Honda to Sell Electric Car Under $30,000 in USA?

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2025 04:50:41 +0000

While electric vehicles are doing quite well in luxury car segments, many of our readers (and writers) have lamented that we don’t have enough affordable electric cars, and no really affordable electric cars. Honda may be looking to change that. It may be arriving to the EV party a decade … [continued]

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Honest Thinking: Why Did Elon Musk Say in 2017 a Self-Driving Tesla Would Go from LA to NYC in 2017?

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2025 01:23:45 +0000

One of the more wild claims Elon Musk has made — regarding Tesla, that is — was back in 2016 when he said a self-driving Tesla would be able to go from Los Angeles to New York City “in ~2 years” (in early 2018). A year and a few months … [continued]

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1st EV Casualty of Trump Election: Volkswagen ID.7?

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2025 20:05:33 +0000

There are reports that the Volkswagen ID.7 is the first EV casualty of the new administration and his plan to cut EV incentives. Volkswagen has decided to drop its plan to bring the ID.7 to North America. It’s a huge shame, as the ID.7 is the company’s flagship EV model … [continued]

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31% of Tesla Owners in Netherlands Consider Selling Their Cars Because of Elon Musk

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2025 17:24:48 +0000

Elon Musk has gone from dabbling in far right-wing conspiracy theories and ideas to doing what seems to be a full-on Nazi salute — twice. It seems this has hurt Tesla’s sales in California, one of its most significant markets, considerably, and Tesla actually had fewer automotive sales in 2024 … [continued]

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Tesla Vehicles Drive Themselves Unsupervised From Factory To Semi Truck Loading

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2025 16:47:53 +0000

Tesla has tweeted out that its vehicles are now driving themselves — using Full Self Driving (Unsupervised) — from the factory where they are produced in California to the loading dock lanes where they will get put onto semi trucks and taken away. You can watch videos of that here: … [continued]

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Turmoil In The US Could Roil Global Auto Industry

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2025 16:02:36 +0000

The US auto industry is in for a bumpy ride as new tariffs on all cars manufactured in Canada and Mexico are on the horizon.

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Volvo Cars Looks To Bolster Its Growing EV Market Share In South Africa, Adds Flagship Volvo EX90

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2025 04:58:10 +0000

Volvo’s flagship luxury SUV, the EX90, will join the South African lineup in the 1st half of 2025. After several years of having BMW top the BEV sales charts and also have the largest market share, Volvo Cars South Africa is now firmly in the driving seat. BMW had been … [continued]

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Avenue Opens Up For Lucid As It Gets Access To Tesla Superchargers

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2025 04:43:17 +0000

The new Lucid Gravity luxury SUV goes head-to-head with Tesla, as the first (or second) non-Tesla production EV sold with an NACS port.

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Lucid Comes Back From The Brink, With Tesla Supercharger Promise Fulfilled

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2025 04:43:17 +0000

The new Lucid Gravity luxury SUV goes head-to-head with Tesla, as the first (or second) non-Tesla production EV sold with an NACS port.

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BMW — Luxury Sells Well Down Under

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2025 03:57:39 +0000

In 2024, Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW) sold approximately 26,341 vehicles in Australia, a slight increase over 2023. In 2023, it sold 15% more than 2022. This is a story of growth. These numbers include petrol vehicles, diesel vehicles, PHEVs, and BEVs. Of these, 7,787 were full battery electric vehicles. … [continued]

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