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VinFast reveals Ford Ranger-sized VF Wild electric ute concept, Aussie DNA included

EV Central

Vietnamese EV startup VinFast has revealed its VF Wild mid-sized ute concept at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. We can assume it’d be a dual motor all-wheel-drive to live up to its muscular exterior. We can assume it’d be a dual motor all-wheel-drive to live up to its muscular exterior.

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Shock! VinFast’s VF Wild electric pickup was designed in Melbourne!

EV Central

The VinFast VF Wild electric pickup concept unveiled at the 2024 CES tech extravaganza in Las Vegas this morning was designed in Australia. The sharp-lined VF Wild ute is the work of an independent design studio in Melbourne called GoMotiv, as is the VF 3 mini electric SUV rolled out alongside it at CES.

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Honda returns to form! Stunning all-new 0 Series electric Saloon and Space-Hub due in 2026

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Honda looks like it has rediscovered its mojo following the unveiling of an all-new family of EVs called the 0 Series that are claimed to be 90 per cent finished ahead of their launch in 2026. It did not specifically mention Australia but it makes senser our cars will arrive around the same time it will launch in right-hand drive markets.

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Mercedes-Benz running automated test drive in Shanghai; infrastructure peculiarities

Green Car Congress

million kilometers in Europe, the US, China, Australia and South Africa, and more than 1.2 The second leg in the Shanghai megalopolis will be followed by test drives in Australia in November and South Africa in December. The final stop of the Intelligent World Drive will be the CES in Las Vegas in January 2018.

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Afeela prototype created from EV collaboration between Sony and Honda

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Afeela is the latest new EV brand to set its sights on the growing electric car market. Shown at the 2023 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the Afeela melds the tech of the Japanese electronics company with the vehicle manufacturing know-how of a Japanese car maker. As for the car itself, details are thin on ground.

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Crab-walking hologram-packing Hyundai EV concept set to storm this year’s CES … sideways

EV Central

Hyundai has announced it will unwrap a radical new concept called the Hyundai Mobion that is capable of ‘crab walking’ at the Consumer Electronics show held in Las Vegas on January 7 2024. Hyundai first revealed e-Corner System in April 2023, using an Ioniq 5 as the test vehicle.

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The Coming Boom in Rare Earths

Cars That Think

Perhaps most importantly, though, they’re essential components of the permanent magnets used in the motors of most electric vehicles and many appliances, and also in the generators in most wind turbines. And I’ve seen-- For all the rare earth elements? As we all know now, China dominates both mining and processing.

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