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2024 Mazda CX-60 PHEV review: Mazda’s electric upmarket gamble

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2024 Mazda CX-60 PHEV review: Mazda has been telling us for years it wants to be a premium brand. The CX-60 medium SUV is proof of that in the metal. It is the first of four SUV models it is launching to the world based on a new platform with all-new engines and featuring Mazda’s first petrol-electric plug-in hybrid drivetrain.

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Volkswagen confirms larger electric SUV coming to the US, hybrids too?

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A new, larger VW electric SUV will arrive in the US. 7 (Source: VW) VW to launch new electric SUV, may add PHEVs in the US Di Si doesn’t see the new EVs driving huge growth but calls them halo models. The brand’s North American leader said VW will continue investing in SUVs. Di Si said VW has the platform and tech.

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Toyota plots an all-electric Highlander SUV, will the Tundra and Tacoma be next?

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Toyota’s second best-selling SUV in the US, the Toyota Highlander, is going fully electric. Despite falling behind, Toyota has stuck to its hybrid strategy, including hybrids, plug-in hybrids (PHEVs), battery electric vehicles (EVs), and fuel cell vehicles (FCEVs). This will include a fully electric Toyota Highlander SUV.

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Hybrid hype: types, tech, and the road ahead

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Plug-in-hybrid While the aforementioned hybrids only charge their batteries internally, plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) charge their batteries both internally and externally. PHEVs can run as electric vehicles in cities, significantly reducing tailpipe pollution.

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BYD says EVs have entered the ‘knockout round’ with next-gen tech rolling out

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Global EV leader BYD believes new energy vehicles, including EVs and PHEVs, have entered the “knockout round” with gas-powered cars. During an investor meeting on Wednesday, BYD’s CEO, Wang Chaunfu, said it will launch its next-gen hybrid tech offering over 1,200 miles (2,000 km) range. FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.

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Toyota reveals electric bZ compact SUV concept

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Toyota has taken covers off its electric bZ Concept compact SUV, looking near production ready and primed to be an EV version of the next-generation C-HR. Revealed at this month’s Los Angeles Auto Show, the bZ Concept joins the Tesla-fighting bZ3 electric sedan revealed last month and bZ4X electric SUV due on-sale in Australia in 2023.

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Audi to add Q5 PHEV in Australia mid-2023

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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. Top speed is 239km/h as a PHEV, or 135km/h as an EV. This is the third PHEV to be sold by Audi in Australia following on from the 2015-16 A3 e-tron and Q7 e-tron in 2017-18.

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