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EV News Daily - Technology and Business of EVs

25 Apr 2024 | Briefly

EV News Daily - Technology and Business of EVs

Martyn Lee

Business, Leisure, Technology, Automotive

4.8749 Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2024

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Volvo's EX30 Electric Crossover Making Waves in Sales https://insideevs.com/news/717271/volvo-ex30-global-deliveries-q1-2024/

Tesla Model 3 Performance: Affordable Alternative to Long Range AWD https://www.teslarati.com/new-tesla-model-3-performance-federal-tax-credit-affordable-long-range-awd/

Hyundai Leads U.S. Electric Vehicle Sales Race in Q1 2024 https://insideevs.com/news/717027/automotive-groups-us-ev-sales-2024q1/

Ford Outperforms Q1 2024 Expectations Despite EV Pricing Pressure https://electrek.co/2024/04/24/ford-tops-q1-2024-earnings-pricing-pressure-weighs-ev-unit/

Kia Teases Production Model of Compact EV3 Ahead of Official Unveiling https://insideevs.com/news/717350/kia-ev3-teased/



EPA Grants $1B for Electric School Buses and Heavy-Duty Vehicles https://electrek.co/2024/04/24/epa-grants-electric-school-buses-heavy-duty-vehicles/

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0:00.0

It's TV News briefly for Thursday, the 25th of April.

0:04.4

Everything you've been in less than five minutes.

0:05.7

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0:10.6

And by the way, be what of the legends list at patreon.com slash eV News Daily.

0:14.9

Volvo's EX30, that's their baby crossover, which is new, is selling really well.

0:20.6

Almost 9,000 last month in March and a first quarter of almost 15,000.

0:25.4

Volvo delighted that it's soon going to be their best-selling electric vehicle.

0:29.4

And it starts at 35 grand as well.

0:31.9

Production of the Big Daddy, EX90, starts in the second quarter of this year, which we're in now.

0:38.0

And of course, there's the people carrier, the EM90, but that's China only.

0:42.4

Tesla's Model 3 performance could well be the bargain of the year.

0:46.6

And I'm fully aware that I'm saying bargain in the same sentence as $45,000,

0:51.0

but it starts at $52.9.90.

0:53.0

The thing is, the Model 3 performance gets the federal tax credit.

0:58.7

And the long range all-wheel drive? Well, it doesn't. And so if you financially, it's all to do with earnings, targets, and single filing, joint filing, but if you do get the $7,500 off or you're leasing any vehicle to get that text credit,

1:13.0

but if you're buying, it's better to buy, I say better unless you want the extra handful of

1:18.1

miles for the long range. Why wouldn't you buy the performance? You get significant hardware

1:22.9

differences, you know, the seats, the active damping, track mode V3, and this weekend we'll have a whole special

1:28.7

podcast all about the Model 3 performance, but there's significant hardware upgrades that

1:32.3

will make it more expensive to make them the long range, but it's cheaper by about $2,000

1:37.1

and change to buy that vehicle. So does that kind of mess with Tesla's line up a little bit?

1:43.8

Performance has always been the

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