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Forget Tesla and BYD: Cadillac is shooting for the (three-point) stars in Australia with 2024 Lyriq electric car to spearhead multi-model rollout

EV Central

That’s the word from Cadillac’s chief marketing officer, Melissa Grady Dias, who says Australia’s newest brand has little interest competing in the affordable EV space, and will instead duke it out at the top-end of the new-car market. “Obviously the foundation of that is the Ultium platform.

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Ford scraps its three-row electric SUV, opening the door for these rivals to dominate

Baua Electric

The “personal bullet train,” as Doug Field, Ford’s head of EVs, called the three-row electric SUV, is no longer part of the plans. The first model to launch on it will be a more affordable mid-size electric truck in 2027. of the market, followed by GM at 6.3%, according to data from Motor Intelligence. Ford was third with 7.4%

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GM: Q2 gross sales up 19% on industrial, SUV positive factors

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Basic Motors’ U.S. GMC had its highest-volume first part since 2005, and Cadillac had its best possible moment quarter since 2019. GM stated shipments to dealerships of the redesigned Trax subcompact crossover, which begins at not up to $22,000, would building up in the second one part of the time. Do you know?

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Who’s your Caddy? 2024 Cadillac Optiq electric SUV will gunning for Tesla Model Y as brand’s most affordable EV shapes up

EV Central

Primed to be introduced here in Australia’s as part of the brand’s relaunch, the Cadillac Optiq has been created to challenge the likes of the dominant Tesla Model Y, as well as more premium rivals like the BMW iX3 and the incoming Polestar 4. The post Who’s your Caddy?

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Lotus and Harmon partner up to add sound to hybrids

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The Active Noise Control technologies are part of a steady stream of ground-breaking innovations that Lotus has brought to the automotive industry and we are committed to pursuing further developments in vehicle refinement and environmentally friendly transport solutions."

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Convincing Consumers To Buy EVs

Cars That Think

However, until mainstream public confidence reaches the point where the perceived combination of risks of a battery electric vehicle purchase (range, affordability, reliability and behavioral changes) match that of an ICE vehicle, then EV purchases are going to be the exception rather than the norm. How much range is enough?

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We got an up-close look at Gravity with Lucid Motors’ SVP of Design and Brand, Derek Jenkins

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This week, Lucid Motors invited Electrek to an exclusive ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrating the opening of Phase 2 of its AMP-1 facility in Casa Grande, Arizona. Part of the festivities included a factory tour, an interview with CEO and CTO Peter Rawlinson, and our best look at Lucid’s upcoming Gravity SUV to date.

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