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Spoiler alert: Sporty Hyundai Kona Electric N-Line priced in Tesla territory for Australia

EV Central

Priced $4000 and $3000 more than the Kona Electric Extended Range, the Hyundai Kona Electric N-Line and N-Line Premium both get the punchier 150kW/255Nm front-drive powertrain and larger 64.8kWh battery. READ MORE: 2024 Hyundai Ioniq 5 N review: Sell your Tesla, sell your Taycan! 2025 Kona Electric N-Line interior.

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How far can your EV travel? We rank the driving range of every electric vehicle in Australia

EV Central

We’ve chosen the rangiest model available in the line-up, including those where a larger battery is available. Range figures are according to the WLTP (Worldwide Harmonised Light-Duty Vehicles Test Procedure) cycle. 625km: BMW i7 xDrive60, $297,900 Australia’s reigning range champion with a price to match.

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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. Batteries not ready. General Motors Chevy Volt series PHEV, which it calls "extended range electric vehicle" (EREV), part of "E-Flex" multi-fuel platform.

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2024 Polestar 2 RWD: why the cheaper entry level beats the dual motor AWD

EV Central

Its 655km WLTP range (in Long Range guise) is over 10 per cent above the equivalent Polestar 2 AWD, and its figure bests everything in this price bracket – Telsa Model 3 Long Range (629km) and Hyundai Ioniq 6 RWD Extended Range (614km) included. Range anxiety? Properly banished. seconds to 6.2-seconds

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