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2025 Ford Ranger PHEV plug-in hybrid unveiled, due in showrooms late next year

The Ford Ranger will take one giant step towards electrification with a petrol plug-in hybrid option available from late next year. View 19 images View 19 images PreviousNext The Ford Ranger ute is poised to

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Experts say EVs are close to a tipping point. But are they?

Comment on this storyComment There is a theoretical, magic tipping point for adoption of electric vehicles. Once somewhere between 5 and 10 percent of new car sales are all-electric, some researchers say, huge

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Turkey’s Erdogan asks Musk to build Tesla factory, state-owned media says | Automotive Industry

Turkish president made request while in the US for United Nations General Assembly, Turkish news agency says. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has asked Tesla CEO Elon Musk to build a Tesla factory

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BYD electric ute may not reach Australia until 2025, hybrid here next year under $100,000

The first dual-cab ute from Chinese car maker BYD is due in showrooms next year with plug-in hybrid power and a sub-$100,000 price, but the solely electric version may be a while away.

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Porsche’s electric-car sound rejected by trademark authorities

Car manufacturers have gone to great lengths to create artificial sounds for accelerating electric cars – even commissioning film composers – but Porsche’s latest efforts have been deemed too unmemorable by authorities to

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BYD, Xpeng, Great Wall partner with dealer groups in Europe

MG, the legacy British brand owned by China’s SAIC Motor Corp. since 2009, sold more than 100,000 vehicles in Europe last year and says it currently has more than 800 distribution points at

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EVs Account For 7.2% Of New Car Sales In The U.S. Between January And July

Tesla accounted for 59.5% of all new EVs sold in the U.S. through the first seven months of the year {{comments}} comments 23 hours ago The percentage of new vehicles sold in the

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Car dealers hesitant to promote used-EV tax credit without info

Other dealers said they haven’t had many — or in some cases, any — instances of a customer or used EV qualifying. Volkswagen dealer John Luciano said he has had only one used-EV

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Video: This electric ‘car’ just set a new 0-100km/h acceleration record

An electric ‘car’ built by a team of university students has smashed the existing 0-100km/h acceleration record and become the first to break the one-second barrier. A team of Swiss university students claim

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10 Insider Tips For Maximizing Your Hybrid Vehicle’s Performance

Some automakers have found great ways to provide excellent power and performance in hybrid sports cars. These cars offer something more than your traditional hybrid. Instead of focusing on fuel mileage and efficiency,

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