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

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You’ll find 21-inch alloys, matrix LED headlights, faux-leather and suede sport seats that are heated up front, and a very good dual 12.3-inch Its sports seats means it misses out on electric adjustment up front. seconds (tested) The post Tesla Model Y Performance versus Kia EV6 GT: Which is Australia’s best go-fast EV?

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

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Delightfully and quirkily styled, good value and with excellent passenger space, it stood out like a shining, extrovert beacon next to the sea of homogenised, vanilla small SUVs. We bleated away like blind sheep, buying Ford EcoSports at twice the rate we did Souls in 2019, the last year it was sold in Australia.

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Tokyo 2023 revisited: Every electric concept debut from the best motor show in years

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But clearly many of these vehicles are intended for production and some of them will come to Australia. No longer in Australia, but Daihatsu is still an innovator. Even as Honda introduced its plans for driverless robot vehicles, the Prelude was intended to remind everyone that it would not be giving up on its sports heritage.

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Cupra Born review: High five for Spanish compact hatch

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The arrival of the Cupra Born in Australia is pretty significant. The four-year old Spanish spin-off from SEAT has also beaten the Volkswagen brand to market in Australia with its first BEV ( with more to come ), although VW will soon be fighting back with a concerted rollout of its own electric vehicles starting with the ID.4