EV Central

MAY 12, 2024

It’s turbulent times for the brand that has reshaped the industry with its electric car offerings. That stratospheric valuation was also when Musk was talking of building 20 million cars annually by the end of the decade (double what Toyota does), a target that seems as optimistic as finding a politician that actually answers questions.

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The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

This is according to a report from Cox Automotive , which stated that the month of February opened with the industry seeing an average new vehicle supply of 80 days. Unfortunately, most Americans likely don’t have the money to buy a new vehicle right now and anything they would buy might still be difficult to find.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 5, 2024

If you’ve been waiting to buy Kia’s first three-row electric SUV, the perfect opportunity may have just landed. Kia introduces a new $5,000 discount on the 2024 EV9 After opening EV9 orders in November with a $54,900 starting price tag, Kia called its first three-row electric SUV a “wake-up call to the industry.”

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2018

These numbers suggest that the ZEV mandate’s success in Maryland will require significant change in consumer attitudes and buying behavior. it is based on what customers buy rather than on what automakers produce. The ZEV mandate is a consumption mandate—i.e.,

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2014

A study by researchers at the Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Davis finds that buyers of plug-in vehicles (PEVs) are substantially less satisfied with the dealer purchase experience than buyers of conventional vehicles—with the notable exception of Tesla buyers. In some cases, dealers outright discouraged PEV purchases.

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EV Central

APRIL 16, 2024

That’s the findings from the Automotive Insights Report analysing March 2024 used car sales compiled by AutoGrab and the Australian Automotive Dealer Association. READ MORE: We buy a used Porsche Taycan! EV sales grew more than 13 per cent in March, which was substantially faster than petrol, diesel and hybrid vehicles.

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EV Central

OCTOBER 5, 2022

A total 7247 BEVs found homes in Australia last month, finishing well ahead of hybrid and plug-in hybrid vehicles — like the Toyota RAV4 Hybrid or Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross PHEV — which managed a combined 5141 sales. The numbers don’t tell the entire story, however. per cent of the country’s entire new-vehicle market.

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EV Adoption

JANUARY 22, 2022

Auto Industry Analyst. Toyota, which does publish sales of its PHEV models, reported that the RAV4 Prime — which is the PHEV version of the number 4-selling vehicle in the US since since 2017 — had 2021 sales of 27,707 units. From where I sit, a new PHEV from Jeep outselling the Toyota RAV4 Prime is actually pretty impressive.

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Baua Electric

AUGUST 17, 2023

‘Satan’s in the main points’ “The dealer has to be concerned with their (own) reputation,” stated Scott Fink, CEO of Fink Car Workforce, which owns VW and Subaru retail outlets related Tampa, Fla. The ones chances drop {industry} guide and previous GM govt Warren Browne chilly. Honda Motor Co.

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The Truth About Cars

JUNE 3, 2024

Frankly, almost every aspect of the industry does at this stage. From Automotive News : There are stakeholders on all sides, including charging network providers, EV-related policy organizations and associations representing automakers and dealers. But let’s not presume that the industry is exclusively the victim here.

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Clean Fleet Report

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

The brands we are seeing new customers come from are Toyota, Honda and Subaru, but also Chevrolet and Ford. With SUVs being 80%+ of our industry, we needed an SUV to attract those customers. CFR : With an all-wheel drive option, are there aspirations customers will be buying a Seltos to go off-roading? A mid-year intro.

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Electric Vehicles India

JUNE 15, 2021

For example, Toyota Hilux is imported, could incur a fee of NZ$2,900. New Zealand has increased its emissions by 57% between 1990 and 2018 and it is the second greatest country that is increasing its emissions due to industries. However, at the moment, they are still more expensive to buy.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 24, 2011

If you want to buy a new 2011 Toyota Prius hybrid these days, you may have to scramble. In auto industry terms, that means "sold out," and dealers are charging higher markups on the few precious Priuses they still have. Two days ago, Toyota. 75,000 coming.

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Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 4, 2022

The new car-buying normal? The impact on the auto industry, particularly the still growing electric sector, could be profound. A shift to online car buying is already underway. A bigger concern for industry is the impact of the pandemic on the supply chain, which has throttled back the capability of building modern cars.

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EV Adoption

DECEMBER 5, 2021

We recognize that this scoreboard has limited value today due to the small number and randomness of the these 9 EVs currently included, but part of our goal is to shine a light on the general lack of transparency in the auto industry when it comes to US EV sales data. New to the scoreboard in Q3 was the Audi e-tron GT. 4, and Tesla Model Y.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 1, 2011

Based on discussions with industry experts and several automakers, the DB Auto team has lowered its advanced lithium ion battery cost projection by about 30% for 2012. The industry rule of thumb suggests that consumers will consider a 3-4 year payback to be an economic choice. CAGR from 2012 through 2020 to about $250/kWh.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2011

Fuel efficiency, safety innovation, and vehicle styling will be the three most important product issues influencing automotive consumer purchase decisions over the next five years, indicating a perceived shift in buying priorities, according to the 12 th annual global automotive survey conducted by KPMG LLP. Investments.

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EV Central

APRIL 18, 2023

READ MORE: The electric year ahead: every EV coming to Australia in 2023 READ MORE: Complete guide to rebates, discounts and incentives when buying an EV in Australia The announcement has already ramped up lobbying by vehicles manufacturers, environmental lobbyists and other interested parties to have the scheme reflect their interests.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

At these prices, people are buying the "environmental feature" -- they want to be among the first owners of the worlds cleanest extended-range vehicles. They are early adopters, buying "Version 1.0" Both Toyota and Ford are now producing a few prototype conversions of their own Priuses and Escapes for research purposes.)

