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Confirmed! Mitsubishi Triton to target BYD Ute and Ford Ranger with all-new plug-in hybrid system

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The new Mitsubishi Triton is joining the petrol-electric plug-in hybrid rush alongside the 2024 BYD ute and 2025 Ford Ranger PHEV. The new PHEV set-up is required because the existing design is for vehicles such as the Outlander SUV with transverse engines and light off-road loads. 2024 Mitsubishi Triton. 2024 Mitsubishi Triton.

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Nissan X-Trail e-Power review: Is it better than a Toyota RAV4 Hybrid?

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Mitsubishi does plug-in hybrids (like in the Outlander ), Toyota does conventional hybrids (like the RAV4 ), and Nissan does e-Power. And that means it’s not cheap. In Ti guise, that means 19-inch alloy wheels, LED lighting front and rear with matrix headlights, a panoramic sunroof, privacy glass at the rear and a powered boot.

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Best EVs of 2022: Our verdict on the new electric cars of the year

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The top selling brand has been caught flat-footed in the EV race and in 2023 we will see the arrival of the company’s first battery electric vehicle, the bZ4X. Firstly, it’s designed around the new EV platform developed by the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance. The Renault is relatively light for an EV its size, too.

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The electric year ahead: Every new EV coming to Australia in 2024

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4, the Q4 e-Tron will be available in a regular SUV body style or a sleeker Sportback, each with a 77kWh battery. A single electric motor drives the rear wheels of the Ford E-Transit Custom and promises a no-compromise approach to van life, along with 380km of range from a 74kWh battery. Sharing its architecture with the Volkswagen ID.3

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New EV electric car calendar

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ACE-EV X1 Transformer – Australian-based start-up plans a small range of affordable EVs focused on light commercial duties. $5 BMW iX – ground-up battery electric vehicle promises to take the luxury fight to Tesla. For a car that’s long been about light weight it’ll be a big change.

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The electric year ahead: Every EV coming to Australia in 2023

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There are also some big brands that have so far not dabbled in the EV space in Australia readying their first battery electric models. It won’t be cheap, but Audi’s e-Tron GT and its more potent RS e-Tron GT sibling promise big performance. As with the Atto 3 and Dolphin, the Seal gets BYD’s in-house Blade battery pack.

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2024 MG4 Essence 64: this Chinese electric vehicle changes everything | Opinion

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In my “working” life (people get very angry when I call driving new cars work), there are a very few “this changes everything” moments, but I just had one when testing the alarmingly good, and relatively cheap, MG4. Years ago, I remember driving my first ever EV, a Mitsubishi WhywhywhyMiEV I think it was called, and hating it enormously.

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