ups the Combustion Engine

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Michael Leiters , who was Ferrari’s chief technology officer (he recently left the company), says there’s no denying that electrification in the car industry is largely being driven by the need to comply with strict emissions regulations, including for carbon dioxide. second lap advantage over that ICE-only supercar.

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Here are the best electric bikes you can buy at every price level in March 2024

Baua Electric

That’s still a great bike, and we’ll discuss it next, but the more affordable $799 Lectric XP LITE is an even more wallet-friendly electric bike. If you like the idea of a low-cost US-based company like Lectric eBikes but want something with more power than their XP LITE, consider the $999 Lectric XP 3.0. and its previous 1.0

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Here are the best electric bikes you can buy at every price level in January 2024

Baua Electric

Even though the holidays are behind us, many e-bike companies are still running incredible sales coming off an ultra-competitive e-bike selling year in 2023. That’s still a great bike, and we’ll discuss it next, but the more affordable $799 Lectric XP LITE is an even more wallet-friendly electric bike. For years, the $999 Lectric XP 3.0

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