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The BYD Atto 3 and MG4 are great, but there is one cheap Chinese electric vehicle that’s not quite there yet…. Opinion

EV Central

Of the many minor miracles that Tesla managed when creating actually desirable electric vehicles – as opposed to the turgid turbine-like twaddle of their predecessors – the ability to get prodigious amounts of torque to the ground without frying tyres, or scaring drivers, is perhaps not given enough credit.

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Kia Soul EV review: the cheap electric car Australia missed out on

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It could have – and should have – been Kia’s electric entry into Australia, rather than the (already dated) first generation Niro in 2021. On a recent UK trip, I snared keys to an electric Soul. Build quality’s excellent, and you score LED lights everywhere (boomerang-shaped at rear), leather heated seats, 10.25-inch

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Is this Kia’s Tesla and BYD beater at last? New Kia EV3 electric SUV to cost from $50,000 and deliver 600km in range in Australia

EV Central

Looking every inch a baby EV9 , it’s set to be priced around $50,000 to challenge the Tesla Model 3 , BYD Atto 3 , MG4 and ever-expanding electric opposition. No matter the battery, the EV3 uses a 150kW/283Nm electric motor driving the front wheels, with claimed 0-100km/h at a sensible 7.5-seconds.

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2024 Genesis GV60 Lux review: Is this mind-bending small electric SUV really worth all this money?

EV Central

For a relatively new brand to our shores, Genesis dropping a compact electric SUV at well over $100,000 on the road is a confident flex. Based on Hyundai’s E-GMP EV architecture, it’s a dual motor all-wheel-drive offering 234kW and 605Nm. All neat tricks to show off to friends and family. Okay GV60, you have my attention.

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2024 MG4 Essence 64: this Chinese electric vehicle changes everything | Opinion

EV Central

In my “working” life (people get very angry when I call driving new cars work), there are a very few “this changes everything” moments, but I just had one when testing the alarmingly good, and relatively cheap, MG4. Years ago, I remember driving my first ever EV, a Mitsubishi WhywhywhyMiEV I think it was called, and hating it enormously.

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Kia Niro EV review: All-electric SUV arrives to sit below the EV6

EV Central

Now that nameplate newcomer is already being replaced by an all-new model – just a year after the arrival of the original. Whereas the original Niro was available as a regular hybrid , a plug-in hybrid (PHEV) and a battery electric vehicle (EV), the new model does without the PHEV option. Kia Niro EV GT-Line interior.

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I drove the new Tesla Model 3, here’s what got better

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The new Tesla Model 3 is now available for test drives at several Tesla Showrooms. The first Tesla I ever drove was a Model 3 back in 2019 when I first started writing for Teslarati. Tesla moved from haptics to physical buttons on this new steering wheel, which was an interesting touch. Everything felt very high-quality.

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