The Truth About Cars

JULY 2, 2024

While its vehicles aren’t “cheap,” Tesla offers two of the most affordable EVs on sale today. That’s changing slowly, as Cox Automotive recently reported that EV prices have fallen below the average Tesla price for the first time since early 2023.

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The Truth About Cars

JULY 16, 2024

None of the Macan EV variants are cheap, but the option to slide in under the $80,000 mark to start is a significant plus for potential buyers. Though no electric Macan is likely to leave the road, Porsche will offer an off-road design package that brings a new bumper with an improved approach angle of 17.5

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 18, 2024

They also want to take action to protect American EVs from cheap or subsidized Chinese models. The pressure coming from U.S. officials is likely due to its worries about Chinese companies establishing a manufacturing foothold in Mexico as a workaround to costly tariffs.

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 23, 2024

Of course, the latest and greatest doesn’t come cheap. The rest of the cabin benefits from updates Porsche gave the Cayenne line in 2024, which includes a new infotainment system.

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The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 19, 2024

The F-150 Lightning is no exception, though gas trucks aren’t cheap by any stretch of the imagination. Even with tax credits for some models, many EVs are significantly more expensive than their gas-powered counterparts. Image: Ford] Become a& TTAC& insider.

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The Truth About Cars

JUNE 26, 2023

Cheap EV trucks will likely be on the market someday. We shall see, but we can't say we're surprised, given the popularity of trucks -- and how that drives up pricing (I priced a mid-trim Silverado for funsies this morning and it came out to over $65,000) -- and the cost of building these EV trucks. Today, it appears, is not that day.

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The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

This mid-cycle refresh takes the form of new grilles and lighting signatures, a (relatively) cheap way to update a model without expensive retooling of fender shapes or other hard points.

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The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 14, 2023

We were promised an affordable Cybertruck, but as it turns out, nothing about Tesla’s latest EV is cheap. The least expensive trim won’t be available until 2025, leaving the truck’s starting price at almost $70,000, and we’re now learning how much some replacement parts will cost.

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 24, 2024

While it’s worth noting that the automaker and Musk never confirmed the cancellation of the cheap EV, it’s also hard to imagine an accelerated product being good news for anyone. He did note that Tesla would give more detail on its plans when it debuts its robotaxi plans in August.

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 22, 2024

Pricing for the new Sierra EV isn’t cheap. It gets four-wheel steering that enables the brand’s “CrabWalk” feature, and adaptive air suspension is standard. Like the Silverado, the truck gets a Multi-Pro midgate and a large frunk. GM’s Super Cruise is available.

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 4, 2024

Though stout on specs, the new truck is far from cheap. The automaker’s numbers aren’t exaggerated, either, as recent tests by the media, including Zack Nelson from the YouTube channel JerryRigEverything , show that they’re conservative, if anything.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 7, 2024

While it’s still less expensive than many competitors, the new Performance almost certainly won’t be cheap. At the same time, the new car lost tax credit eligibility and its place as a compelling, affordable EV as a result. That said, the car is still less expensive than some competitors, including vehicles from BMW, Mercedes-Benz, and Audi.

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The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Icon’s vehicles have never been cheap, but its latest vehicle goes above and beyond. The company has long offered custom resto-modded SUVs with deep-six-figure price tags, and it’s now set its sights on the Chevy Suburban. Called the Reformer, the updated, hand-built SUV sports 1,000 horsepower and a $1.1 million starting price.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 19, 2024

However, the threat of China flooding the market with cheap electric models is too frightening to ignore. Despite its losses, Ford is still pushing to earn the number one EV sales spot, which Tesla currently holds. All automakers in the U.S. are grappling with wavering EV demand and rising production costs.

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Cars That Think

JULY 21, 2021

What we need is something called cozy futurism, a concept I first encountered while reading a blog post by software engineer Jose Luis Ricón Fernández de la Puente. Nonprofits are already using cheap sensors to pinpoint heat islands in cities, or neighborhoods where air pollution disproportionately affects communities of color.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 6, 2024

That said, BMW’s EVs are not cheap, so the incentives should be a welcome move for hopeful buyers. BMW already offers a $7,500 credit for leasing the i4 sedan, which can be combined with the conquest incentive. Cars Direct noted that the iX also comes with a significant discount of up to $9,900 in lease cash.

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The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

While we don’t have an exact number on the cost of a battery replacement, nothing with a Porsche or Audi badge is cheap to repair, and some on the internet have claimed replacements cost upwards of $45,000.

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The Truth About Cars

MAY 23, 2023

That’s far from cheap, but consider that many EVs are twice that much or more each month, and the Tesla becomes far more appealing. That number becomes even more appealing after government tax credits, which cut another $3,750 off the price, making the Model 3 a compelling EV.&

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My Energi

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

40 i (40 kWh) – Cheap to run, cheap to buy, the Renault Zoe is the perfect all-rounder. The EVs of today, which include those on our list, have excellent ranges, impressive durability and are cheap to maintain thanks to fewer moving parts. Nissan LEAF (40 kWh) – For a bargain price, you can pick up one of the most iconic EVs.

