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A couple of bits of Subaru news to start.

Subaru launching its second electric vehicle, the trail seeker, based on the new Salterra.

And this is longer and it has more of a right height as well, 75 kilowatt hour battery pack and

reworked look reworked interior. Perhaps the car the Solterra should have been. This goes on sale

in 2026, talking of the new Solterra that has been updated as well. Again, bigger battery pack, 71 to 74 kilowatt hours, 25% more range,

thanks to efficiency improvements, better interior and some just general styling upgrades that make

that thing look much, much better. That's your Subaru new Chevrolet launching the 3 WT Silverado

EV with an LFP battery pack. That brings the price down by

$6,000. 3WT will start under $50,000. That's really impressive for a vehicle that should do

about maybe 350 miles. Very impressive if you want a Silverado. Kier unveiling the

EV4, a compact, a compact sedan. If you don't want that kind of SUV crossover style,

then you can either get the 58 or 81 kilowatt hour pack on this. Will it be a success? Well,

it's not the most popular segment segment but if they bring it in a

35 000 it's on the 400 volt version of the edge e gmp architecture this could really be a

very popular vehicle keers ev3 has been named the world car of the year it's my current crush by the

way i think it's the perfect size for many families who had to have have this vehicle, not too big, not too small, and, you know, two battery sizes and loads of technology.

And now winning the World Car of the Year Award. Evie 9, now coming with the Nightfall Edition, by the way, which is new.

Otherwise, technically the same, with 100 kilowatt hour pack, almost slightly less,

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