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Plug-in frenzy! GWM announces PHEV Haval H6GT, Cannon Alpha ute and H6 SUV for Australia to target Toyota’s hybrid supremacy

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MY22 Haval H6 GT The GWM Haval H6GT will rival the BYD Sealion 6 plug-in hybrid when it arrives in the first quarter of 2025. The full specifications for the coupe-style SUV have yet to be revealed but the combination of a large 35kWh battery and a massive 180km EV range is likely to make it a winner for Australians. 2025 Haval H7.

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2025 Volvo XC90 to live on thanks to huge facelift and advanced hybrid power for seven-seat SUV

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Volvo has overhauled its 10-year-old XC90 to ensure it lives on in the electric age alongside its state-of-the-art battery-powered EX90 seven-seat SUV. READ MORE: Volvo EX30 shines across the board as a rival for Tesla, BYD READ MORE: What do The Beatles, Pink Floyd and Lady Gaga have in common with the Volvo EX90?

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Hotter hatch! Fast new electric Volkswagen ID.3 GTX arrives with better performance than a Golf GTI

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Volkswagen has pulled the covers off the closest thing we have to a battery-powered VW Golf GTI and it’s already locked-in for a launch Down Under. Powered by a single electric motor, the rear-wheel drive 2025 Volkswagen ID.3 Both are powered by a new 84kWh lithium-ion battery. Volkswagen ID.3

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

GM has announced plans for public sales in 2010, and almost every carmaker now says it will sell PHEVs or highway-speed battery electric vehicles (BEVs) sometime after 2010. In late 2008, BYD started selling the first production PHEV in China. BYD also developed the motors and software for the system. People wont buy a full car.

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

that car was missing precisely what the Volt (and any other would-be electric car under consideration today) is missing -- an appropriate battery technology that provides decent power within a decent weight and space constraint at anything approaching a decent price. Forget the black helicopter conspiracies. Interesting in any case.

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