Lucid Air charging boost, Mercedes range extender, electric cars lose money: Automotive news today
Lucid adds a heat pump and reduced charging times to its flagship Air electric sedan. Mercedes-Benz may not see what Ram sees in a range-extended plug-in vehicle. And why do each electric car still lose thousands to full-line automakers? This and more, at Green Car Reports.
The Lucid Air 2024 Grand Tour are now being delivered, and it once again achieves an EPA range of 516 miles — the best of any electric vehicle. But with the addition of a head pump, improved automatic preconditioning, and up to 30% faster DC charging, it has the potential to cut even more charging downtime on the road.
Mercedes-Benz is said to have has dropped its extended-range EV powertrain are being developed, at least partly because they are too expensive and considered a technological patch. Plug-in hybrids will use a significantly smaller engine — the turbo 2 for the EQS — while halving the EV battery pack.
And if $50,000 electric car still loses $6,000, according to a recent analysis, when will electric vehicles become profitable? Various financial incentives will help; The scope and effectiveness will also be the same; but the simple answer may be based on production volume.
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