EV Central

JULY 22, 2023

Mazda says it will be offering internal combustion engined models in Australia for years to come because it anticipates the transition to electric cars to be gradual. The Japanese manufacturer also insists the time is not yet right to launch an electric model into the premium SUV space despite the overwhelming success of the Tesla Model Y.

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EV Central

APRIL 2, 2024

Local executives say the numbers don’t currently add up on the Ora Sport that was expected to sell from about $60,000, popping it squarely in the crosshairs of the hot-selling Tesla Model 3 and its closest rival, the BYD Seal. We will consider the EV SUV and the Ora Sport is still under study.”

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EV Central

JUNE 5, 2024

It’s the busiest (period) in the history of Audi in the next 24 months of brand new cars,” says Mannering, adding “it’s not just facelifts, it’s nearly all new cars”. It’s the busiest (period) in the history of Audi in the next 24 months of brand new cars,” says Mannering, adding “it’s not just facelifts, it’s nearly all new cars”.

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EV Central

APRIL 16, 2024

In a transition reminiscent of a superhero movie, the mild-mannered Toyota bZ4X electric medium SUV could become a rip-snorting off-road superman. The post Toyota bZ4X GR Sport under consideration: Could this mild-mannered electric SUV turn into an off-road superhero? 2024 Toyota bZ4X and chief engineer Masaya Uchiyama.

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EV Info

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The Tesla Model Y has only been on sale in Europe for a year or so and has been very well received by consumers. Elon Musk has said multiple times that he expects the Model Y to be the world’s best-selling car. With our high price for petrol and green subsidies Europe has been a leader in the EV adoption.

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EV Central

APRIL 17, 2023

The Ford Puma EV will be coming to Australia in 2024, adding a new compact SUV to the affordable end of the electric car market. The electric Explorer is a car designed to compete with the Tesla Model Y , Kia EV6 and Hyundai Ioniq 5. It has nothing in common with the Explorer sold in America, other than its name.

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EV Central

JANUARY 13, 2024

It’s time for our editors to vent about their electric car experiences and expectations! But dammit, sometimes you just want your skirt blown up by a character-oozing car that’s bloody good fun to drive. Biggest EV surprise of 2023: God awful charging infrastructure I’m not choosing a car.

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EV Central

MARCH 13, 2024

Toyota has continued the electrification of its Australian model line-up, announcing it will now only take orders for petrol-electric versions of its popular Corolla and Yaris hatchbacks. The announcement was made at this week’s local launch of the C-HR compact SUV, which is also going hybrid in its second generation.

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EV Central

MAY 15, 2024

The expansion by BYD in Australia from pure electric vehicles into CO2-emitting internal combustion engined plug-ins led by the Sealion 6 SUV will not trigger a major backlash from the Chinese company’s growing band of existing EV owners or put off potential EV buyers. PHEV SUVs account for just 4430 sales.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 11, 2024

It’s all part of a multibillion-dollar effort to give its next-gen Neue Klasse EVs a competitive edge against the likes of Tesla. According to a press announcement , BMW’s Munich plant will be the first in the company’s existing production network to be transformed for all-electric cars. Get started here.

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EV Central

APRIL 4, 2024

Chinese car-making giant BYD has released its first official pictures of the all-new mid-size ute that will challenge the best-selling Toyota HiLux and Ford Ranger when it lands in Australia later this year. litre four-cylinder turbo petrol with a large electric motor there’s no word on just how powerful the new electrified ute will be.

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EV Central

APRIL 3, 2024

The electric car pricing war is well and truly underway! The GWM Ora is now clearly the cheapest and most affordable new electric car sold in Australia thanks to $35,990 drive-away pricing announced this morning for the Standard Range model. MG4 was the price leader before the GWM Ora undercut it by $4000.

