EV Central

MARCH 26, 2024

Aussie CO2 standard tough on Toyota, SUVs and utes READ MORE: Get out of the way diesel! The changes confirmed by the government are: >>> Recategorising a limited number of 4WDs from passenger car to light commercial vehicle. That’s down from the 369m tonnes predicted under the government’s initial proposal.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 19, 2021

Supporting Nissan’s goal of achieving 50% electrified sales in Europe by 2024, the new Nissan Qashqai will not only be available with a 1.3 —Marco Fioravanti, Vice President, Product Planning, Nissan Automotive Europe. POWER drive system to Europe. For Europe it has been upgraded to a 1.5-liter

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EV Central

MARCH 19, 2024

In Europe, it is intended to rival small EVs like the incoming Renault 4 and Fiat Panda. Measuring in at around 4100mm long the Epiq will be shorter than the Yeti but offer lots more interior space thanks to the lack of petrol engine or transmission. 2 and the Cupra Raval. 2025 Skoda Epiq.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 27, 2024

Swedish automaker Volvo has rolled out its last diesel-powered vehicle, after a 45-year relationship with the powertrain and cranking out millions of diesel cars. But the records don’t go any further back, leaving 12 years unaccounted for, so that total number is a lot higher in reality, reports Automotive News Europe.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2012

New car registrations in the EU, 1990-2011. The actions—along with a previously announced initiative to reduce approximately 500 salaried and agency positions across Europe, with the Ford salaried reductions achieved voluntarily—affect 6,200 positions or about 13% of Ford’s European workforce. Source: ACEA.

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EV Central

JULY 22, 2023

Mazda says it will be offering internal combustion engined models in Australia for years to come because it anticipates the transition to electric cars to be gradual. The Japanese manufacturer also insists the time is not yet right to launch an electric model into the premium SUV space despite the overwhelming success of the Tesla Model Y.

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EV Info

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The Tesla Model Y has only been on sale in Europe for a year or so and has been very well received by consumers. Elon Musk has said multiple times that he expects the Model Y to be the world’s best-selling car. With our high price for petrol and green subsidies Europe has been a leader in the EV adoption.

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Baua Electric

JUNE 5, 2024

petrol engine mated to mild hybrid tech Maruti Suzuki’s Fronx could hit Australian shores by Q4 2024, according to Drive. turbo petrol engine. petrol engine paired with a small electric motor and a 12-volt battery. Check out upcoming cars in India ) This news follows the recent launch of the Swift in Australia.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2014

China is poised to replace the US as Volvo Car Group’s (Volvo Cars) largest market in 2014 with sales of at least 80,000 cars, up from 61,146 in 2013, the company said. The premium segment of the car market in China is forecast to grow by 20% this year. compared to the first quarter of 2013, to 17,286 cars.

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EV Central

JUNE 22, 2022

Featuring a five-door body on moderately raised ride height that sits the 408 between traditional passenger cars and SUVs, the 408 will come with an orthodox petrol ICE , two rechargeable plug-in hybrid ( PHEV ) choices and in pure electric form as well. 2023 Peugeot 408 is a crossover coupe with an SUV look.

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EV Central

JANUARY 22, 2024

The global auto giant Stellantis has done a deal with a French battery-maker to secure fresh sodium-ion battery technology for its future EVs that could see electric cars finally undercut petrol cars on purchase price. Not that sodium-ion batteries are perfect, not just yet at least. The post Battery revolution!

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EV Central

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The 2024 Range Rover Electric has been previewed ahead of its launch next year with the British 4X4 maker releasing pics and early details of its flagship SUV that will provide a more luxurious and expensive alternative to large battery-powered rivals like the Kia EV9. seconds – the same sports car-like figure the P530 version manages.

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EV Central

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

We will get to how it all works in a moment, but the short version is that, while you still get a petrol engine with your electric motors, the former is only used to recharge the battery or deliver power to the motors — it never actually drives the wheels — giving you what Nissan calls an “EV-like” drive experience, and improved fuel efficiency.

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EV Central

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Alfa Romeo has announced its Tonale petrol-electric hybrid compact SUV will arrive in Australia in February 2023 priced from $49,900 plus on-road costs. The Tonale is significant as it is the debut electrified model from the storied Italian sports car marque – Alfa plans to ditch ICE and go exclusively electric by 2027.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 12, 2013

liter EcoBoost ( earlier post ) that will be the first gasoline-powered family car in Europe to offer 99 g/km CO 2 emissions. The car goes on sale in Europe early next year. Even just a couple of years ago few people would have thought it possible that a medium-sized petrol car could break the 100 g/km CO 2 barrier.

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Plug In India

DECEMBER 7, 2021

By Abhishek & Kamlesh ​ In this episode of Electric Car watch, we will talk about the Chinese electric car that is beating Tesla in EV sales. This car will sell in huge numbers in the coming years and be a money spinner for GM. The car has already sold more than 370,000 units since it launched in 2020.

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EV Central

MARCH 26, 2023

All are aspirational and have grand plans, although not all may survive the competition and challenges of establishing a car maker. Ceer Motors It might seem weird that a petrol-chemical kingdom like Saudi Arabia would want to get into EV manufacturing but that’s exactly what is happening with Ceer Motors. Let’s check them out.

