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Used EVs – Over The Hill, Or An Absolute Steal?

My Energi

40 i (40 kWh) – Cheap to run, cheap to buy, the Renault Zoe is the perfect all-rounder. Pushing your budget a little further, you can easily stray into the realms of a Kia Niro, Mazda MX-30, MG ZS, Hyundai Kona or DS 3 Crossback. You can pick up an SUV, saloon or estate that’ll keep on going for another decade.

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EV ute overload: The electric pickups coming soon

EV Central

litre turbocharged four-cylinder petrol engine with two electric motors, providing about 100km of EV range as well as the ability to travel further on petrol. The most powerful F-150 Lightning will have up to 433kW and 1051Nm and be capable of faster acceleration than any petrol-powered F-150 before it.

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Kia Niro EV review: All-electric SUV arrives to sit below the EV6

EV Central

Kia Niro EV review: It was only in 2021 that Kia introduced the Niro nameplate to Australia. Instead, it was more about dipping a toe in the electrified water and getting the Kia dealer network ready or the EV onslaught. So instead it’s hybrid and EV tech for Kia’s new entry-level electrified SUV.

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2023 Kia EV6 GT review: Mega-popular electric vehicle put to the seven-day test

EV Central

Snaring a Kia EV6 GT for test is like scoring F1 race day pit passes. Our more grown-up review of the flagship Kia EV is here. Our more grown-up review of the flagship Kia EV is here. Striking thing, this electric SUV-cum-wagon. It, rather amusingly, is $250,000 more than this bonkers Kia. Can I live with that?

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2024 Hyundai Ioniq 5 N: road and track review of a Kia EV6 GT and Tesla Model 3 Performance killer

EV Central

Much has been achieved through fakery – ‘petrol’ engine note and gear shifts included – but there’s been no reason to hide this. This would be typical of most track sessions with a petrol performance car, really. 2024 Hyundai Ioniq 5 N I’m happy to report there’s three big ticks awarded.

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Tesla Model 3 vs Kia EV6 vs Polestar 2 vs Hyundai Ioniq 5: Which one is the best EV in Australia?

EV Central

Then there’s Kia’s EV6 , the first ground-up electric car from the Korean brand. Tesla Model 3 Rear-Wheel Drive, Kia EV6 Air, Hyundai Ioniq 5 RWD, Polestar 2 Single Motor Long Range. Being designed from the outset as EVs, the Tesla, Kia and Hyundai have their e-motors in the rear driving the back wheels.

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New EV electric car calendar

EV Central

All the new electric cars, electric SUVs and electric utes arriving in Australia in 2021, 2022 and 2023. Alfa Romeo Tonale – the Italian brand finally has a rechargeable car in its ranks in the form of the Tonale PHEV compact SUV. Aston Martin DBX PHEV and EV – electrified versions of AM’s first SUV on the cards.