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2024 Polestar 4 review: Electric SUV steps up performance to take on Tesla Model Y, Porsche Macan EV

EV Central

Fresh from a modest but solid start for the newcomer brand in the Australian car market, the Chinese-owned Swedish-based spin-off of Volvo is readying its most important model, the Polestar 4. There’s one car Polestar nominates as the prime competition for the 4: the Porsche Macan EV. Our biggest gripe was with the functionality.

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Preview: 2025 Audi Q6 E-Tron casts a potent EV shadow

Baua Electric

The Q6 E-Tron marks the first Audi vehicle on a new VW Group architecture it developed: PPE, which it shares initially with the Porsche Macan EV. Plug & Charge connectivity will be fitted from the get-go. drivers will get to choose a less formal Sportback roofline, but not in the first model year.

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The electric year ahead: Every new EV coming to Australia in 2024

EV Central

At that price it just sneaks in under the government’s FBT exemption, which allows for electric cars below $89,332 to pay no fringe benefits tax when purchased via a novated lease. Known as the Lightning Cat overseas, the sleek five-door from Chinese maker GWM is yet to be definitively confirmed for Australia.

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Flash Drive: 2022 Hyundai Ioniq 5

Clean Fleet Report

The distinctive rear end features a horizontal band connecting the LED tail lights with a small square pattern and a dominant I-O-N-I-Q-5. Bluetooth connection for up-to two devices, and USB power and data ports complete the audio system. The low slung dash has dual 12.3-inch The Ioniq 5’s 10.9 The back seat uses EV advantages.

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Coda Automotive to Bring China-Built Electric Mid-size Sedan to California Market in 2010; New JV with Lishen for Automotive Li-ion Systems

Green Car Congress

The four-door, five-passenger, fully-equipped mid-size Coda sedan will be available for $45,000 (mid-$30,000s after including a $7,500 Federal tax credit and additional state incentives). The Coda team worked with Porsche Engineering, Energy CS and Lishen on the development of the vehicle chassis and the battery pack. Pack development.

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Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

Green Car Congress

We are suggesting that the variation in power and energy from renewable sources can be managed much more easily and economically with the batteries in PHEVs when they are plugged into the grid with a low power connection. It is only a matter of economics motivated by incentives or taxes.

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Convincing Consumers To Buy EVs

Cars That Think

Even in the Chinese market where smaller EV sales are booming, profits are not. Total cost of ownership of EVs is generally less than an ICE vehicle over its expected life since they have lower maintenance costs and electricity is less expensive per mile than gasoline, and tax incentives and rebates help a lot as well.

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