Sony and Honda could also be working collectively on a Civic-sized EV. Lancia rolls out the beginning of an EV revival. Rivian shines some gentle on the R2. And Lucid cuts costs. This and extra, right here at Inexperienced Automotive Stories.
Thursday, Lucid minimize costs on the 2024 Air lineup. Affecting all however the top-performance, tri-motor Sapphire model, the very long-range, fast-charging electrical sedan prices as much as $8,000 lower than it did yesterday. And the Lucid Air now undercuts the Tesla Mannequin S—if you happen to don’t require all-wheel drive.
Stellantis, the mother or father of Jeep, Dodge, Chrysler, Fiat, and extra, is pushing forward to revitalize the historic Italian model Lancia—inside a number of years, as an all-EV model. The brand new Lancia Ypsilon city EV revealed Wednesday marks the start of that revival—because of lengthen throughout Europe, with a crossover and bigger hatchback due later within the decade.
In accordance with a report from Japan, the three way partnership between Sony and Honda plans to comply with its electrical Afeela sedan with two different fashions for the model targeted round apps and media—an SUV, and an inexpensive, Civic-sized EV. Whereas the Afeela sedan stays because of arrive in 2026, the compact EV might not arrive till 2028.
And because the March 7 debut of the Rivian R2 approaches, the EV maker teased a primary element concerning the R2 lineup’s design and styling—most notably, that it seems to be poised to maintain the R1 lineup’s polarizing but distinctive entrance lighting scheme.
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