Green Car Congress

AUGUST 13, 2018

Ford has released the first images of the new Territory, a mid-size SUV targeted at new buyers in emerging cities in China. It will be affordable for young families and new buyers across China, not just the coastal mega-cities. For these buyers, the midsize SUVs such as Ford Territory is a highly popular choice.

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EV Central

JUNE 10, 2024

Audi has confirmed that it wants to rapidly increase the number of plug-in hybrid vehicles it offers in the Australian market beginning with the Audi Q3 45 TFSI e ahead of the inbound New Vehicle Efficiency Standards (NEVS) regulations that are due in 2025. A more affordable Q5 PHEV is also on the wish list. “[The]

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EV Central

APRIL 3, 2024

The GWM Ora is now clearly the cheapest and most affordable new electric car sold in Australia thanks to $35,990 drive-away pricing announced this morning for the Standard Range model. The MG4 is now the second cheapest EV on-sale in Australia alongside the MG ZS Excite SUV, which is also $39,990 drive-away.

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EV Central

MARCH 21, 2024

The Australian electric car price battle has been supercharged by dramatic permanent MG discounts for the MG4 compact hatch and MG ZS EV compact SUV. This includes when MY24 vehicles arrive in Australia,” an MG representative stated via email. “The pricing is permanent for the listed models for the foreseeable future.

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EV Central

MAY 8, 2023

The hotly anticipated MG4 all-electric hatchback will be priced from $44,990 in Australia when it arrives around August or September 2023. However, the MG4 appears to be arriving in Australia with a price premium compared with other parts of the world, including Europe. The MG4 will be offered in three guises in Australia.

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EV Central

JANUARY 18, 2024

The first is the B6 e-4ORCE that ramps up power to 270kW but shares the same torque peak as the standard version, while the second B9 e-4ORCE slams down a more impressive 320kW and 600Nm of torque. As standard there’s a pair of black leather and suede sport seats. 2024 Nissan Ariya NISMO. 2024 Nissan Ariya NISMO.

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EV Central

APRIL 17, 2024

That’s the task BYD’s rival Chinese brand Chery has set its incoming Omoda E5 electric compact SUV. On-sale from July, the Omoda E5 will be the first battery electric model brought into Australia by Chery since it launched here in early 2023. READ MORE: Chery on top? 2024 Chery Omoda E5 interior. 2024 Chery Omoda E5 interior.

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

READ MORE: Roev EV ute plans explained: Conversions now, manufacturing own vehicle by 2026 READ MORE: Roev reveals fleet interest in EV Toyota HiLux and Ford Ranger, plans SUVs as well READ MORE: EV ute overload: The electric pick-up trucks coming soon. Those EV conversion prices only apply to Hiluxes and Rangers built in 2020, 2021 and 2022.

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EV Central

APRIL 24, 2024

SsangYong Australia has announced it will launch its all-new Torres SUV in Australia this July, with the all-electric EVX model arriving a little later in the fourth quarter of 2024. READ MORE: More affordable EVs coming? As well as spacious, the new SsangYong SUV gets high-levels of standard equipment.

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EV Central

MARCH 30, 2024

But the GWM Tank 500 might also be the start of the future for large and highly capable off-road 4×4 wagons so widely liked in Australia. READ MORE: 2024 GWM Ora Extended Range review: One of Australia’s cheapest electric cars tested READ MORE: New EV electric car calendar READ MORE: It’s got the Poer! tonne behemoth is anathema.

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EV Central

MARCH 16, 2023

It won’t arrive in Australia until sometime in the first half of 2024, but it’s already shaping up as a half-price rival to the Porsche Taycan. This is a pretty standard list of high-performance chassis modifications, but the N division has really embraced the new tuning opportunies that an EV offers.

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EV Central

APRIL 18, 2023

The federal government has confirmed it will introduce a mandatory fuel emission standard to encourage the take-up of electric vehicles. Consultation on the fuel efficiency standard begins today (April 19) and the government will release its proposed design by the end of 2023. Apply on average to vehicles sold. Apply to light vehicles.

