EV Central

AUGUST 23, 2023

For a relatively new brand to our shores, Genesis dropping a compact electric SUV at well over $100,000 on the road is a confident flex. Based on Hyundai’s E-GMP EV architecture, it’s a dual motor all-wheel-drive offering 234kW and 605Nm. With its dual motors, all-wheel-drive and 0-100km/h sprint time of 5.5

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EV Central

AUGUST 29, 2023

Toyota’s BZ4X electric SUV won’t arrive in Australian showrooms until February 2024 as the car giant’s first full EV suffers yet another delay. The price Toyota will ask for its first battery-electric offering remains a mystery, although Hanley has previously warned: “It’s not going to be cheap.”

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Yet even with the dominance of electric vehicles like the Model 3 and Model Y from American automaker Tesla, veteran automakers such as Hyundai are still hoping that hydrogen vehicles could eventually find their momentum. ” “Just two years ago, an official at Hyundai told analysts that ‘we do not make a toy like Tesla.’

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

4 is Volkswagen’s first electric SUV. 4 electric SUV most important VW ‘since the Beetle’ READ MORE: X the new I: Sporty GTX version of Volkswagen ID.4 4 is classified as a mid-sized SUV. 4 will have “target pricing similar to our most in-demand SUV, the Tiguan 162TSI R-Line”. What is the Volkswagen ID.4? 4 revealed.

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EV Central

MARCH 27, 2023

We’ll limit our top five to under $100,000 – no small sum, but these days families have had to make peace with combustion SUVs, dual-cab utes and people movers costing $60,000 and upwards. For families, the bottom line is usually more important than dual motor acceleration or fancy seat trim that kids just wipe muck over anyway.

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EV Central

AUGUST 19, 2023

As a motoring writer, this is the question we’re most asked after what’s the best you’ve driven. The Seres 3 SUV. 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).

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EV Central

JANUARY 6, 2024

As well as new models from heavy EV hitters such as Tesla, BYD, Polestar and Volvo, there will be a raft of traditional brands jumping on board the electric car race. The 250kW/679Nm dual-motor all-wheel drive e-Tron 55 Quattro is pricier, at $108,500 plus on-roads. Toyota, Volkswagen and Subaru are chief among them.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 24, 2024

During a ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrating the opening of Phase 2 at its AMP-1 production facility in Arizona, Lucid Motors CEO Peter Rawlinson briefly teased the automaker’s third model in the works – a mid-size EV that will arrive as a direct competitor to the Tesla Model 3 and Model Y. Mid-size is a super exciting program.

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EV Central

JULY 7, 2022

So instead it’s hybrid and EV tech for Kia’s new entry-level electrified SUV. The compact SUV sits under the EV6 from a pricing perspective. But even as a hybrid the Niro doesn’t come particularly cheap. The Niro has seating for five in what is officially a compact SUV body. But it’s spacious by compact SUV standards.

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EV Central

MARCH 22, 2023

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. Mercedes-AMG EQS53 575km: BMW iX M60, $222,900 With 455kW and 1100Nm on tap, the iX M60 is the first electric SUV to receive the hallowed BMW ‘M’ treatment.

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EV Central

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Its price still hasn’t been announced, but most expect the entry-level 150kW/265Nm single motor FWD (with 516km range) to cost over $70,000. High specification or not, Australian Toyota loyalists aren’t used to paying that much for a RAV4-sized SUV. Judging by how all-encompassing it is, it won’t be cheap.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 10, 2024

After overtaking Tesla as the global EV sales leader in the last three months of 2023, BYD continues to expand. But it won’t be cheap. Less than a month ago, BYD launched the Song L electric SUV. Starting at $27,000 (189,800 yuan), the Song L will rival Tesla’s Model Y with up to 411 mi (662 km) CLTC range.

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Volvo has unveiled its EX90 large SUV, a pure electric replacement for the seven-seat XC90. In range-topping Twin Motor Performance guise it boasts dual electric motors with 380kW/910Nm and up to 600km range from its 111kWh (107kW useable) battery. 2024 Volvo EX90 seven-seat electric SUV with 14.5-inch

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 8, 2024

After calling off beats with GM to “beat out Tesla” with a cheap SUV, it has now emerged with news that it is mulling over a $14 billion EV and battery plant in Canada. It may have better luck with its upcoming Prologue SUV , which starts in the upper $40K and will release early this year.

