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6 days ago | autocar.co.uk | Felix Page

The design boss of Slate Auto, the American start-up backed by Amazon that plans to launch a bare-bones, £20,000 electric pick-up truck in 2027, believes “people deserve to have a car that they can afford” and the concepts of desirability and affordability should be “inseparable”.

6 days ago | yahoo.com | Felix Page

New XC70 sits between XC60 and XC90 but uses a new REx-oriented platformVolvo is reviving the XC70 name for a new long-range plug-in hybrid SUV for the Chinese market. The company's first "extended-range plug-in hybrid" has been previewed for the first time today ahead of a reveal in the coming months and a launch later this year.

1 week ago | autocar.co.uk | Will Rimell |Felix Page

Close The Range Rover Velar will undergo a radical makeover next year, becoming an electric car with a genre-bending new body shape that will depart from its traditional SUV roots. It is slated to be launched just a few months after the electric versions of the Range Rover and Range Rover Sport.

1 week ago | autocar.co.uk | James Attwood |Felix Page |Will Rimell

Ferrari will reveal the first details of its long-awaited debut electric car on 9 October, ahead of a full unveiling next spring. CEO Benedetto Vigna, speaking during the company's first quarter results, confirmed that the EV's "technological heart" will be detailed at its Capital Markets Day as part of a three-step unveiling. This would suggest the first announcement will showcase the car's underpinning – most importantly its powertrain.

1 week ago | autocar.co.uk | Felix Page

That car – similar in size to the XC70 – has been engineered in partnership with MG owner SAIC to target the burgeoning market for RExs in China, with companies like Li Auto, Leapmotor and Avatr among the biggest players. However, like Volvo, Volkswagen's sales and marketing boss told Autocar that a global launch was not off the table: "Range-extenders today are already a very big thing in China.