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Alabama-built Mercedes-Benz EQE electric SUV to start at $77,900

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The all-new EQE SUV ( earlier post ) is the second fully-electric SUV from Mercedes-Benz based on the premium-class electric architecture (EVA2), following the EQS SUV. Starting from $77,900, the 2023 EQE SUV will arrive in US dealerships in spring. The overhangs and the front-end assembly have been kept compact.

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2025 Hyundai Inster review: the $40k city SUV challenge to the MG4, GWM Ora and BYD Dolphin

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Unsurprisingly it’s Hyundai, launching its Inster city crossover SUV into Aussie hands early in 2025 with a target price – Hyundai Australia says – around $40,000. The Standard Range uses a 42kWh battery, offers 71kW/147Nm, a 0-100km/h in tardy 11.7 seconds and WLTP range of 305km. seconds and WLTP range up to 355km.

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Get out of the way diesel! Toyota Prado petrol-electric hybrid SUV coming to Australia as soon as 2024

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Toyota Australia appears certain to add a petrol-electric hybrid to the new-generation Prado 250 Series SUV line-up as soon as this year. Toyota Australia sales and marketing chief Sean Hanley told motoring media this week it can be expected on-sale here “sooner rather than later”. “We litre turbo-diesel engine. 2024 Toyota Prado.

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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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Next Nissan Patrol going electric? Work has begun on e-Power technology for brand’s large SUVs and utes

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Speaking at the debut of its new streamlined EV production process it calls “X-in-1”, the brand said development work was underway for an e-Power solution for its large SUVs and commercial vehicles. The e-Power system pairs a petrol engine with an electric motor and battery, but the ICE component never drives the wheels.

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Volkswagen presents new I.D. CROZZ II battery-electric SUV concept; on sale in 2020

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At the traditional Volkswagen Group Night event on the evening before the International Motor Show (IAA) opens in Frankfurt, the Volkswagen brand staged the world premiere of the newest I.D. The basic concept of a crossover that combines an SUV with a four-door coupé has been further sharpened in this design. CROZZ in the SUV segment.

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Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV review: Plug-in SUV saves money, comes at a cost

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Now an eight-year veteran on the Australian scene, the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV was the world’s first plug-in hybrid SUV. A new generation of the pioneering mid-sizer has just launched, with 45 per cent larger battery (now 20kWh), a pure electric range of up to 84km (NEDC), all-wheel-drive and seating for up to seven.