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nOn Wednesday, Volkswagen officially unveiled the ID 4, the first electric vehicle built on the automaker’s mass-manufactured modular electric vehicle platform, or “MEB,” to be sold in the US. The ID 4 will also be VW’s first affordable crossover SUV to reach America, with a suggested retail price of just under $40,000. The ID 4 is one of the many ways VW has had to atone for Dieselgate, the massive emissions cheating scandal made public five years ago. In addition to nearly $35 billion in settlement fees and fines, VW vowed to spend billions more on a whole new lineup of electric Read more

Nissan has unveiled the first of its new electric vehicles as part of a turnaround strategy for the loss-making company. The Japanese carmaker is hoping its new all-electric sports utility vehicle (SUV) Ariya will sell well in China. But it faces tough competition from Tesla which has a strong presence in the world’s largest car market. Electric cars are a cornerstone of Nissan’s four-year plan to get it back to profitability. The Ariya was launched online on Wednesday from the company’s headquarters in Yokohama, Japan. Nissan chief executive Makoto Uchida referred to the all-electric SUV as the “flagship of the Read more

LONDON (Reuters) – An ‘Extreme E’ race series launched on Thursday plans to showcase electric SUVs in some of the world’s harshest and most remote environments while also highlighting the effects of climate change. The brainchild of Formula E founder Alejandro Agag and former Indianapolis 500 winner Gil de Ferran, the series plans a series of races in locations ranging from Arctic wastes to Brazilian rainforests. “Formula E’s great but we don’t race with cars that people can buy on the road,” Agag told Reuters, referring to the city-based single-seater electric series that is now in its fifth season. “So Read more

The new Jaguar I-Pace is the British firm’s first electric car, promising 0-60mph in 4.5sec and a near-300-mile range between charges. It’s also the first challenger to Tesla’s dominance of the luxury electric car market On sale: Summer 2018 Price: £58,995-£76,900 It all started 20 years ago when Apple introduced the first iMac and not only saved itself from bankruptcy but became a brand others desperately wanted to be like. Since then, the letter ‘i’ has been used on everything from newspapers to teddy bears in the hope that some of the magic will rub off. However, the new Jaguar I-Pace is unusual Read more