Ioniq 6 beats Mannequin 3, Toyota EV place, GM battery flexibility: In the present day’s Automobile Information

Toyota’s change on the high probably doesn’t change its place on EVs. GM says it’s versatile on battery format; learn into that what you’ll. And the Hyundai Ioniq 6 pushes effectivity and vary to new heights. This and extra, right here at Inexperienced Automobile Studies. 

The Hyundai Ioniq 6 beats the Tesla Mannequin 3 in vary and effectivity, with an EPA-rated 361 miles. And in rear-wheel-drive kind, it ties the all-wheel-drive Lucid Air Pure for effectivity. 

Though GM has constructed a powerful argument across the large-format pouch cells on the core of its U.S. Ultium EV push, it’s now suggesting it’s fairly versatile with the battery format. What does this imply for GM’s three Ultium Cells crops, and the economies of scale GM claimed it will notice by retaining to 1 format as a lot as doable?

And Toyota lately introduced a brand new CEO and gave the inexperienced mild to its first devoted EV platform. However that doesn’t sign a larger dedication to EVs, or a concession to environmentalists which have criticized the technique. The truth is, in a current presentation at Davos, it doubled down on its technique to not commit broadly to EVs.

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