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Baua Electric

MAY 18, 2024

In those days, India revolved around the pulse of small cars, an automotive ethos that endured for decades, reigning supreme until 2017-18, after which tides started turning in the favour of SUVs (sports utility vehicles). What’s more, in March 2024, for the first time, the top two vehicles sold were SUVs—Tata Punch and Hyundai Creta.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 6, 2024

The hybrid vehicles — dual powered by a petrol engine and an electric motor — are gathering strong traction amongst SUV buyers versus all electric battery-operated passenger vehicles. The price premium between a hybrid and EV equivalent over petrol, hybrid is better off, despite high GST.” lakh in the case of an EV SUV.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 11, 2024

According to a press announcement , BMW’s Munich plant will be the first in the company’s existing production network to be transformed for all-electric cars. A new factory in Debrecen, Hungary, currently under construction, will also build only electric cars, with the upcoming Neue Klasse models planned to be built there in 2025.

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EV Central

MAY 8, 2023

The first ground-up EV from the Chinese-owned British brand – the MG ZS electric SUV is build on the architecture of a petrol vehicle – the MG4 could be a major player at the entry-level end of the EV market. The car has been well received overseas and is at the pointy end of the EV market from a pricing perspective.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

The V90 is the latest in the premium car maker’s top-of-the-line 90 series sitting alongside the award winning XC90 SUV ( earlier post ) and the recently-launched S90 premium sedan. The Twin Engine technology supports three modes of operation: Pure, in which the car runs on electric power alone. Earlier post.)

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Push EVs

MAY 9, 2023

All other powertrains lost volume YoY, with petrol-only vehicles at their 2nd lowest volume of the modern era (just 112 units), and 3rd lowest share ever, just 1.25% of the auto market. and a few other small niches (sports cars, farmers’ pickups, and others) to be filled out with compelling and relatively affordable BEV offerings.

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EV Central

JULY 4, 2023

Those exact words came from my wife’s mouth when I suggested we rent an electric car for a week’s family holiday in France. But Europe’s embraced EVs faster and more enthusiastically than we Aussies, so surely the charging infrastructure is more commonplace, reliable, cheaper and efficient? Which is the car we got.

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Drive Electric

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Aside from the rally-winning Impreza and WRX models, Subaru is best known for its SUVs such as the Forester and Outback, which are regarded as being capable and reliable in many countries around the world – despite the brand having relatively low sales volumes in the UK. To date, Subaru’s main powertrain has been its ‘boxer’ petrol engine.

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EV Info

OCTOBER 29, 2020

This year has been a turbulent time for the global car market, espicially in Europe where car registrations dropped by 29% during the first nine months of the year – to 8.54 In Spetember there are signs that Europe is all set for an electric revolution was the market rebounds. The Demise of the diesel car .

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EV Central

JULY 17, 2022

Peugeot has continued its steady electrified build-up in Australia confirming the arrival of a plug-in hybrid version of the new 308 small car in 2023. Likely to land in the first half of the year, the PHEV five-door hatchback will follow orthodox 308 petrol-turbo ICE hatch and wagon models that start arriving here in late 2022.

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Electric Vehicles India

JUNE 22, 2022

in a few countries like Europe, India, and Latin America, as well as indirectly coordinating with German automakers chairman Liu Young-way said O Wednesday. The company also brought a manufacturing facility in the US, which was earlier owned by Tesla rival Lords town Motors, to make electric cars.

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Drive Electric

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

RE: Drive Electric Submission Land Transport (Clean Car) Amendment Bill. The interim Clean Car Discount, which is already in the market, is showing promising signs of success. New Zealand should use Europe, not Australia, as the source of homologation vehicle standards in this Bill. Committee Secretariat. Parliament Buildings.

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Push EVs

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

For example, petrol-only vehicles (with relatively high CO2 emissions) are now taxed much higher in Norway. That’s the reason why there was a December rush of 2,503 petrol-only units, whilst January saw just 36 units, roughly two orders of magnitude less! Let’s see how this combination plays out, especially for the auto market.

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 27, 2010

Previously its fuel-saving start-stop technology has been limited to hybrid cars and some vehicles in Europe, but now Ford will introduce the devices across its vehicles, including crossovers and SUVS, in North America in 2012.

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EV Central

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The existence of the project was confirmed by Mercedes-Benz chairman Ola Källenius, as he wrapped his presentation of the Concept CLA Class show car at the Munich IAA auto show recently. “We need it for that car.” This is the maximum weight limit for car licence holders in Europe, he explained.

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EV Adoption

MARCH 3, 2021

Volvo to go all electric by 2030 – Volvo announced that its entire car line-up will be fully electric by 2030 and joins GM, JLR, Ford Europe, and other automakers in stating their goals or “aspirations” (in the case of GM) – to end production of gas-powered vehicles by 2030 or 2035 depending on the OEM.

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Get Electric Vehicle

MAY 29, 2021

One of the main reasons which limit the mass adaption of electric cars or EVs is its price difference in comparison with its IC engine counterpart. A study conducted by BloombergNEF forecasts that Electric vehicles will be cheaper than gasoline-powered vehicles in Europe. Tesla Electric Car. Rays of Hope.

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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. Alfa Romeo Tonale – the Italian brand finally has a rechargeable car in its ranks in the form of the Tonale PHEV compact SUV.

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Get Electric Vehicle

AUGUST 6, 2021

Most of the car companies have made it their goal to go fully electric by a specific year. For example, there are departments solely dedicated to reducing the vibrations and sounds coming from an engine and with an electric car , the need for such a department simply doesn’t exist.

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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. Confusingly, an older, smaller car is also known as the Song Plus in some international markets.

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