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BMW built the same car for gas and electric. The EV is $4,400 cheaper.

TechCrunch Tim De Chant

1 Oct 2026 05:19 AEST Summary

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The 2027 BMW 3 Series comes in both gas and electric versions, and the EV is $4,400 cheaper. The difference is the EV is 6.7% cheaper.

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Niral Score 13.7 · mostly calm mundaneloaded

10 more readings adjectives, repeated words, jingoistic, mood and 6 at zero

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Jingoistic 1.7 reports to a readerwrites from a camp Mood 50.6 sorrowjoyful

6 read zero: sentiment, political diction, generational, gender, religious, sourcing

Sentiment 0 hostilefavourable Political diction 0 left-codedright-coded Generational 0 harder on the oldharder on the young Gender 0 no gendered framingframing throughout Religious 0 not invokedovert Sourcing 0 unattributednamed sources

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TechCrunchas they published this story	13.7

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