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Show me the money! Ford targets Tesla Model 2, MG4 and BYD Dolphin with new small electric car line-up

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“It’s non-negotiable that we’re going to allocate capital to a new affordable electric vehicle … and you have to make money in the first 12 months,” he said. And if you can’t [execute] that plan, we ain’t launching the car.” I want, like, a real plan. Whoda thunk it!

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2024 Toyota bZ4X AWD review: Why driving Toyota’s first electric car on dirt is like chucking a Giraffe in a pool … Really

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There’s fashionably late, and then there’s whatever the hell you call Toyota’s mega-tardy arrival to Australia’s EV party. The Model Y will travel further, though, claiming 533km between charges, compared to the Toyota’s 411km. While its set up for DC fast charging, it’s limited to 150kW.

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New 600kW Mercedes-AMG GT 63 S E Performance hybrid hits 100km/h quicker than you can say its name

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Forget the multi-million-dollar Mercedes-AMG ONE hypercar and its real F1 engine because if you’re looking for the quickest Benz of all time you’ll need the Mercedes-AMG GT 63 S E Performance that will arrive in Australia in the first half of 2025. READ MORE: Beijing show: Benz rips the covers off 432kW 3.0-tonne

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Track test: Hyundai’s incredible RN22e EV

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Well, only if this race car trundling along The Bend’s pit lane is gulping down Super and I’m swapping cogs through a proper mechanical dual-clutch auto. Some insist drivers already enjoy plenty of engagement, fun and thrills in an electric car. Hyundai RN22e electric prototype at The Bend, South Australia.

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Hyundai Ioniq 6 AWD Techniq review

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Car design has become increasingly uniform this past decade, so it’s refreshing to see something genuinely different. “We’re hoping for a greater volume than Ioniq 5, but we just don’t know,” said Hyundai Australia’s Bill Thomas. Even if you’re not taken by its looks, the Ioniq 6’s range makes headlines.

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Toyota reveals electric bZ compact SUV concept

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Revealed at this month’s Los Angeles Auto Show, the bZ Concept joins the Tesla-fighting bZ3 electric sedan revealed last month and bZ4X electric SUV due on-sale in Australia in 2023. Toyota bZ Concept compact SUV at the 2022 LA Auto Show. Toyota bZ Concept compact SUV at the 2022 LA Auto Show.

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EV ute overload: The electric pickups coming soon

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Will it come to Australia? In some form possibly , especially since Tesla reduced the external dimensions of the Cybertruck, making it more likely for export markets such as Australia. Tesla previously took $150 refundable pre-orders in Australia, but it has since stopped taking them.

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