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Drive Electric

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

With the introduction of the Clean Car Discount in 2022, the skyrocketing prices of petrol and diesel across the country, and the increasing number of EVs available in New Zealand , we are seeing more EVs on our roads than ever before. Petrol and diesel vehicles both use internal combustion engines (ICEs). THE BOTTOM LINE.

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EV Central

MARCH 3, 2024

Toyota Prado petrol-electric hybrid SUV coming to Australia as soon as 2024 READ MORE: 2024 Toyota bZ4X pricing announced – be very afraid Tesla Model Y READ MORE: Toyota finally acts on electric vehicles: Can new battery-powered SUV and wild two-seat ‘Celica’ put Japanese giant back on track?

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EV Central

JUNE 22, 2022

Peugeot has confirmed its new Tesla Model 3-sized 408 coupe-crossover is headed to Australia and electrification appears certain to be a part of the local model lineup. 2023 Peugeot 408 is a crossover coupe with an SUV look. That vehicle is based on the 308 small car. The ground clearance is an SUV-1sh 189mm.

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EV Central

AUGUST 15, 2023

The Mercedes-Benz hot rod division, AMG, has created some incredible cars over the years. But to those who enjoy their performance cars – and being able to use them – it is arguably the best thing to ever emerge from the Affalterbach tuning house. While it wasn’t fitted to our car, it ups the peak outputs to 505kW and 1000Nm.

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EV Central

AUGUST 5, 2023

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. The PHEV prefers 95 RON petrol and claims a miserly 2.1L/100km. seconds 0-100km/h claim.

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EV Central

APRIL 9, 2024

The Japanese luxury brand Lexus reckons it is finally getting on-top of its stuttering petrol-electric plug-in hybrid roll-out in Australia. In early 2023 at the launch of the fifth generation RX premium SUV line-up, Pappas announced a plan to introduce the RX450h+ by early 2024. READ NOW: Is this the luxury bargain of 2024?

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My Energi

MARCH 11, 2021

Who wants to hear yet another article on ‘daddy owns a flash car’?… Buying the perfect electric car for Mums. Mum, Get a Tesla!”. Welcome to the world of kids, cars and parenting in the 2020’s! That question came in the form of “mummy, can we get a Tesla?”. and the second was, ‘how does she know what a Tesla is?’….

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 14, 2024

BYD ’s new upmarket Yangwang brand has revealed its third production car: a 1,000hp plus luxury saloon aimed at performance variants of the BMW i5 and Mercedes-Benz EQE. litre four-cylinder petrol engine with four electric motors and a 49.1kWh lithium-iron-phosphate (LFP) battery and develops 1,195hp. crore) in China.

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EV Central

JANUARY 11, 2023

READ MORE: New EV electric car calendar READ MORE: Every EV coming to Australia in 2023 READ MORE: Best EVs of 2022. In Australia, Toyota has been a leader in petrol-electric hybrid sales, but has so far watched on as Tesla has blazed a path for EVs and other brands such as China’s BYD have followed. Toyota bZ large SUV concept.

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Push EVs

MAY 9, 2023

The bestselling vehicle was, again, the Tesla Model Y. All other powertrains lost volume YoY, with petrol-only vehicles at their 2nd lowest volume of the modern era (just 112 units), and 3rd lowest share ever, just 1.25% of the auto market. Overall auto volume was 8,976 units, down 7.7% year-on-year. April’s combined share of 91.1%

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Drive Electric

JANUARY 6, 2021

We use our own model built from intelligence of the UK market to forecast registrations of battery electric cars and vans. Financial incentives for battery electric vehicles will remain, including a rate of just 1% Benefit in Kind (BIK) company car tax from April 2021 for a period of 12 months.

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EV Central

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

The yet to be revealed new EV pickup truck will embark on a local engineering development drive within weeks – and around the same time the new BYD Seal arrives to tackle the Tesla Model 3 – ahead of its planned 2024 arrival. litre four-cylinder turbo petrol engine for extended range and performance.

