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Report: Ford's EV Skunkworks Team to Create Three Affordable Electric Models

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A few weeks ago, Ford announced that it had created an internal skunkworks team to focus on affordable EVs and a new platform to underpin them. However, the threat of China flooding the market with cheap electric models is too frightening to ignore. Mexico-Canada free trade agreement. Image: Ford] Become a& TTAC insider.

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Mexico is already building its own cheap EVs that will rival China

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Mexico is done importing cheap EVs from China and India as it plows ahead with a prototype of its own. Although Tesla officially paused plans for its Gigafactory Mexico until after the US electric in November, the country will still build EVs domestically. The country already has several prototypes. “We

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Volkswagen Golf Could Return to North America

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Volkswagen is reportedly considering moving Golf production out of Germany to improve its profit margins and a return to Mexico seems plausible. But that never ever ends up being a companys affordable economy model and domestic production of the hatchback (at least those sold on our market) was handled where labor is cheap in Puebla, Mexico.

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The $10,000 BYD Seagull EV is scaring the U.S. auto industry

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automotive groups have expressed concerns over the Seagull EV and other affordable mass-market EVs eventually coming to North America. However Tesla and other automakers have generally been considered to be targeting a $25,000 price tag, and while affordable, it’s still far greater than $10,000.

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Opinon: Lithium Market Set To Explode; All Eyes Are On Nevada

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in Mexico but has indicated that it is looking closer to home, and particularly in Nevada, which is ground zero for Tesla’s battery units. Tesla—which will require large quantities of lithium at cheaper prices—has already signed agreements to purchase lithium from Canadian Bacanora Minerals Ltd and British Rare Earth Minerals Plc.

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Junkyard Find: 1978 Chevrolet Nova Sedan

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If you count the versions of the 1962-1979 X-Body sold by other GM divisions ( Pontiac Ventura / Phoenix , Oldsmobile Omega , Buick Apollo / Skylark , Cadillac Seville* ) and those built in other countries ( Canada , Mexico , Iran ), this is one of the best-selling cars The General ever created.

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Where to Get the Most Bang for Your Buck

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It’s the backpacker’s call to India, the sunseeker’s attraction to Mexico, and the digital nomad’s drive to get to Thailand: Go where the dollar buys more. Getting around Australia by air isn’t cheap either, especially since the recent collapse of the low-cost carrier Bonza. Air service is frequent and affordable.