EV Central

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Alfa Romeo’s new Tonale Plug-in Hybrid Q4 is the first ever vehicle from the venerable Italian car maker with a charging port. Until the Tonale Plug-in Hybrid Q4, Alfa Romeo produced zero electrified models. These never made it to Australia. The snappy name neatly sums up the objective. Background check.

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

On the eve of its Australian relaunch, the Chinese auto maker Chery Automobile has revealed a massive rollout of 23 electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles. The first battery electric Chery to arrive in Australia will be the Omoda 5 compact SUV in 2024. 2023 Chery Omoda 5. 2023 Chery Omoda 5. So this is pretty strategic.

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EV Central

APRIL 21, 2024

BYD has outlined a stunningly ambitious new model roll-out and sales growth plan in Australia. Essentially, the Chinese electrified vehicle specialist wants double sales each year to reach 100,000 sales per annum in 2026 in Australia on the back of up to five new model launches each year. READ MORE: Wanted for Australia!

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EV Central

DECEMBER 4, 2023

NEVs is the Chinese category of cars that consist of plug-in hybrid (PHEVs), range-extender hybrids and pure-electric cars (EVs). The six-millionth BYD car was the new Fang Cheng Bao Leopard 5 plug-in hybrid SUV that rivals the Toyota Prado in China. This year BYD says it expects to deliver almost 1.75

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EV Central

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The outrageous BYD Yangwang U8 luxury SUV is headed for Australia. A far cry from the affordable battery electric vehicles led by the Atto 3 with which BYD has established in Australia, the plug-in hybrid Yangwang’s Chinese price converts to about $240,000 here. 2023 Yangwang U8 interior. 2023 Yangwang U8.

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EV Central

APRIL 11, 2024

Australia finally gets a petrol-electric hybrid 4×4 dual-cab ute mid-year when the GWM Cannon Alpha launches. The Chinese plugless series/parallel hybrid will boast more torque than the Ford Ranger Raptor super-ute and – crucially – a full 3500kg braked towing capacity. 2024 GWN Cannon Alpha interior.

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EV Central

APRIL 28, 2024

The 2024 BYD Shark was a surprise no show at the Beijing motor show but the Chinese car-maker has dropped four new teases of its electrified dual-cab 4×4 ute ahead of its imminent arrival. The Shark is currently testing in Australia and BYD is pushing to have it on-sale here before the end of 2024. 2025 BYD Shark tease.

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EV Central

APRIL 24, 2024

READ MORE: BYD’s staggering Australian ambitions: Electrified mega-brand plans sales explosion and new model avalanche READ MORE: Wanted for Australia! The Ocean-M was the finale at BYD’s Beijing presentation today that also included the Qin L and Seal 06 sedans featuring the latest fifth-generation DM-i plug-in hybrid tech.

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Teslarati

APRIL 22, 2024

The Chinese automaker revealed a few details about its first pickup truck to pique people’s interest before the unveiling. The Asian automaker released teasers for the pickup truck, revealing its name and confirming that it will use DMO (Dual-Mode Super Hybrid All-Terrain Off-Road Platform) technology.

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EV Central

OCTOBER 30, 2023

BYD says it respects, but doesn’t fear, dual-cab stalwarts like the Toyota Hilux and Ford Ranger as the Chinese brand readies its “best-in-class” ute for launch in Australia. And it’s not a hybrid as you know them,” he says. The U8 pairs a 2.0-litre

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EV Central

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The new year has welcomed a new electric-vehicle heavyweight, with Chinese brand BYD outselling EV giant Tesla in Australia for the first time in January. Australia’s cheapest EV, the Dolphin, sold 256 examples, lifting BYD’s January total to 1310. Read more: Coming in early 2024! Probably quarter two at the latest.

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EV Central

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Facing multi-billion dollar annual losses from its electric vehicle product roll-out, Ford has revealed it is going to build its own ground-up smaller and cheaper EVs to tackle the Tesla Model 2 and Chinese brands head-on. In Australia that charge is led by the MG4, BYD Dolphin and GWM Ora. Ford Mustang Mach-E. Whoda thunk it!