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Baua Electric

DECEMBER 30, 2023

What do you need to ask the dealership if buying an EV after the new year? And the EV battery recycling business is booming in China—although even there it appears there’ll be a lot of industry consolidation by the time the operation ramps up exponentially later in the decade. 3, we looked at 13 years of Best Car To Buy Winners.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 23, 2023

With the combination of requiring all new light-duty vehicles sold in New York State be zero-emission by 2035, investments in electric vehicles charging stations , and state and federal EV rebates, “ you’re going to see that you have no more excuses ” for not buying an EV, according to New York Governor Kathy Hochul.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2013

Further promoting this market is the recent establishment of a new federal Energy Department public-private partnership effort called H2USA, which includes Toyota, Nissan, Mercedes-Benz and Honda. Air Liquide Industrial US LP, will receive $1.5 million ZEV vehicles on the roadways by 2025. Earlier post.).

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 26, 2021

John Voelcker has been reporting on cars and the automotive industry for almost as long as he's been driving. in Industrial Engineering from Stanford. It is—as with a few things Tesla—it provided the model for what the rest of the industry is now trying to do. He's an actual engineer, with a B.S. John, welcome to the podcast.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 26, 2021

John Voelcker has been reporting on cars and the automotive industry for almost as long as he's been driving. in Industrial Engineering from Stanford. It is—as with a few things Tesla—it provided the model for what the rest of the industry is now trying to do. He's an actual engineer, with a B.S. John, welcome to the podcast.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 19, 2009

CPI’s Safety Reinforcing Separator (SRS) separator is 5x stronger than the industry norm and is more robust to debris migration as well as overcharges and they view this as a long term competitive advantage. power providers) to buy the battery and lease them to the customer we can make the lease payment very attractive in the end.

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Plug In India

APRIL 28, 2021

They are investing in real RnD and this company is a big part of the Indian EV industry now. Some Dealer Stories We started the trip by doing some customer stories. Also talked to one of the 6 dealers in Hyderabad - the young Vinay Reddy of B-Drive Motors. There are training programs for dealers sales and service executives.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Consulting firm KPMG , for example, estimates that in addition to the 179 new battery EV model launches and refreshes between 2016 and 2020, at least another 251 are expected between 2021 and 2023 by traditional auto manufacturers, or original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) as they are referred to in the industry, as well as start-ups.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JULY 14, 2009

Some think Nissan is taking a gamble by rapidly moving into mass marketing of EVs, comparing the company’s approach to Toyota and Honda’s approach of “wait and see how the market materializes for EVs, then jump in.&# I think it’s Toyota and Honda that are doing the gambling. – Toyota Motor Corp.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Establishing dealer network. Saab GM-owned company exploring PHEVs Joint Venture with Volvo and others to research PHEVs Toyota 500 PHEV 2010-model Priuses with lithium batteries to be leased for fleet tests in 2009 (150 in U.S.) By partnering with these two industries. Ford Escape PHEV-40 around 2012.

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Plug In India

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

million vehicles to dealers and distributors worldwide. As I already said in my Toyota video, the EU and China may stop accepting sales of ICE vehicles by 2030. So my question to Ford is, who is going to buy a dirty noisy ICE car? Car Industry teardown expert Sandy Munroe agrees with this view. million EVs by 2030.

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Plug In India

JANUARY 15, 2022

It was an enjoyable walk through the offices of the two biggies of the Indian IT industry - Infosys and Wipro. The check in was at 1330 hrs - and there were no unsanitized rooms available, so we decided to take an Ola to go to Kropex Motors, the Tata Motors dealer at Singasandra. He reached the hotel around 1145 hrs.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 22, 2009

3Prong Power converts existing Toyota Priuses into plug-in hybrids that can run entirely on electricity. The same state agency that drove the electric car off a cliff is now poised to wreck a new Berkeley company that triples the gas mileage of a Toyota Prius. Paul Guzyk and Daniel Sherwood of 3Prong Power. Photograph by Chris Duffey.

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EV Adoption

MARCH 9, 2021

Many industry analysts, including and most notably BNEF, say that the threshold for price parity with gasoline engines is around $100/kWh and they expect battery makers to hit $101/kWh in 2023. Many consumers won’t buy an EV until they feel comfortable that wherever they drive there are plenty of available fast charging stations.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Despite this, a 2003 EPRI study , assuming only $2/gallon gas , zero buying incentives, and a PHEV premium of $3-$5,000 more than standard hybrids, shows that the total lifetime cost of ownership for a PHEV will be lower than that of any other vehicle type -- so the payback will be there. Power and Associates 2004 report ].

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

“The Toyota Prius took over five years to reach break-even and has gone on to be a wild success.&# Yeah, go buy a 59k Tesla that can go 200 miles… then your screwed, sure go park and get a hotel and charge it for 8 hours… then go another 200 miles, great for long trips i’m sure. I would buy a Volt for $40K.

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EV Match

AUGUST 29, 2022

In our latest blog post, EVmatch advisor Jeff Pickett takes a deep dive into the landmark bill, looking at what the IRA means for climate change mitigation and the EV industry. Let’s dig into the specifics of what it means for the country, the planet, the EV industry and, perhaps of greatest interest to you, your wallet.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

More from Fortune No party for Citis owners: You and me Is it time to buy American Express? tech industry during the 1990s. They think BYD has a shot at becoming the worlds largest automaker, primarily by selling electric cars, as well as a leader in the fast-growing solar power industry. " One more thing reassured him.

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