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EVs, influencers and riot police: Our man Iain Curry on the ground at the Beijing Motor Show

EV Central

My 2024 Beijing Motor Show gets off to an inauspicious start. The transfer bus takes three hours to move 50km, finding our entry gate adds another 60 minutes, I’m asked for my passport before being allowed near a much needed toilet, and why the hell are riot police with perspex shields at a motor show? Chinese ones.

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Road Test: 2021 Volvo XC90 Recharge T8 PHEV

Clean Fleet Report

If you track the history of Volvo, the Swedish (now Chinese-owned) company was famous for decades for its safe, solid, boxy sedans and wagons. of torque, which combined with a rear-mounted electric motor and front-mounted starter motor, bumps power up to 400 horsepower and 472 lb.-ft. While it shares the other models’ 2.0-liter

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Form a queue: 2024 MG Cyberster now available … if you’ve got at least $100,000

EV Central

Australian pricing for the battery-electric powered spiritual successor for the MG B roadster have yet to be announced but the Chinese-owned brand said that the MG Cyberster will start at somewhere “between $100,000 and $150,000” plus on-road costs for the flagship 77kWh dual-motor all-wheel drive version.

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BYD Atto 3 review: Chinese newcomer previews our EV future

EV Central

A majority of the EVcentral writing staff acknowledged the compact Chinese battery electric vehicle for one positive reason or another. No new electric vehicle sold in Australia is cheap, but the BYD Atto 3 is definitely among the most affordable. BYD Atto 3 has its e-motor fitted up front and is front-wheel drive. BYD Atto 3.

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New EV electric car calendar

EV Central

ACE-EV X1 Transformer – Australian-based start-up plans a small range of affordable EVs focused on light commercial duties. $5 Alpha Ace Coupe – imagine a full-sized Aussie Racing Car but with an electric motor instead of a bike engine. There’s also a four-door Superwolf in the pipeline. Subscribe now!

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China puts its electric vehicles on center stage - China automotive news

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Electric vehicles are "definitely affordable and environmentally friendly technology, and we think theres a huge potential market in China for them," Li Shufu, Geelys chairman, said in an interview Monday. Great Wall Motor Co., Those prices are much lower than that of General Motors Corp.s and Chery Automobile Co.

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How far can your EV travel? We rank the driving range of every electric vehicle in Australia

EV Central

2022 BMW iX M60 large electric SUV 551km: Polestar 2 Long Range Single Motor, $68,400 Cracking range for the price, the long range version of the Polestar 2 can be DC fast-charged from 10-80 percent charge in as little as 35 minutes. More range than the dual motor C40, but not quite as fun to drive.