EV Central

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

We will get to how it all works in a moment, but the short version is that, while you still get a petrol engine with your electric motors, the former is only used to recharge the battery or deliver power to the motors — it never actually drives the wheels — giving you what Nissan calls an “EV-like” drive experience, and improved fuel efficiency.

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EV Central

JULY 7, 2022

But whereas the EV6 is based on a dedicated EV architecture, the Niro relies on an ICE platform to allow for the petrol engine for the hybrid model. But even as a hybrid the Niro doesn’t come particularly cheap. The compact SUV sits under the EV6 from a pricing perspective. Kia Niro EV GT-Line interior. And… it’s worked.

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Unlike the recently launched Genesis GV60 – which is built on a bespoke EV architecture – the GV70 Electrified takes the familiar underpinnings of a GV70 running on petrol or diesel and adapts them to EV life. It comes with a safety triangle, a first aid kit, eight airbags and active bonnet to prevent injuries to pedestrians.

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EV Central

JANUARY 6, 2024

Sharing its basic layout and compact SUV body with the petrol-powered models that hit the market in 2023, the Chery Omoda 5 EV gets a unique front-end design that appears to improve aerodynamics. Known as the Lightning Cat overseas, the sleek five-door from Chinese maker GWM is yet to be definitively confirmed for Australia.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

So, the used batteries are almost arbitrarily cheap since an arbitrarily large fraction of their cost of production can be loaded on their use in transportation. February 17, 2009 9:52 am Link Wireless transmission of electrical energy needs to be funded for effective liberty from petrol based fuel products to occur. — AH2 14.

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EV Central

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

A mid-spec EV9 Earth is around $120,000 in the traffic, while the entry-level Air is a comparatively cheap $107,000. You could buy an EV9 Air, then something like a petrol Kia Cerato hatch as a second car with the money saved. The Air’s standard kit’s hardly wanting. For you NSW lot, it’s $140,200.

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EV Central

MARCH 27, 2023

Options are very limited for super-breeders needing more than five seats – although the Kia EV9 due late in 2023 will provide a tantalising option – but a huge advantage of going EV (if built on an electric vehicle-only platform) is roomier and smarter interior packaging compared to petrol and diesel vehicles.

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