EV Central

JULY 7, 2022

Kia Niro EV review: It was only in 2021 that Kia introduced the Niro nameplate to Australia. Instead, it was more about dipping a toe in the electrified water and getting the Kia dealer network ready or the EV onslaught. So instead it’s hybrid and EV tech for Kia’s new entry-level electrified SUV.

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Baua Electric

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litre petrol motor. Hyundai Creta is the power player in India’s mid-size SUV space and the latest facelift version, launched in January of this year, has managed to build on the numbers secured over the past eight years by the model. litre petrol motor, a 1.5-litre litre turbo-charged petrol engine and a 1.5-litre

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Baua Electric

MARCH 17, 2024

And the genesis behind this thought: Share significant investments needed to transition to zero-emission vehicles and build scale in the face of uncertainty over the penetration of EVs. Also, alliances such as Renault-Nissan, Skoda-VW and Jeep-Citroen are splitting the huge capital outlay needed to build scale.

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EV Central

SEPTEMBER 24, 2022

It’s chunky, funky and called Casper; Hyundai’s personality-packed city SUV currently only for sale in the Korean market. At the global launch of the new Ioniq 6 in Seoul, South Korea, Hyundai was keen for international journalists – including Australian representatives – to sample Casper in its current petrol guise.

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EV Central

AUGUST 9, 2023

Snaring a Kia EV6 GT for test is like scoring F1 race day pit passes. Our more grown-up review of the flagship Kia EV is here. Our more grown-up review of the flagship Kia EV is here. Striking thing, this electric SUV-cum-wagon. It, rather amusingly, is $250,000 more than this bonkers Kia. Can I live with that?

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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

MARCH 7, 2024

In the medium SUV EV space, rivals include our runaway best-seller Tesla Model Y , but also the more visually-striking Hyundai Ioniq 5 and Kia EV6. There’s no hint of vulgar wheelspin or torque steer, just a confident easy build of speed. Hyundai and Kia should take note.

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EV Central

JANUARY 15, 2024

Australia’s electric vehicle ranks are only getting more and more crowded, with new options seemingly arriving daily from the big prestige marques like BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Audi, as well as more mainstream brands like Kia. A large luxury SUV, it is a family of dual e-motor all-wheel drive powertrains.

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EV Central

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Locally, Toyota has yet to even put a BEV on-sale and, of course, it makes a fortune out of CO2 and particulate-emitting diesel SUVs and utes. In response, Toyota points to the thousands of petrol-electric hybrids it has sold here and overseas. And it has confirmed the bZ4X BEV launches in early 2024 in Australia. But that’s 2024.

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EV Central

JUNE 21, 2022

Effectively an SUV version of the Model 3 that is by far the top selling EV in Australia, the mid-sized Model Y has been eagerly awaited as electric car interest grows. While its most direct natural competitors are the Hyundai Ioniq 5 and Kia EV6 , it will also fight for EV interest from the Polestar 2 and Tesla’s own Model 3.

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EV Adoption

MARCH 15, 2021

The reveals of the Canoo pickup and Kia EV6 have heads turning and yet another automaker, BMW-owned Mini this time announced plans that it would only produce battery-electric vehicles from 2030. Honda of America sales chief Dave Gardner told reporters one of the electric SUVs will be from the Honda brand, while the other will be an Acura.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 18, 2022

trillion towards building EV and battery factories worldwide. 4 compact all Electric SUV on a assembly line in their new factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee. For example, the UK will stop the sales of new diesel and petrol-fueled cars and vans from 2030 on. Volkswagen’s ID.4 Volkswagen of America, Inc.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 23, 2023

It is true that there are some EVs that will soon appear in the competitive price range of ICE vehicles like the low-end GM EV Equinox SUV presently priced around $30,000 with a 280-mile range. That makes the Model Y cost-competitive with Hyundai’s $45,500 IONIQ 5 e-SUV with 304 miles of range. BEVs dwell at the bottom of the rankings.

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