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Tesla Model Y and BYD Atto 3 lead the way as Chinese-built electric vehicle sales soar in Australia

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The Tesla Model Y continues to lead the electric car surge in Australia, finishing fourth outright on the sales ladder in July. Add in 604 Model 3 sedan sales and Tesla claimed eighth overall in July with 3934 sales. Tesla’s tally is obviously the key to the 385.4 It also sits eighth for the year with 29,511 sales.

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Kia Soul EV review: the cheap electric car Australia missed out on

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2023 Kia Soul EV in two-tone red and white It’s a fun-sized hatchback/SUV, similar to a Hyundai Kona EV , albeit 35mm taller. Our ‘Explore’ grade has 451km range (WLTP) – matching that of a basic Tesla Model Y. That said, it wouldn’t have been far off the Hyundai Kona EV’s tag.

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BYD has no plans to enter the US Market amid “complications’ [Feature]

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BYD Executive Vice President and CEO of BYD Americas sat down with Yahoo Finance , and talked about the Chinese automaker’s lack of presence in the US Market and the global electric vehicle (EV) market. For instance, Hyundai and Kia claimed to see strong demand for electric vehicles in the United States.

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Seres 3: Why this Chinese SUV is the worst EV I’ve driven

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But its keys were handed to me by Europcar France as my holiday EV rental, in lieu of the Hyundai Kona Electric I’d ordered. It’s a Hyundai Kona-sized small SUV with a 120kW/300Nm single electric motor up front, 52kWh (useable) battery, 18kWh/100km energy use and a claimed 329km range (WLTP). The Seres 3 SUV.

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BYD Atto 3 review: Chinese newcomer previews our EV future

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A majority of the EVcentral writing staff acknowledged the compact Chinese battery electric vehicle for one positive reason or another. BYD is an EV manufacturing giant and until 2019 was making more electric vehicles than any other (the arrival of the Tesla Model 3 put an end to that in 2019). Nor is it a newcomer to the EV space.

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Is this Kia’s Tesla and BYD beater at last? New Kia EV3 electric SUV to cost from $50,000 and deliver 600km in range in Australia

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Looking every inch a baby EV9 , it’s set to be priced around $50,000 to challenge the Tesla Model 3 , BYD Atto 3 , MG4 and ever-expanding electric opposition. And to target a younger demographic (and those who’ve got addicted to Tesla’s offering) the EV3 has arcade games for a spot of in-car gaming.

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

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Whether you’re buying a Tesla Model Y , Hyundai Ioniq 5 , Kia EV6 or MG ZS EV , one of the first questions most people have regards the length of the driving range. 2023 BMW i7 614km: Hyundai Ioniq 6 Dynamiq RWD, $74,000 Kinda funny looking, but that super-slippery body gives the Ioniq 6 a CD of just 0.21 Range anxiety.