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Toyota Australia’s bZ4X price warning: ‘it’s not going to be cheap’

EV Central

The bZ4X will be the first of three EVs Toyota is promising by the end of 2026 as part of an electrified resurgence underpinned by more hybrids. This car will not be a cheap car.” The only clue to how expensive the bZ4X could be was in Toyota Australia suggesting it could be double the price of a RAV4.

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2024 MG4 and MG ZS EVs score industry-leading 10-year warranty

EV Central

MG Australia has introduced a market-leading 10-year/250,000km warranty across its line-up that includes the all-electric MG4 and MG ZS EV. It’s an aggressive move sure to bolster consumer confidence in the Chinese MG brand, and raise eyebrows amongst its low-price competitors. “We are listening to our customers.

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A DIY E-bike Conversion on the Cheap

Cars That Think

I'd read about such friction-drive arrangements and had followed the work of a cyclist in Australia known as Kepler who had devised a clever articulated mount that allows the motor to retract from the wheel when not applying power. The only part I needed to fabricate was an aluminum mounting bracket for the motor [shown in outline].

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Bloomberg NEF forecasts falling battery prices enabling surge in wind and solar to 50% of global generation by 2050

Green Car Congress

BNEF predicts that lithium-ion battery prices, already down by nearly 80% per megawatt-hour since 2010, will continue to tumble as electric vehicle manufacturing builds up through the 2020s. However, BNEF notes, this would still mean electricity failing to fulfill its part of the effort to keep global CO?

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Tesla teases three new models, including the Model 2 small car and Model Q compact SUV

EV Central

Just two months ago reports on several newswires suggested the cheap Tesla Model 2 had been shelved. A slide from Tesla’s April 2023 Master Plan Part 3, showing two of the concealed vehicles. I think people may think ‘oh it’s not going to be that amazing’, but just wait… it will be.”

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A DIY E-bike Conversion on the Cheap

Cars That Think

I'd read about such friction-drive arrangements and had followed the work of a cyclist in Australia known as Kepler who had devised a clever articulated mount that allows the motor to retract from the wheel when not applying power. The only part I needed to fabricate was an aluminum mounting bracket for the motor [shown in outline].

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Cheaper than a BYD Dolphin or MG4! New Renault Twingo to be reinvented as $33,000 electric vehicle

EV Central

Widely seen as a French fight back against the influx of cheap Chinese imports in Europe, when it lands the next-gen Renault Twingo is primed to cost less than €20,000 ($A33,000) before subsidies – around $5000 cheaper than the current BYD Dolphin in Australia. 2 and at least two affordable rivals from the Hyundai and Kia.

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