VW’s Scout electrical SUV model comes out and teases its first mannequin, due in 2026. SUVs are fueling international oil demand, and electrical SUVs aren’t fixing it. Mercedes readies its eSprinter for extra vary and a variety of makes use of. And Tesla cuts costs once more. This and extra, right here at Inexperienced Automotive Studies. 

Tesla has as soon as once more lower costs on the Mannequin S and Mannequin X. With these cuts of $5,000 to $10,000, Tesla is now successfully bringing the Twin Motor Mannequin S slightly below the worth of the dual-motor Lucid Air Pure that beats the equal Mannequin S in vary. It’s additionally bringing Plaid variations of the Mannequin S and Mannequin X to their lowest costs but—each to the identical $111,380. 

Mercedes-Benz has made effectivity and adaptability core focal factors for the new technology of eSprinter electrical vans lately revealed. With LFP battery packs, heat-pump tech, and modular propulsion programs, these vans might be prepared for a variety of upfits, if not the Vanlife fairly but. 

Scout Motors, the brand new electrical automobile model from Volkswagen, on Friday confirmed that its first mannequin might be an SUV within the $40,000 vary, constructed at a brand new $2 billion manufacturing unit in South Carolina. That mannequin gained’t arrive till 2026, however will probably be adopted by a bigger electrical pickup truck.

And whether or not it’s the worth of trend or practicality: SUVs are fueling international oil demand and fouling CO2 targets, whereas neither electrical SUVs nor electrical autos as a complete are doing sufficient to offset that, based on a brand new evaluation from the Worldwide Power Company (IEA). Downsized autos with smaller batteries, battery swapping, and different tech advances may although. 

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