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Audi to add Q5 PHEV in Australia mid-2023

EV Central

Audi is re-introducing a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) to its Australian line-up from mid-2023 in the form of the Q5 55 TFSI e luxury medium SUV. 2023 Audi Q5 55 TFSI e. 2023 Audi Q5 55 TFSI e. It can be charged at up to 7.2kW AC for a full charge in around 2.5 2023 Audi Q5 Sportback TFSI e.

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Audi renames e-tron to Q8 e-tron & adds more range with a new design

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Audi renamed its e-tron electric SUV to the Audi Q8 e-tron and announced some new changes along with the new name. In 2018, Audi introduced the e-tron, marking its first move into the electric vehicle industry. Credit: Audi. Credit: Audi. Credit: Audi.

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2024 Audi Q8 E-tron opinions: Extra length with out all of the gimmicks

Baua Electric

Five years is a long time in the world of electrification, and battery energy density is always improving. Now we’re talking. Audi claims a length of ‘as much as 330 miles’ for the 55, and DC charging speeds are advanced, too. “The Q8 E-tron has also gained some dynamic improvements. And tolerable.”

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Tesla’s cobalt-free battery strategy is making Elon Musk an actual “iron man”

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Tesla quietly revealed in its Q1 report that nearly half the vehicles it produced in the first quarter of 2022 were equipped with cobalt-free lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries. LFP batteries are not a new innovation, but it has not been used as much in areas outside China. And things will likely only pick up from there.

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Tesla Model Y Performance versus Kia EV6 GT: Which is Australia’s best go-fast EV?

EV Central

There’s Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, of course, as well as dual-zone climate, wireless phone charging and on-board nav, a powered boot and a 14-speaker Meridian surround sound system. Kia EVT GT versus Tesla Model Y Performance: 0-100km/h and performance times We’re scoring this one to the Kia EV6 GT. 60-100km/h 1.74

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Volkswagen Group’s MQB plug-in hybrid powertrain; foundation for Golf GTE, A3 e-tron, and more

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The new Mark 7 Golf, which is MQB-based, offers gasoline; diesel; natural gas; plug-in hybrid (the GTE); and battery-electric (the e-Golf) versions, all of which can be manufactured bumper-to-bumper on the same assembly line. The Golf GTE and Audi A3 e-tron. kWh Li-ion battery pack (about ~7.0 kWh Li-ion battery pack (about ~7.0

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Your EV range anxiety is making the world ugly – just ask the Tesla Model Y | Opinion

EV Central

Not just because I’d like a bit more range, and a shorter charging time, but because, as I’ve opined before, most of the current options are a little unattractive. I think a 100kWh (battery) is a good number. per cent of the time nobody will need it. “I So are current EVs offering enough range?

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