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10 safest EVs with the highest rated US crash test ratings

2023-03-08 / Robert Vinet

Data from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) is showing that electric vehicles are at least as safe as conventional ones with total injury claims happen less frequently for electric vehicles.

Here is a list of the safest electric cars with the best crash test ratings for 2022 and 2023.

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) bills itself as an independent, nonprofit scientific and educational organization dedicated to reducing deaths, injuries and property damage from motor vehicle crashes through research and evaluation and through education of consumers, policymakers and safety professionals.

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J.D. Power study shows EV customers want the usual » Styling, Quality, Reliability, Safety, and Technology

2023-02-28 / Robert Vinet

Rivian R1T

According to the latest J.D. Power Electric Vehicle Experience (EVX) Ownership Study, Rivian owners really like their R1T electric pickups.

As mainstream customers enter the electric vehicle market, they are focusing on the same things that have mattered them in the past — styling, quality, reliability, safety, technology — according to the latest annual study of EV owners by J.D. Power.

The US EPA’s mileage range for the Hyundai Ioniq 6 have been announced, and it’s impressive!

2023-02-03 / Robert Vinet

Hyundai Ioniq 6

The Hyundai Ioniq 6, when configured as a rear wheel drive, and single motor, will have a range of 581 km (361 mi) when equipped with 18-inch wheels.

The twin motor, AWD version with 20-inch wheels, has a range of 435 km (270 miles).

The US EPA states the Tesla Model 3 Long Range AWD is rated at 131 MPGe, while and the Hyundai Ioniq 6 is rated at 140 MPGe in the SE RWD Long Range configuration.

The slick Ioniq 6 moves through the air with a low drag coefficient of just 0.22 in its U.S. specs. The Korean market is even slipperier with a drag coefficient of 0.21.

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Tesla Model 3 and Model Y are the most expensive vehicles to insure in U.S.A.

2021-12-22 / Robert Vinet

Tesla Model 3 and Model Y

The Detroit Bureau »

The Model 3, which starts in the low $40K range, costs an average of $2,830 a year for full coverage. The Model Y isn’t far behind at $2,658. “Insurance for the Model 3 and other Tesla vehicles is so expensive because as a luxury car, Teslas are more expensive to repair and are a more enticing target for thieves,” the website noted.

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Vehicles with powerful engines are typically more expensive to insure as they “more likely to be in damaging high-speed crashes than most other types of vehicles.” The cost to repair a vehicle also plays into how much an owner is charged for insurance.

DrivingElectric Car of the Year 2022 goes to the MG ZS EV

2021-12-18 / Robert Vinet

DrivingElectric Car of the Year 2022 goes to the MG ZS EV

British publication DrivingElectric has announced their award winners for this year »

Car of the Year 2022 » MG ZS EV

Best Urban Electric Car » Fiat 500

Best Value Electric Car » MG ZS EV

Best Family Electric Car » Skoda Enyaq iV

Best Luxury Electric Car » BMW iX

Best Long-Distance Electric Car » Hyundai Ioniq 5

Best Electric Company Car » Tesla Model 3

Best Electric Performance Car » Porsche Taycan

Best Used Electric Car » Nissan Leaf Mk2

Best Small Electric Van » Citroen e-Berlingo, Peugeot e-Partner, Toyota Proace City Electric, and Vauxhall Combo-e

Best Medium Electric Van » Citroen e-Dispatch, Peugeot e-Expert, Toyota Proace Electric, and Vauxhall Vivaro-e

Best Large Electric Van » Fiat e-Ducato

Technology Award » Hyundai Ioniq 5

Innovation Award » Citroen Ami

Readers’ Favourite Electric Car » Kia EV6

Tesla sold 52,859 China-made vehicles in November 2021

2021-12-08 / Robert Vinet

Tesla sold 52,859 China-made vehicles in November 2021, including 21,127 for export, according to the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA).

While those numbers look good when compared to the same month last year, they also indicate Tesla’s wholesale volumes are down 2.8% in November over October.

Tesla, which is making Model 3 4-door sedan and Model Y SUV in Shanghai, sold 54,391 China-made vehicles in October 2021, 40,666 of which were exported.

Passenger car sales in November 2021 in China totalled 1.85 million, down 12.5 percent from November 2020.

Elsewhere » Reuters / We Go Electric / CnEVPost

The 2022 Hyundai Ioniq 5 is better than the Tesla Model 3

2021-12-07 / Robert Vinet

Brad Anderson / Car Scoops »

Hyundai’s all-new Ioniq 5 isn’t the first ‘affordable’ EV launched by a mainstream brand and it’s not even Hyundai’s first EV. However, it is one of the most exciting and is the best EV on sale at this price point.

Underpinning the Ioniq 5 is the same Electric Global Modular Platform (E-GMP) as the Kia EV6 and Genesis GV60. It is the first in a long line of all-electric models that Hyundai is developing and borrows its name from the Ioniq liftback that was introduced a few years ago and sold as a hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and an EV. Don’t let the familiar name fool you, though; the Ioniq 5 is nothing like the original Ioniq, nor is it like any other electric vehicle on sale.