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First drive review: 2021 BMW 330e plug-in hybrid hits the right numbers but shuns its sport-sedan heritage

Green Car Reports

The brand once owned the sport-sedan. “OK Boomer,” jeered BMW last November, in a social-media ad for its first fully electric SUV, the iX. It was a reference to an already outdated meme that feels so last-decade now.

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Toyota RAV4 Prime: Green Car Reports' Best Car To Buy 2021 finalist

Green Car Reports

It’s the quickest-accelerating vehicle in Toyota’s lineup, excluding its sports cars. It’s Toyota’s first plug-in SUV since the “powered by Tesla” RAV4 EV from earlier last decade. And it offers one of the longest all-electric driving ranges among.

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GM's Buick Proxima EV concept for China is a gullwing flagship

Green Car Reports

A flagship sedan built on a dedicated EV architecture, it sports gullwing doors that are typical concept-car fare, but will likely. The Buick Proxima is the product of GM's China Advanced Design Center in Shanghai, which has pivoted to focus on EVs, according to a press release.

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Aston Martin and Daimler sign technical partnership agreements; new V8s; Daimler taking up to 5% equity

Green Car Congress

Aston Martin will continue to manufacture all of its sports cars at its Gaydon headquarters in Warwickshire, England. The parties are working to conclude the terms of an additional cooperation for the supply of electric/electronic (e/e) components. Furthermore, the two groups will investigate additional areas of cooperation in the future.

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Varley Electric Vehicle introduces the evR-450 supercar

Green Car Congress

While the evR-450 is expected to be available soon, Varley will begin taking orders for its sport variant the evS-450 in January 2012. Both the evR-450 and its sport variant are powered by a 24 kWh battery pack, enabling them to travel up to 160 kilometers (99 miles), combined cycle.

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Lotus announces 4 new electric vehicles, including 2 SUVs

Electrek

The automaker known for its sports cars is now only going electric with four new models, and two of them are electric SUVs. Lotus has announced a significant update to its business. more… The post Lotus announces 4 new electric vehicles, including 2 SUVs appeared first on Electrek.

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Porsche Cayenne e-Hybrid: Plug-In Porsche Due 2014?

Green Car Reports

Porsche already offers a hybrid variant of its sports SUV, the Cayenne, but it's more about stemming the car's massive thirst than it is a truly green vehicle. A plug-in hybrid version coinciding with a mid-cycle update around 2014 could offer a much more gas-sipping option, however.

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