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Mystery solved? Porsche Macan, Taycan, 718 EVs set to step up tech war on battery health with important feature few others can offer

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Porsche is working on advanced battery analytics software that could soon provide owners of its electric vehicles with information on the health of the most expensive component of the car. Porsche is also readying the next generation of its 718 Boxster and Cayman , each of which will drop petrol in favour of electrons.

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Volvo dealers: Have to sell plug-in hybrids or “we will die”

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dealers expect to continue selling 48-volt mild-hybrids and plug-in hybrids well into the next decade, and Volvo is making preparations to do that, the industry trade journal reported, citing anonymous sources with knowledge of the plans. The automaker’s U.S. In the U.S., Although the U.S.-market

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Seven-day test: 2024 Audi RS e-tron GT, now with $100,000 price cut?

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Audi’s ballistic RS e-tron GT is a high-profile example, sitting stubbornly with an RRP of $251,110 while dealers are trying to shift 2023 examples from $179,990 drive-away. Cheapest is at a Tasmanian Audi dealer showing just 495km – it may have only been charged once in its short life. seconds not enough, anyway?

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2022 Los Angeles Auto Show Review

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Not all were, of course, as there is still plenty of interest around gasoline-propelled cars, SUVs and trucks. It’s another solid entry in the luxury compact SUV field. Lucid didn’t reveal much information about the seven-passenger Gravity, its first SUV, that will share the floor with the Air sedan line-up. 2024 Fiat 500e EV.

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Flash Drive: 2024 Acura ZDX Type S

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The Fastest Acura SUV Ever Built The all-new 2024 ZDX is the first electric Acura and, as Quincy Tam, Acura product planner, says, it is “for their customers that are ready to take that next step into electrification.” The ZDX can be plugged into a 120V common wall plug, but expect replenish times to be long and slow.

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Future Cars: Concept EVs for 2023 and Beyond

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The first to make it to dealers will be the 2023 Jeep EV. It’s the logical next step for Jeep, which has been successfully launching plug-in hybrids as it warms up for a full battery electric. This strikingly designed premium compact SUV will be a direct challenger to the Tesla Model Y, Kia EV6 and Polestar 2.

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Road Test: 2022 Polestar 2 Single Motor EV

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That, of course, didn’t stop the curiosity, but since I don’t sell cars and only review them, I told the inquisitors where the closest Polestar dealer is located and off I would go. Once at the Hotel Californian , the staff kindly plugged-in the 2 and had it fully charged when I left two days later. Good enough? Not nearly.