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EVolution

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Tesla is arguably the most prestigious brand in the EV sector and it’s no lie to say they have been innovators in the field, but do their cars still hold up to 2020 standards? We are hunting affordable cars here so we will be talking about their newly reduced vehicle, the Tesla Model 3. Cool: 2nd MG ZS EV. Range: 8th. Range: 5th.

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EV Central

JULY 7, 2023

A spin-off from the petrol-powered X1, the newly arrived iX1 compact SUV is undoubtedly proof of that. The most affordable BMW BEV since the iX3 is its opposite when it comes to orthodoxy and risk. That’s because they are the same five-seat five-door compact SUV with the same measurements in almost all ways.

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

4 will be on sale in Australia by the end of 2023 – and we’ve driven it in Australia. Volkswagen Australia has two ID.4s 4s in Australia for evaluation. 4 is Volkswagen’s first electric SUV. 5 as brand confirms three-model EV play in Australia READ MORE: ID.4 4 is classified as a mid-sized SUV.

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Drive Electric

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

International evidence demonstrates that a Clean Vehicle Standard and Clean Vehicle Discount, including the feebate mechanism, should rapidly accelerate the uptake of zero emissions vehicles in New Zealand. New Zealand should use Europe, not Australia, as the source of homologation vehicle standards in this Bill.

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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

JANUARY 2, 2023

About 30 new EVs will make it to Australia in 2030, widening the choices and technology available to buyers. There are also some big brands that have so far not dabbled in the EV space in Australia readying their first battery electric models. The recently-arrived X1 compact SUV will soon spawn an EV sibling in the form of the BMW iX1.

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EV Central

APRIL 27, 2024

The Porsche Macan is a whole lot more than just another fast SUV. Let me explain… The Macan is Porsche’s top selling car, accounting for about half of the brand’s sales in Australia. Except that the Macan is a big player in the prestige mid-sized SUV category. Dial up launch control and it bursts away from a standstill.

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EV Central

JULY 7, 2022

Kia Niro EV review: It was only in 2021 that Kia introduced the Niro nameplate to Australia. Australia received the Niro very late in its model cycle and it was never intended to be a stayer. While brief, the original Niro’s fleeting lifespan also helped Kia Australia better understand the EV market and what consumers want.

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EV Central

DECEMBER 16, 2023

READ MORE: Mystery solved: Exactly how much power your Tesla Model 3 and Model Y produces The Model 3 is Tesla’s most affordable car and also provides the foundations and underpinnings for the Tesla Model Y SUV. The Rear-Wheel Drive is the most affordable, priced at $61,900 plus on-road costs.

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EV Central

MARCH 22, 2023

Here’s a list of every EV on sale today in Australia, how far they’ll go and how much they cost to buy before on-road charges, or before any rebates, discounts or incentives are applied. 625km: BMW i7 xDrive60, $297,900 Australia’s reigning range champion with a price to match. Prices are correct at time of writing.

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EV Central

JULY 6, 2024

The mid-sized SUV is arguably the start of the main game for the fledgling EV brand. READ MORE: Polestar 4 mid-sized SUV now on sale with big EV targets in its crosshairs READ MORE: Polestar’s plan to survive and thrive: Carving a space in the EV world READ MORE: Battery breakthrough! The Dual Motor model is $93,050 plus on-roads.

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EV Central

JANUARY 6, 2024

Audi Q4 e-Tron Audi Q4 50 e-tron quattro The Q4 e-Tron is set to become the most affordable EV for the luxury brand, with the 210kW/545Nm rear-wheel drive 45 model priced from $88,300 plus on-road costs. 4, the Q4 e-Tron will be available in a regular SUV body style or a sleeker Sportback, each with a 77kWh battery.

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EV Central

MAY 6, 2024

READ MORE: Honda dumps GM, plans new family of affordable electric cars with Nissan READ MORE: Sony and Honda show off handsome 2025 Afeela electric sedan with Tesla-threatening tech READ MORE: Honda returns to form! And whereas most Japanese rivals have offered or are currently offering an EV, Honda has never sold one in Australia.

