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EV Central
SEPTEMBER 5, 2022
Mercedes-Benz Australia is hitting the brakes on PHEV – plug-in hybrid electric vehicle – sales. There’s an all-new model of the big-selling GLC on the way, but this time the medium-size SUV line-up won’t include a PHEV version for Australia. The decision reflects weak demand for PHEVs in Australia.
My Electric Car
MAY 19, 2019
Where to now for EVs in Australia. The advent of the internal combustion engine eliminated the ‘horse manure crisis’ of the eighteen hundreds but replaced it with something more sinister. With the re-election of a LNP government we will not see any positive direction on EVs in the near term.
EV Central
DECEMBER 13, 2022
Making day-to-day driving a mostly electric experience for owners is the promise, while their internal-combustion engines – ICEs – provide freedom from charging anxiety, plus the ability to easily make long journeys. Due to arrive in Australia in July 2023, it’s likely to be priced around the $200,000 mark.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 22, 2014
Renault’s Energy F1-2014 hybrid Power Unit ( earlier post ), designed and developed for the FIA Formula One World Championship this year, is ready for the track; the 2014 season kicks off in Australia on 16 March. The MGU-K is connected to the crankshaft of the internal combustion engine. Under acceleration (eg.
EV Central
MAY 26, 2023
It’s due in Australia three or four months later than the tiny Fiat EV. And while mainstream European brands like Renault and VW are planning performance versions of their coming small EVs, they’re years away from production. Australia’s Scorpionissima allocation is 219.
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.
EV Central
SEPTEMBER 13, 2022
We’re showing 100 percent charge and a range of 475km. Except there’s no wireless phone charging, annoyingly. I forget to remind them we’re not on solar so the emissions have just moved from the tailpipe to the polluting power station. Day 4: Let’s charge. Well, maybe that Bose audio.
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