EV Central

JANUARY 26, 2024

Even though it’s been designed to be a dedicated EV platform, the new architecture can still home a petrol-electric hybrid powertrain, if needed, while the highly flexible platform is also said to be compatible with front-, rear- or all-wheel drive powertrains.

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JANUARY 21, 2024

Instead, the batteries are recharged using a combination of gasoline engine power and energy collected during braking (also known as regenerative braking). However, because the battery does not assist in driving the vehicle, it is not truly a hybrid but rather a marketing gimmick.

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EV Central

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

It’s a scoop pic of the new GWM Ora Good Cat battery electric car testing undisguised in Melbourne. Apart from EV specialist Ora, the models will be sourced from two other GWM (Great Wall Motors) brands – SUV specialist Haval and Tank, which makes 4×4 wagons. This car’s styling has been likened to a shrunken Porsche Panamera.

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EV Central

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Porsche has revealed its updated Taycan – and its revised electrical system promises new levels of electric performance. The heavily revised 2024 Porsche Taycan now makes up to 700kW of power, thrashing any V8, V10 or V12 from Ferrari, Lamborghini and McLaren – and comfortably outpunching the most powerful petrol-powered models from Porsche.

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EV Central

APRIL 22, 2024

If you’ve been a bit gobsmacked by the rise in price of the new Porsche Macan EV compared to its ICE predecessor, we’ve got a good news/bad news story for you. READ MORE: Porsche Mission X: A deep dive inside the first mid-motored EV with the guy who created it READ MORE: Porsche Taycan GT: We warned you it was gonna be crazy … and it is!

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EV Central

JULY 4, 2022

Pity the Porsche Taycan buyer, if you can. Porsche will tell you this new Taycan GTS is an antidote for any procrastinators. That’s important for Porsche owners with an image to maintain, no matter if it actually ever sees a race circuit. 2022 Porsche Taycan GTS. 2022 Porsche Taycan GTS. 2022 Porsche Taycan GTS.

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Drive Electric

JANUARY 14, 2022

With the 64kWh battery, it does 0-62mph in 7.5s. Electric vehicles run their impressive futuristic-tech from the humble battery. Take the battery placement for example. In a Tesla , you can even set charging limits for those batteries. An EV with a 50kWh battery? £7 Batteries to ICEs. Safety First.

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EV Central

MAY 1, 2024

Polestar has released the first details of its pioneering next-generation battery technology that will close the gap between recharging an EV and filling a combustion car with petrol. 2025 Polestar 5 battery testing. 2025 Polestar 5 battery testing. Polestar 5 battery testing. Impressive numbers.

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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. Alfa Romeo Tonale – the Italian brand finally has a rechargeable car in its ranks in the form of the Tonale PHEV compact SUV. Aston Martin DBX PHEV and EV – electrified versions of AM’s first SUV on the cards.

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EV Central

JULY 7, 2022

Whereas the original Niro was available as a regular hybrid , a plug-in hybrid (PHEV) and a battery electric vehicle (EV), the new model does without the PHEV option. So instead it’s hybrid and EV tech for Kia’s new entry-level electrified SUV. The compact SUV sits under the EV6 from a pricing perspective. Range : 460km (WLTP).

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EV Central

MARCH 22, 2023

We’ve chosen the rangiest model available in the line-up, including those where a larger battery is available. Tesla Model 3 587km: Mercedes-AMG EQS53, $324,800 Rapid, high-priced AMG limo uses huge 107.8kWh battery for its 587km range, but fully exploit the EQS53’s 484kW and 950Nm and possible distance will quickly tumble.

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EV Central

AUGUST 2, 2023

Audi Australia has announced the plug-in hybrid (PHEV) version of its 2024 Q8 SUV arrives in the fourth quarter of 2023, priced from $148,375 before on-roads. The PHEV slots into the sleek-reared Q8 range between the $135,100 petrol-powered 55 TFSI and $168,800 performance-orientated SQ8 TFSI. hours using a 7.2kW home wall box charger.

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EV Central

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Positively put, they offer emissions-free electric driving most of the time, but a petrol engine backup when you need it – very handy, thanks. But is Mazda about to go big on PHEVs as markets – including Australia – increasingly want to swerve the half-way house and commit to a full battery electric car ?

