EV Central

APRIL 21, 2024

BYD has outlined a stunningly ambitious new model roll-out and sales growth plan in Australia. Essentially, the Chinese electrified vehicle specialist wants double sales each year to reach 100,000 sales per annum in 2026 in Australia on the back of up to five new model launches each year. READ MORE: Wanted for Australia!

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Alfa Romeo’s new Tonale Plug-in Hybrid Q4 is the first ever vehicle from the venerable Italian car maker with a charging port. And the small SUV PHEV is also the starting point for the company’s five-year ‘Zero to Zero’ plan. Until the Tonale Plug-in Hybrid Q4, Alfa Romeo produced zero electrified models.

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EV Central

APRIL 28, 2024

The 2024 BYD Shark was a surprise no show at the Beijing motor show but the Chinese car-maker has dropped four new teases of its electrified dual-cab 4×4 ute ahead of its imminent arrival. The Shark is currently testing in Australia and BYD is pushing to have it on-sale here before the end of 2024. 2025 BYD Shark tease.

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EV Central

DECEMBER 4, 2023

NEVs is the Chinese category of cars that consist of plug-in hybrid (PHEVs), range-extender hybrids and pure-electric cars (EVs). The six-millionth BYD car was the new Fang Cheng Bao Leopard 5 plug-in hybrid SUV that rivals the Toyota Prado in China.

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EV Central

MARCH 14, 2023

Up to seven of those BEV and hybrid models – including the ute – could come to Australia based on Mitsubishi’s presentation of its Challenge 2025 business plan in Tokyo last week. The hybrids previewed include a two-row SUV, an electrically assisted version of the Indonesian-built Xpander crossover and an MPV.

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EV Central

OCTOBER 17, 2022

The Chinese manufacturer GWM (Great Wall Motors) has announced an aggressive rollout of electric , plug-in hybrid and hybrid vehicles. And Australian buyers seem set to get the chance to consider buying a fair chunk of the models on the rollout list because Australia is considered a strategic market for the auto giant.

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APRIL 22, 2024

More recently, BYD’s highly anticipated right-hand drive model was spotted testing in Australia as the brand kicks its overseas expansion into overdrive. Its DMO super hybrid off-road platform, used for the Fang Cheng Bao Bao 5, is designed for off-road PHEVs.

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EV Central

DECEMBER 18, 2022

An all-new battery electric and plug-in hybrid ute benchmarked against the Rivian R1T will be one of the headline acts when China’s JAC Motors unleashes a comprehensive attack on the Australian market around mid-decade. We will be bringing [to Australia] whatever vehicles go through the R&D centre for mature markets,” he added.

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EV Central

JULY 28, 2022

Chery will be the next Chinese brand to attempt to disrupt the Australian auto market, with the car maker following established brands like MG and Great Wall – as well as newcomers like BYD – to our market with the Chery Omoda 5 PHEV.

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EV Central

APRIL 18, 2024

A family of brutal 4x4s including a Toyota LandCruiser rival along with a radical supercar have been added to Chinese electrified mega-brand BYD’s rapidly expanding new vehicle armoury and are wanted in Australia. When it arrives the Bao 3 will be priced from around 200,000 Chinese Yuan which equates to around $43,000 in our money.

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

All the new electric cars, electric SUVs and electric utes arriving in Australia in 2021, 2022 and 2023. READ MORE: Every new electric car coming to Australia in 2022. Abarth Nuova 500e – high-performance version of the electric Fiat 500 promises pocket rocket thrills, and it’s due in Australia late in 2023.

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EV Central

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

The ambitious Chinese Chery brand will launch its first electric vehicle in Australia when the Omoda E5 SUV arrives mid-year. These new platforms are intended to produce 18 battery-electric vehicles and five hybrids in the coming years. Chery has confirmed there will be two E5 specifications – Standard and Premium.

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EV Central

APRIL 25, 2024

Revealed today at the Beijing auto show, the Mazda EZ-6 will be offered as both a battery electric vehicle and as a plug-in hybrid. The original Mazda6 launched in Australia in 2002 and the current third generation in 2012, with a significant update in 2018. Mazda currently sells no EVs in Australia having killed off the MX-30.

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

The Tesla Model Y now has a direct rival from Chinese challenger BYD. Much else we don’t know about the Sea Lion 07 as yet, including whether it will come to Australia. According to Chinese media reports, the Sea Lion 07 includes Cell to Body battery integration, reducing the pack’s impact on interior vertical space by 10mm.

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

BYD has confirmed its next entrant into the Australian market will be a plug-in hybrid wagon arriving in early 2024 that will enter the huge and lucrative SUV segment to take on the likes of the Toyota RAV4 Hybrid and Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV. Drive modes include EV, hybrid, sport, eco and normal. BYD Seal U EV. “We

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EV Central

JANUARY 6, 2024

Due in the second quarter, the BYD Seal U is available globally as a plug-in hybrid EV (PHEV) and a fully electric model. The first of the BYD utes will be a plug-in hybrid that mates a 1.5-litre Known as the Lightning Cat overseas, the sleek five-door from Chinese maker GWM is yet to be definitively confirmed for Australia.

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EV Central

MARCH 25, 2023

READ MORE: The electric year ahead: every EV coming to Australia in 2023 READ MORE: Complete guide to rebates, discounts and incentives when buying an EV in Australia The e-2008 is the second BEV to be confirmed by Peugeot for Australian sale, following on from the e-Partner Van that launches in the second half of 2023.

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EV Central

JANUARY 12, 2023

Last year was a record for EV sales in Australia. READ MORE: Every EV coming to Australia in 2023 READ MORE: Best EVs of 2022. Tesla’s 19,594 sales alone accounted for 59 percent of all EVs sold in Australia last year. Between them they accounted for 70 percent of the EVs sold in Australia in 2023. percent were EVs.

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

But clearly many of these vehicles are intended for production and some of them will come to Australia. Maybe Tesla and the Chinese aren’t just going to just roll over the rest of the auto industry after all. No longer in Australia, but Daihatsu is still an innovator. Related: Mitsubishi’s new PHEV system.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 18, 2022

percent of new car sales being (mostly hybrid) EVs , says all new cars sales in 2035 will be electric. the Chinese government also expects to become the undisputed global leader in EVs. The Chinese government long ago realized that if ICE vehicles were to be eliminated, China could effectively compete with Western automakers.

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