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

The first PHEV from Australia’s second biggest automotive brand attracts a $12,500 premium over the six-cylinder petrol engine that is expected to account for almost half of all sales for the new “Mazda Premium” model. litre four-cylinder petrol engine with a 100kW electric motor. The CX-60 will also be available with new 3.3-litre

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EV Central

JANUARY 31, 2023

But rather than the version of the car that is already on sale overseas, the Toyota bZ4X that will arrive late in the year will be an updated model that is yet to be revealed. Battery electric cars are expensive, don’t kid yourself,” says Hanley. “If This car will not be a cheap car.”

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EV Central

MARCH 26, 2023

If there is one thing the popularity of Tesla proves it’s that the shift to electric vehicles has created the opportunity for new automotive brands to enter the fray. All are aspirational and have grand plans, although not all may survive the competition and challenges of establishing a car maker. Let’s check them out.

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EV Central

JULY 4, 2023

Those exact words came from my wife’s mouth when I suggested we rent an electric car for a week’s family holiday in France. A shitty obscure Chinese electric car. Rent a petrol or diesel car for your holidays. In many places, electric cars are cheaper to rent than equivalent petrol cars.

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EV Central

JANUARY 26, 2024

Even though it’s been designed to be a dedicated EV platform, the new architecture can still home a petrol-electric hybrid powertrain, if needed, while the highly flexible platform is also said to be compatible with front-, rear- or all-wheel drive powertrains.

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EV Central

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Tesla Cybertruck Tesla Cybertruck The top of the pile when it comes to attention, the Cybertruck just about broke the internet when Tesla design chief Franz von Holzhausen broke two of its windows during the global unveil late in 2019. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter! Will it come to Australia?

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My Energi

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

After all, according to the latest vehicle registration data from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), [1] more than 23,000 battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and 8,900 plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) were sold across the UK in October 2023 alone – six times the number of diesel cars (5,261). 2] So, is the switch to EVs faltering?

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Plug In India

DECEMBER 7, 2021

By Abhishek & Kamlesh ​ In this episode of Electric Car watch, we will talk about the Chinese electric car that is beating Tesla in EV sales. This car will sell in huge numbers in the coming years and be a money spinner for GM. The car has already sold more than 370,000 units since it launched in 2020.

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Get Electric Vehicle

AUGUST 6, 2021

Yes, it is Tesla and the thing with Tesla is, it’s miles ahead in the race. Most of the car companies have made it their goal to go fully electric by a specific year. The company has made it clear that all new car platforms will solely manufacture EVs starting in 2025. An Invest of a whopping $47 Billion.

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Drive Electric

JANUARY 14, 2022

Compared to traditional cars, electric vehicles (EVs) have only really been widely available since the late-noughties. This makes the driving experience even smoother as revs aren’t constantly oscillating between gearshifts like they are in traditional cars. Sure, there are cars with all of the features listed above.

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EV Central

MAY 4, 2024

Part of the appeal is six models priced below the luxury car tax threshold, in turn allowing owners to package them into a novated lease and sidestep fringe benefits tax when using the car for personal use. In other words, you’re paying for the car from your pre-tax salary. BMW iX2 xDrive30. BMW iX2 xDrive30. There’s also a 10.3-inch

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Electric Vehicles India

JUNE 22, 2022

Foxconn, the world’s largest assembler of iPhones, is planning to make a foray into the electric vehicles business, on Monday by revealing three concepts of Electric vehicles, and these include the model C SUV and the Model E sedan which looks like racing-car level acceleration with the range of 750 km per charge.

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Among others, the three GM utes will tackle the Ford F-150 Lightning , the Tesla Cybertruck (yet to launch) and the RAM 1500 EV (yet to be seen), as well as the recently-launched Rivian R1T. 2024 GMC Sierra EV Denali Edition 1 tows 4300kg. 2024 GMC Sierra EV Denali has a front trunk.

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