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Corby answers the $456,000 question: Is the luxury-soaked Bentley Flying Spur the world’s most pointless plug-in hybrid?

EV Central

I don’t know about you, but when I picture climate warriors – the kind who’ll chain themselves to things, get arrested, become Senators and then realise that changing the system is about as effective as attempting to save polar bears by sleeping naked on ice – I don’t see them driving Bentleys that cost $456,000.

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2023 BMW i7 review: The flagship goes electric

EV Central

Picture a near-silent land yacht with more on-board tech than a NASA spacecraft, and a battery several times the size of the one you might find in a lesser EV. For that money, though, you do get a whole lot of high-end stuff, pushing the i7 nail-bitingly close to something like a Rolls-Royce or a Bentley in the luxury stakes.

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2025 Cadillac Optiq Debuts As Compact Luxury Electric For The Whole World

The Truth About Cars

General Motors’ luxury arm has just previewed the Cadillac Optic — which looks to be offering a tad more utility than the brand’s larger Lyriq EV. The manufacturer has said that the model comes with an 85-kilowatt-hour battery pack and dual motor all-wheel drive. Images: General Motors] Become a& TTAC insider.

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2024 Volkswagen Touareg Review

Baua Electric

When it comes to ownership, the Touareg has a five-year/unlimited kilometre warranty, with an eight-year/160,000km warranty for the lithium-ion battery pack in the PHEV. Not only is it a point-to-point weapon, it’s also the sort of car that can serenely get you from A to B when you’re running in Normal or Eco mode and the battery is full.

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Update: Top 10 Electric Cars

Clean Fleet Report

Almost two-thirds of the battery electric cars sold in the U.S. The roomy Model S luxury sedan now starts at about $90,000 with a 100 kWh battery pack and all-wheel drive, offering 405 miles of range. The only upgrade is the Plaid version that features even faster acceleration from three motors, producing sub-two second 0-60 runs.

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

Cars That Think

liter V-8 generates 780 metric horsepower; another 220 hp comes from the plug-in hybrid’s electric motors. Ferrari As Ferrari’s first plug-in hybrid, the SF90 integrates a trio of electric motors. A third axial-flux motor is sandwiched between the mid-mounted engine and the dual-clutch transmission. The twin-turbocharged 4.0-liter

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Can the UK lead the green car charge? The Green Piece

Green Cars News

Last week, Nissan announced plans to make electric car batteries at its plant in Sunderland, creating 350 new jobs in the process (see ‘ Nissan to make electric car batteries at Sunderland plant ’). Now it seems that its efforts have been rewarded. Faye Sunderland.