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DIY Electric Car

MARCH 10, 2012

I posted a question about this on the blog and turn out you can run these on DC. So I guess I now have a cheap DC to DC convertor. I read somewhere about a guy using one as a 144DC to 12VDC convertor instead of buying some expensive DC to DC convertor? If anyone has done this let me know how?

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Porsche 914 EV Conversion

APRIL 7, 2008

With almost 3000 miles of cheap, reliable operation, I think it's time to move on to something that will help more people do their own conversions. You probably won't see much more activity on this blog in the upcoming months as I focus on developing an open-source EV kit for a '92-'95 Honda Civic.

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The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

When Toyota first previewed the MR2 in 1981 as the SA-X Prototype, the whole point was to offer customers a car that was incredibly engaging to drive while also being cheap to own. An argument could be made that electrification could be used to help keep the car cheap to operate. The recipe would presumably be different for the FT-Se.

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Teslarati

APRIL 18, 2021

” Even dedicated EV blogs have dismissed the project as “boring.” One thing that Boring Company critics typically forget is the fact that the LVCC Loop’s tunnels are incredibly cheap and quick to build. ” Tech publication Futurism argued that the LVCC Loop is “incredibly inefficient.”

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The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Despite global economic situations looking poised to toss a large portion of the planet into a subsistence mindset that would favor cheap, reliable transportation, most companies still seem to be prioritizing larger vehicles with broader profit margins.

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 6, 2024

The parts are typically cheap, maintenance/repairs are always well documented, and any work you need to have someone else do tends to cost far less than a model featuring more modern hardware. Whether Hemi loyalists are willing to give up two cylinders for turbo, however, remains to be seen.

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The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

This wouldn’t be an issue if Western consumers had an endless supply of money or if Chinese markets didn’t have so much cheap competition. However, examples sold in the United Kingdom are priced closer to $44,000 (likewise converted into USD). That’s not good news for the aforementioned Volkswagen products.

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The Truth About Cars

MAY 22, 2024

Now, you can find people buying used Porsche SUVs on the cheap to be used as comfortable cruisers or built into luxury baja buggies. One could have also said that of Porsche in 2002. But then the Cayenne came out and suddenly everyone’s wife was driving one. Alpine plans to start with smaller vehicles, which is on brand.

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The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

But they could also flood the market with cheap garbage in the hopes of maintaining strong margins. The former is great news for consumers while the latter could go either way. Automakers may begin producing stripped down models boasting lower MSRPs that stress the fundamentals.

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Plug In India

APRIL 10, 2021

In the blog/video, we bust this myth and we show how petrol scooters cost same as electric scooters and you always save money when it comes to total cost of ownership when using an EV. Cost of electricity is fairly cheap at Rs 10 per unit in the commercial location of cities and Rs 3 - 4 small towns and villages.

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 16, 2023

All the modern safety or efficiency gear in the world is useless if an owner has cheaped out with off-brand rubber or simply runs the wrong set. Those four black circles at each corner of yer car are technically the only parts of the machine that literally touch the pavement.

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 2, 2023

This author tested the then-newly revised Titan for the 2020 model year and was on the cusp of palming the keys to one before being seduced by a hilariously cheap two-year lease deal (remember those?) Every Titan now gets the 5.6-liter liter V8 engine, going to work with 400 horsepower and 413 lb-ft of torque.

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Creative Greenius

FEBRUARY 16, 2009

Greenius Blog Fires Daily Breeze Editors, Takes Over Environmental Coverage. In a surprise to to all but the most savvy readers of this blog, Joe Galliani, the Creative Greenius, today fired the editors of The Daily Breeze newspaper and took over responsibility for all local environmental news coverage and analysis.

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 17, 2023

Though cheap may not be the operative word, as this choice shifts the Bronco starting MSRP from $36,785 to $41,025. Ford’s Bronco is becoming more expensive, as the company is dumping the base trim for the 2024 model year. The Big Bend edition will now represent the cheapest way for one to procure the SUV.

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The Truth About Cars

MAY 29, 2024

While that’s still not cheap for a modestly sized crossover, this is supposed to be an EV from a luxury nameplate and one the brand said has achieved class-leading interior space (second row and cargo). I guess you have to spend Bentley money to get a vehicle with real wood anymore.

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The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

If a defect robs a vehicle of motive power and/or results in a giant repair bill, it’s deemed as more important than the windows failing to work or the paint being cheap. Mechanical issues are weighted the most heavily in the Consumer Reports reliability survey.

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Cars That Think

MAY 17, 2023

Brooks, who is now working on his third robotics startup, Robust.AI , has written hundreds of articles and half a dozen books and was featured in the motion picture Fast, Cheap & Out of Control. By the way, I recommend a long blog post by Stephen Wolfram. And it’s really cheap. It doesn’t have any connection to the world.

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The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 27, 0002

This means a total sum of $44,580 including freight – not quite cheap as chips but at least Blue Oval marketers aren’t (yet) demanding the selection of gratuitous options packages to get the good stuff. That trick is saved for the $34,985 Outer Banks trim, it seems.

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