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EV Central

DECEMBER 18, 2022

An all-new battery electric and plug-in hybrid ute benchmarked against the Rivian R1T will be one of the headline acts when China’s JAC Motors unleashes a comprehensive attack on the Australian market around mid-decade. We will be bringing [to Australia] whatever vehicles go through the R&D centre for mature markets,” he added.

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EV Central

MARCH 14, 2023

Up to seven of those BEV and hybrid models – including the ute – could come to Australia based on Mitsubishi’s presentation of its Challenge 2025 business plan in Tokyo last week. The hybrids previewed include a two-row SUV, an electrically assisted version of the Indonesian-built Xpander crossover and an MPV.

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EV Central

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

It all depends on how you interpret its Chinese name Yinhe. Ahead of that, Geely has teased two models, a battery electric sedan in January and a plug-in hybrid compact SUV this week. Of course, we’re particularly interested in Geely’s model expansion because some of its brands already sell in Australia and more plan to.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

At Auto Guangzhou 2017, Toyota Motor announced it will introduce an electric vehicle under the Toyota brand in the Chinese market in 2020, and that the scope of a fuel-cell vehicle feasibility study will be expanded to cover commercial vehicles such as buses. — Hiroji Onishi, Senior Managing Officer and CEO of the China Region.

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EV Central

OCTOBER 17, 2022

The Chinese manufacturer GWM (Great Wall Motors) has announced an aggressive rollout of electric , plug-in hybrid and hybrid vehicles. And Australian buyers seem set to get the chance to consider buying a fair chunk of the models on the rollout list because Australia is considered a strategic market for the auto giant.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

billion for the Chinese production site of the BMW Brilliance Automotive Ltd. The BMW Group will source the cobalt needed as a key raw material for cell production directly from mines in Australia and Morocco and make it available to CATL and Samsung SDI. billion (contract duration from 2020 to 2031), with €4.5

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EV Central

OCTOBER 27, 2023

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. Let’s check out the list.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Hybrids remain below 2% of total vehicle output. China, for instance, wants to put 5 million plug-in hybrid-electric and fully electric vehicles on its roads by 2020, which could account for more than 40% of the global EV fleet that year. Production of light-duty passenger vehicles (cars and light trucks) rose from 74.4

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EV Central

APRIL 18, 2024

A family of brutal 4x4s including a Toyota LandCruiser rival along with a radical supercar have been added to Chinese electrified mega-brand BYD’s rapidly expanding new vehicle armoury and are wanted in Australia. When it arrives the Bao 3 will be priced from around 200,000 Chinese Yuan which equates to around $43,000 in our money.

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EV Central

JULY 28, 2022

Chery will be the next Chinese brand to attempt to disrupt the Australian auto market, with the car maker following established brands like MG and Great Wall – as well as newcomers like BYD – to our market with the Chery Omoda 5 PHEV. The post Chinese brand Chery to launch Omoda 5 PHEV in Australia appeared first on EV Central.

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Get Electric Vehicle

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

As of now, the price of lithium carbonate is down 80% year over year at a three-year low of 95,500 Chinese yuan per tonne ($13,446). According to studies conducted by various bodies, the price of lithium, which is the critical element used in EV battery production, would likely decline this year.

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EV Central

MARCH 14, 2024

That’s the goal of little known Chinese electric car specialist Leapmotor, which could launch in Australia as soon as late 2024. But while ambitions are laudable if not always achievable, the potential for Leapmotor in Australia will be strengthened with the backing of auto giant Stellantis and its local market knowledge.

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

All the new electric cars, electric SUVs and electric utes arriving in Australia in 2021, 2022 and 2023. READ MORE: Every new electric car coming to Australia in 2022. Abarth Nuova 500e – high-performance version of the electric Fiat 500 promises pocket rocket thrills, and it’s due in Australia late in 2023.

