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No Need for Fake EV Engine Noises | Giga Gears
Dodge is out this week with a clip of the new Charger making some kind of noise, Hyundai was pretty widely praised for adding a selection of synthesized engine noises to the Ioniq 5 N’s list of beloved attributes and automakers the world over are trying to work out just what an electric car should sound like,…
Jaguar’s New Strategy: Temporarily Ceasing Car Sales for a Year
For years, Jaguar has sold some of the most beautiful cars you could buy. At least from the outside, that is. Sales haven’t been great lately, as its cars are old and struggle to compete, and back in March, the British automaker announced plans to kill off its entire gas-powered lineup and replace them with electric…
Car Buying Roundup: Futurliner, Justin Bieber’s Bugatti, and Forgotten Hybrids | Giga Gears
Wealthy Chinese businesspeople love to waft around in traffic in the absolute lap of luxury, and the local market has really figured out the best way to create a luxurious passenger experience. For starters, it’s electric, mostly for noise reasons, but also because China is significantly more electric-minded than we…
Dealers Unenthusiastic About Selling EVs: Giga Gears
Right now, electric vehicle sales are hitting a bit of a slowdown. Don’t get me wrong, the market is growing, but it’s not growing as fast as some may have predicted. We know automakers (for the most part) want to build EVs, and we know customers (for the most part) want to buy EVs, but what about the third party…
“Tesla Slashes $61K Base Price of Cybertruck, Increases Other Models’ Prices, and Offers Immediate Availability | Giga Gears”
Tesla is big on dynamically changing its pricing, raising or lowering costs to boost sales or extract more profit as the company needs. It also has a history of scrapping the base models of its vehicles after advertising their accessibility with a low introductory price. Now, it seems the company has put the two…