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Get out of the way diesel! Toyota Prado petrol-electric hybrid SUV coming to Australia as soon as 2024

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Toyota Australia appears certain to add a petrol-electric hybrid to the new-generation Prado 250 Series SUV line-up as soon as this year. litre ‘i-FORCE MAX’ petrol-electric hybrid was initially put on the backburner for Australia, but that now appears to have changed. litre turbo-diesel engine. But it won’t be the last.

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Toyota reveals electric bZ compact SUV concept

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Toyota has taken covers off its electric bZ Concept compact SUV, looking near production ready and primed to be an EV version of the next-generation C-HR. 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.

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Game-changer! 2024 Porsche Macan EV delivers 911-beating acceleration and epic driving range

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Porsche’s all-electric Macan has reset the performance benchmark for the mid-sized SUV category with an all-electric line-up that blasts to 100km/h in as little as 3.3 seconds and covers up to 613km between charges. For now, Porsche has only shown two variants of the new Macan, the Macan 4 and Macan Turbo.

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2024 Mazda CX-60 PHEV review: Mazda’s electric upmarket gamble

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The CX-60 medium SUV is proof of that in the metal. It is the first of four SUV models it is launching to the world based on a new platform with all-new engines and featuring Mazda’s first petrol-electric plug-in hybrid drivetrain. The Kia Sorento PHEV and Lexus NX 450h+ are in the pricing vicinity.

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Hybrid hype: types, tech, and the road ahead

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This system is found in Toyota’s Camry and Lexus hybrid cars. Full hybrids charge their battery systems in essentially the same way that mild hybrids do, using energy from the gasoline engine and regenerative braking. The engine never truly powers the wheels.

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Norway leads the world in moving to EVs

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Norway also lets EV use bus lanes and special parking bays making ownership more beneficial than ICE in the city, Norway plans to outlaw pure Petrol or Diesel vehicles in 2025 – the country with the earliest ICE free deadline and 5 years before the UK’s deadline. 2 Toyota RAV4 Charging hybrid (B) 6 515 5.88 Cliff edge.

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First month in European history that EV sales surpass Diesel

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Demand for petrol and diesel cars shows double-digit drops compared to September 2019 while the volume of EVs increased by 139% to 327,800 units – a record in terms of both volume and market share. A large number of these car classified as Electrified are what Toyota call self charging are Mild Hybrids and do not have a charging port.

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