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After growth slowed from huge double-digit gains over the past three years to single digits in first-half 2024, sales of battery-electric vehicles posted a 10.5% increase in Q3.
The combination of a powerful electric motor and a turbo-boosted V-6 give the Porsche Cayenne E-Hybrid the ability to glide silently on battery power or effortlessly blast to triple digits on gasoline and motor propulsion.
In the 540-hp Hurricane High Output, Stellantis offers up a more powerful, lighter and more fuel-efficient successor to the 395-hp Hemi V-8 featured in previous Ram pickups. And any engine tapped to supplant a Hemi V-8 is something extraordinary.
Takeaways from the 2024 Battery Show include uncertainty over the pace of mobility electrification based on who wins the U.S. presidential election and how few U.S. EVs will qualify for the full federal tax credit.
Ford obtained over 1,100 hours of customer feedback that they rolled into the fifth-generation Expedition. Tremor trim takes the Expedition farther off-road than ever.
Automakers remain “all over the map” when it comes to what they expect from suppliers in the software-defined-vehicle transition, Valeo executives say, making modularity, scalability and flexibility the key drivers of the Tier 1’s product portfolio.
BEV propulsion systems for legacy automakers cost about $13,500 on average, compared to $7,100 for ICE powertrains, so there’s still a lot of work to do.
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