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BMW and Chevrolet Double Down on Electric SUVs

Last updated: Oct 23, 2019 at 11:56AM
Published on: Nov 17, 2017 by tgriffith

BMW X7 iPerformance Concept

BMW and Chevrolet are changing the world of transportation, but not in the way we might have thought they would.

Both companies are driving us toward an electric future, and both have just taken epic steps to help solidify their choice of EVs as the cars of the very near future.

More specifically, both have selected SUVs and crossovers as the electric cars of the future. Continue reading >>>

Filed Under: Car Industry News, Car News, Domestic Cars, Foreign Cars, General Chat, Green Updates, New Cars, United States Tagged With: BMW electric crossovers, BMW electric SUVs, BMW i brand, Car Minded, chevrolet electric crossovers, Chevy bolt, electric suvs, Electric Vehicles

Should You Be Worried About Replacing a Used EV’s Batteries?

Last updated: Oct 23, 2019 at 11:56AM
Published on: Jun 14, 2017 by tgriffith

2017 Chevy Bolt

One of the benefits of owning an electric car is not needing to buy gasoline. The cost savings add up year after year, even when you include the cost of electrons to recharge the batteries.

Two of the biggest concerns since the advent of hybrid and EV technology are electric range and potential cost of replacing battery packs.

Range anxiety has mostly been solved as EV range steadily increases to over 200 miles per charge. Replacing battery packs has, so far, proven to be a non-issue, but it’s bound to become one as the earliest EVs continue to age. How much should people expect to pay once the inevitable happens?

About half of what the car cost new, at least according to Chevrolet. Continue reading >>>

Filed Under: Car Shopping, Domestic Cars, Foreign Cars, General Chat, Green Updates, United States Tagged With: Car Minded, Chevy bolt, Chevy Volt, cost to replace battery pack in electric car, electric car battery replacement, Electric Vehicles, EV battery life, Nissan Leaf

Day Two at the Javits Center: The New York International Auto Show

Last updated: Oct 4, 2019 at 3:52PM
Published on: Mar 25, 2016 by Matt Smith

Honda Civic Hatchback Concept

Day Two began with the World Car Awards. Backed by a surprisingly loud, club-ish soundtrack and some odd song choices (maybe intended to help attendees wake up after a very long Day One?), the Toyota Mirai fuel-cell vehicle got the World Green Car Award, the Audi R8 Coupe took the World Performance Car Award, and the BMW 7 Series won the World Luxury Car Award. Mazda managed to take two trophies, as 2016 World Car Design of the Year and World Car of the Year, with its MX-5 Miata, and having driven the car ourselves, we heartily applaud the WCA jurors’ decision.

Continue reading >>>

Filed Under: Auto Shows Tagged With: 2016, Chevy bolt, Hardtop Miata, honda civic hatchback, Mazda MX-5 Miata RF, Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV, Model 3, model s, New York International Auto Show, nissan titan, NYIAS, Red Bull Global Rallycross, Tesla, Volvo S90

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