'Price parity': Vauxhall sets same price tag for new Frontera electric and petrol hybrid vehicles

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Carmaker claims it is first to offer upfront price parity between new EVs and fossil fuelled vehicles on UK market

Vauxhall is offering electric and petrol hybrid versions of its latest car for the same upfront price, in a move the automaker claims makes it the first in the UK to achieve price parity between pure battery...

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