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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. An all-new PHEV system is being developed for the new Triton, which debuts in Australia with an orthodox turbo-diesel engine next February. 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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What is the Nissan X-Trail e-Power with e-4ORCE ? This is Nissan’s take on an electrified, but not full EV, future. Mitsubishi does plug-in hybrids (like in the Outlander ), Toyota does conventional hybrids (like the RAV4 ), and Nissan does e-Power. This is our Nissan X-Trail e-Power review.

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Junkyard Find: 2007 Mini Cooper S

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That means I refuse to play the marketers' clever games with the Nissan LEAF, smart fortwo, Volkswagen up! liter turbocharged straight-four engine co-developed by Peugeot and BMW, replacing the supercharged Brazilian 1.6 This engine was rated at 175 horsepower and 177 pound-feet. New for 2007 was this 1.6-liter

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Abarth Nuova 500e is a faster Fiat EV, and it’s coming to Australia

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READ MORE: Nissan and Mitsubishi micro EVs are the cheap electric cars we need. It’ll have all the optional equipment, including a sound generator that mimics the exhaust note of petrol-burning Abarth engines of the past. It’ll top the Fiat Nuova 500e line-up.

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New EV electric car calendar

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Alpha Ace Coupe – imagine a full-sized Aussie Racing Car but with an electric motor instead of a bike engine. Aston Martin Valhalla – AMG V8 engine heavily tweaked by Aston Martin topped off with two electric motors. V12 engine meets electric power for F1 pace. Promised by 2025. Due in Australia late in 2022.

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

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Firstly, it’s designed around the new EV platform developed by the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance. A brief ride along in the sleekly aerodynamic EQXX with one of the engineers to helped create it quickly made it clear that there are many ways to make better use of every kWh stored in a battery pack.

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

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It won’t be cheap, but Audi’s e-Tron GT and its more potent RS e-Tron GT sibling promise big performance. But it’s what’s beneath the skin that promises to tempt plenty of people out of the big-powered petrol engines that have dominated at this end of the market. That layout was chosen to maximise interior space and weight.