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Much has been achieved through fakery – ‘petrol’ engine note and gear shifts included – but there’s been no reason to hide this. Same power, incidentally, as a Porsche 911 Turbo S. This would be typical of most track sessions with a petrol performance car, really.

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Drive Electric

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

That’s why the government has banned the sale of petrol and diesel cars from 2030. One of the big concerns we encounter when people are considering switching to an electric vehicle (EV) , is that they think it’s going to be much more expensive than a petrol or diesel car. Here we answer some of the key questions you’re likely to have.

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Now, with the GV70 Electrified it steps into a new and important sales battlefield, the world of premium SUVs that are also EVs. The GV70 Electrified is a mid-sized SUV with five seats and five doors, so it’s playing in the busy end of the EV market. Genesis GV70 Electrified. Genesis GV70 Electrified. Inside the GV70 Electrified.

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EV Central

JANUARY 2, 2023

There are also some big brands that have so far not dabbled in the EV space in Australia readying their first battery electric models. Utilising the underpinnings of the Porsche Taycan, the e-Tron GT’s sleek four-door body has head-turning looks on its side. They include Toyota, Volkswagen, Ford and Subaru. BYD Dolphin. BYD Dolphin.

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EV Central

JULY 13, 2023

The Hyundai Ioniq 5 N will be the most powerful car from the brand, with the dual-motor high-performance SUV thumping out 478kW – the same as a Porsche 911 Turbo S. At the core of the Hyundai Ioniq 5 N is a regular Ioniq 5 SUV. There are also unique 21-inch wheels wrapped in Pirelli P Zero tyres.

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EV Central

JANUARY 6, 2024

4, the Q4 e-Tron will be available in a regular SUV body style or a sleeker Sportback, each with a 77kWh battery. It’s the former that will show up first but the latter is more interesting because as a mid-sized SUV it would provide more firepower against the Tesla Model Y. Sharing its architecture with the Volkswagen ID.3

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EV Central

JANUARY 29, 2023

The Kia EV6 has been one of the most important battery electric vehicles to arrive in Australia, gaining both critical and sales success in the process. That’s four tenths faster than a $514,200 Bentley Bentayga Speed luxury SUV. Come closer to its EV heartland, it’s also faster than the $197,200 than the Porsche Taycan 4S.

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Cars That Think

APRIL 23, 2022

The car holds about 100 kilowatt-hours’ worth of lithium-iron phosphate (LFP) batteries—a lower-cost approach used for the Teslas sold in China and Europe (and. We said, ‘Let’s take a British farm vehicle and turn it into a luxury SUV for the American market,’ ” Wallace recounts during my tour of E.C.D.’s

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Drive Electric

JULY 6, 2021

Technology is constantly improving, most notably concerning batteries. Our experience tells us that our customers prefer to lease an electric car rather than buy one because battery tech is getting so much better all the time. Enjoy the latest technology. The world of electric motoring is a fast-paced one. No depreciation worries.

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EV Central

AUGUST 9, 2023

Striking thing, this electric SUV-cum-wagon. Okay, 97 per cent battery life and 387km range. It’s mind-blowing, if not quite in the re-wire brain territory of the Porsche Taycan Turbo S. That said, I stand by my belief I’d be happier with a comfier, rangier EV6 Air and then buy a fun petrol toy with the money saved.

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EV Central

MAY 11, 2023

It lacks the visual drama of Porsche’s Taycan or Audi’s e-tron GT , but that will suit those favouring the understated. The high voltage battery gets a separate and class-leading ten-year, 250,000km warranty. This guarantees over 70 percent battery health over that time. The imminent arrival of the EQE SUV version.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 23, 2023

Even when there is an expressed interest in purchasing a battery electric or hybrid vehicle, it often did not turn into an actual purchase. Similarly, 22 percent expressed interest in a battery electric vehicle (BEV), but only 5 percent bought one. Arguments over how much range is needed are contentious.

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EV Central

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

Anyway, the GT-Line has dual motors, all-wheel-drive, 283kW/700Nm and 505km range (WLTP) from its lardy 99.8kWh battery. Call me old fashioned, but at this price give me a classy, single colour tan leather cabin – BMW and Lexus do this so well – or black leather with sporty red stitching a la Porsche.

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