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

BYD has confirmed its next entrant into the Australian market will be a plug-in hybrid wagon arriving in early 2024 that will enter the huge and lucrative SUV segment to take on the likes of the Toyota RAV4 Hybrid and Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV. Drive modes include EV, hybrid, sport, eco and normal. BYD Seal U EV. “We

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EV Central

APRIL 25, 2024

Revealed today at the Beijing auto show, the Mazda EZ-6 will be offered as both a battery electric vehicle and as a plug-in hybrid. The original Mazda6 launched in Australia in 2002 and the current third generation in 2012, with a significant update in 2018. Mazda currently sells no EVs in Australia having killed off the MX-30.

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

The Tesla Model Y now has a direct rival from Chinese challenger BYD. Much else we don’t know about the Sea Lion 07 as yet, including whether it will come to Australia. According to Chinese media reports, the Sea Lion 07 includes Cell to Body battery integration, reducing the pack’s impact on interior vertical space by 10mm.

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EV Central

JANUARY 6, 2024

Due in the second quarter, the BYD Seal U is available globally as a plug-in hybrid EV (PHEV) and a fully electric model. The first of the BYD utes will be a plug-in hybrid that mates a 1.5-litre The first of the BYD utes will be a plug-in hybrid that mates a 1.5-litre BYD Seal U BYD Seal U.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

A Brief Look at Todays Plug-in Hybrid and Electric Vehicles and the Companies That Are Revolutionizing an Old Industry Plug-in Hybrids: Vehicles of Tomorrow Monday April 20, 2009, 4:00 pm EDT Buzz up! Markets close in 5 hours and 43 minutes. Press Release Source: Floyd Associates, Inc.

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EV Central

JULY 24, 2023

An expansion into electric vehicles is intended to recharge interest in Peugeot, with the brand preparing to launch the Peugeot e-208 and e-2008 in Australia. We believe that one variant will be stronger for us than having both electric and petrol,” said Peugeot Australia managing director Kate Gillis. 2023 Peugeot e-2008.

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EV Central

MAY 3, 2024

Chinese ones. No longer is Beijing a shameful sideshow of copying designs from Ranger Rover and BMW (although there were still hints when you delved deeper), but rather fresh style with unique Chinese fingerprints. Some brands may never bring a car to market, others will remain strictly Chinese-sold only. No grille, no problem.

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EV Central

MARCH 25, 2023

READ MORE: The electric year ahead: every EV coming to Australia in 2023 READ MORE: Complete guide to rebates, discounts and incentives when buying an EV in Australia The e-2008 is the second BEV to be confirmed by Peugeot for Australian sale, following on from the e-Partner Van that launches in the second half of 2023.

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EV Central

JANUARY 12, 2023

Last year was a record for EV sales in Australia. READ MORE: Every EV coming to Australia in 2023 READ MORE: Best EVs of 2022. Tesla’s 19,594 sales alone accounted for 59 percent of all EVs sold in Australia last year. No surprises given they’re coming off a low base. 22% of luxury cars are EVs. It’s likely a mix of both.

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Plug In India

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Video: Toyota: Dead by 2030 Toyota's Hybrids and Hydrogen car distraction tactics Toyota, as you know, is the world's largest car manufacturer. Let’s be honest, hybrids were never going to be a long term solution to stop our dependency on fossil fuels. These armchair idiots don't understand the reality of Hydrogen.

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

But clearly many of these vehicles are intended for production and some of them will come to Australia. Maybe Tesla and the Chinese aren’t just going to just roll over the rest of the auto industry after all. No longer in Australia, but Daihatsu is still an innovator. And if we missed any, shout out and we’ll add them in.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 18, 2022

The Biden Administration is very clear in what it desires to achieve with its environmental policy: a complete transformation of the $21 trillion U.S. economy away from fossil fuels. Or as put in a recent consultancy Ernst & Young’s position paper , “Market forces alone won’t solve the problem, and the onus is on governments to take a lead.”

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