Honda waits on inexpensive small EVs till very late within the decade. The Ioniq 6 is cheaper than the Mannequin 3. Rivian goals to halve its EVs carbon footprint. And sure, EVs will drive electrical energy price down. This and extra, right here at Inexperienced Automotive Studies.
Honda nonetheless has no inexpensive, mass-market EV—an equal to the Civic, you may say. Based mostly on remarks from Honda’s international CEO, that’s not coming quickly—or an Accord EV or Odyssey EV—however solid-state batteries might allow an inexpensive small Honda EV by 2030.
With $7,500 of “retail bonus money”—a rebate on purchases, not leases–the 2024 Hyundai Ioniq 6 is less expensive than the Tesla Mannequin 3. Wanting on the newest “Highland” Mannequin 3, as priced final week, it undercuts the Tesla by $9,000.
A current “examine of research” by an energy-policy advocacy group, the ACEEE, finds {that a} shift to EVs will drive the price of electrical energy down over the long run. That’s partly as a result of as soon as extra persons are charging EV on the grid, they’re making higher use of it.
And in Rivian’s new environmental influence report, it underscores that it’s aiming for EVs with half the carbon footprint, on a lifecycle foundation, by 2030.
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