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EV Central

MARCH 28, 2023

The Tesla Model Y is already the top-selling prestige SUV on the market, which isn’t a bad effort since until now it has only been available in a single model and only arrived in the country in the second half of 2022. But now there’s another model in the Tesla electric SUV stable, in the form of the Model Y Performance.

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EV Central

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

The new plug-in hybrid EV version of the Ford Ranger will come in at least four grades, providing hope pricing might be more affordable than first expected. But the multi-model line-up means the Ranger might get closer on price to the BYD Shark plug-in hybrid, which soon launches in Australia with a starting price expected close to $70,000.

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EV Central

MAY 9, 2023

The all-new electric SUV that borrows its names from one of Ford’s most famous models will be priced from $79,990 before on-road costs. The most affordable of the three models in the Mach-E range is the Select. inch central touchscreen (half an inch larger than that on Teslas).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2014

Jeep unveiled the new 2015 Jeep Renegade small SUV at the Geneva Motor Show. liter MultiAir2 Tigershark engine will be offered in North America / Latin America / Africa / Middle East / Australia / Asia-Pacific, coupled with the 9-speed. 2015 Jeep Renegade. Click to enlarge. The system instantly engages when 4x4 traction is needed.

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EV Central

JULY 2, 2023

The Kia EV9 electric SUV is the latest in the expanding EV-branded family of electric cars. It’s also by far the largest, utilising the 800-Volt E-GMP architecture in a large SUV body designed to accommodate up to seven people. It will instantly catapult Kia into the luxury SUV air occupied by big name luxury brands.

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EV Central

JUNE 20, 2024

Both the BYD Atto 3 Standard Range and Atto 3 Extended Range are now $3512 cheaper than before. BYD Atto 3 and Tesla Model 3 fastest-selling used cars in Australia Reasserting itself as the cheapest battery-powered mid-size SUV, the BYD Atto 3 undercuts the best-selling Tesla Model Y, Hyundai IONIQ 5, Subaru Solterra and Toyota bZ4X rivals.

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EV Central

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Euro NCAP was also less than impressed at the responsiveness of the standard autonomous emergency braking (AEB) and criticised the baby Jeep for not having a child presence detection system. READ MORE: Rugged all-wheel-drive Jeep Avenger 4xe hybrid details released. All three received the coveted full five-stars for safety.

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EV Central

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

The GWM Ora has gone on sale in Australia priced from $44,490 drive-away – but only in the Northern Territory. Rather than establish Ora as its own brand, the Chinese manufacturing giant decided to bring it under the GWM banner, as it has done with its Haval SUVs and upcoming Tank off-road wagons.

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EV Central

JULY 10, 2022

In each instance we’ve chosen the most affordable options using a single electric motor for propulsion, although in the case of the Polestar it had options fitted. And it’s the Polestar that is most affordable, at $63,900 before on-road costs. It’s a tempting offer, although the P2’s standard equipment list is skinnier.

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EV Central

JUNE 17, 2024

Meet the cute, capable and affordable Renault 5 E-Tech. The A290 should also drive a cut above the car it’s based on too, with Alpine switching out the R5’s 110kW front-mounted e-motor for the punchier powertrain from Renault’s Megane E-Tech electric SUV. 2025 Alpine A290 GTS EV.

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EV Central

JUNE 28, 2024

But it’s the all-electric E-Tourneo that could make more sense as Australia heads towards stricter emissions standards and more EVs. Ford E-Tourneo: the all-electric people mover could be a game changer in Australia. It will clearly cost more than the regular Tourneo, which in Australia kicks off at $65,990 plus on-road costs.

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The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 16, 2024

But with global wealth being transferred upward in recent years, Lamborghini was afforded an opportunity to draw in additional customers with its entry level products. Though, despite these being Lamborghini’s most affordable models, both the Huracán and Urus retail well above $200,000.

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