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EV Central

JUNE 24, 2023

Australia’s number one selling car brand will launch its first BEV in October or November when the bZ4X medium SUV – a rival for the dominant Tesla Model Y – goes on-sale. Meanwhile, Hanley promised the bZ4x would be competitive priced against the Tesla Model Y. million to 1.5

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EV Central

JANUARY 2, 2023

While Tesla has set the pace for EV new arrivals over the past couple of years, its dominant market share will come under pressure from the plethora of new arrivals. It won’t be cheap, but Audi’s e-Tron GT and its more potent RS e-Tron GT sibling promise big performance. Look out Tesla, BYD has you in its crosshairs with the Seal.

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EV Central

JULY 10, 2022

The new breed of challengers aims to tempt buyers away from the unofficial EV king – the Tesla Model 3 – by offering a more tempting proposition. Our first combatant is the Tesla Model 3. Granted, the recently-arrived Tesla Model Y makes just as much sense, but it wasn’t available as we were pulling this test together.

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EV Central

JULY 2, 2023

The Kia EV9 electric SUV is the latest in the expanding EV-branded family of electric cars. It’s also by far the largest, utilising the 800-Volt E-GMP architecture in a large SUV body designed to accommodate up to seven people. It will instantly catapult Kia into the luxury SUV air occupied by big name luxury brands.

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The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The biggest issues for EVs were reportedly failing electric drive motors, unreliable charging, and trouble with battery packs. While pure electrics didn’t perform so well, CR did state that the Tesla Model 3 and Model Y were the most mechanically sound EVs in its survey. SUVs, crossovers, and minivans were next.

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EV Central

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Toyota’s launched its first EV in Australia, the $66,000 BZ4X medium SUV landing with a slightly cheaper price than expected. But boy it ain’t cheap. Rough estimates show you’ll spend approximately $1700 a month for the $66,000 single motor BZ4X, or around $1900 monthly for the $74,900 dual motor BZ4X all-wheel-drive.

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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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EV Central

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

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.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 7, 2024

Overview FIRST times can be awkward but thankfully, Toyota’s first electric vehicle – the new bZ4X SUV – comes across as a pretty confident first go at the whole EV thing. It isn’t cheap, though – check the Toyota website to see the costs for your own circumstances.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 25, 2024

China’s upstart electric brands, and even its state-owned, legacy automakers, are racing to pack technology and features once considered premium into EVs as cheap as USD 20,000 – less than half the cost of an average new car in the United States, now more than USD 48,000. The EV with a 300-km (186-mile) range sells for USD 9,600.

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Charged EVs

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

The news that General Motors would relaunch the infamous Hummer name—as an all-electric truck no less—broke a few days before the high-dollar, high-visibility 2020 Super Bowl ad that introduced that vehicle to the world. Before Tesla, they were seen as nerdy golf carts, far from usable as “real cars.” Everything old is new again.

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Its twin motors offer 166kW/350Nm up front and 282kW/390Nm at rear, combining for a mighty 448kW/740Nm: it has almost twice the kW of a normal (and not exactly slow) AWD Ioniq 5. Same for the door rests, although the too-thin recycled material door cards feel too cheap for this price car. What is powering the Hyundai Ioniq 5 N ?

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EV Sales

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

And with the much awaited Tesla Model Y and VW ID.4, Illustrating the current trends of the Chinese EV market, on last month Top 5 we have one full size sedan (BYD Han EV), two midsize sedans (Tesla Model 3 and GAC Aion S), one tiny four seater (Ora Black Cat) and the leader, the incredibly small 4 seater Wuling Mini EV.

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EV Central

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Tesla briefly entered the list of top sellers, with the Model Y also topping the SUV sales charts in September. Toby Hagon: Tesla Model Y. Tesla Model Y Rear-Wheel Drive. It may be the slowest Tesla ever unleashed in entry-level Rear-Wheel Drive guise, but performance is still thoroughly respectable. BYD Atto 3.

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EV Central

JANUARY 3, 2023

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). Since then Tesla has dominated, but BYD is fighting back. No new electric vehicle sold in Australia is cheap, but the BYD Atto 3 is definitely among the most affordable.

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Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Not all succeed as talk is cheap, actions are tough, and many don’t do so well following through. The current line-up, a combination of gasoline-powered and battery electric sedans and SUVs, will be all-electric in 2030.

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EV Central

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Very closely related to the Ioniq 5 crossover SUV and Kia EV6 , it rides on the same E-GMP architecture, has the same 400V/800V ultra-fast charging capability, same (in Long Range guise) 77.4kWh battery and same 239kW/605Nm from its twin motors. An Ioniq 5 with the same battery and motor travels only 507km due to its blockier 0.29

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 15, 2024

Much like matured markets, SUVs stole the show with a share of over 48% of total passenger vehicle sales in the country. Furthermore, new-age players like Tesla and VinFast along with India’s Tata Motors and Mahindra & Mahindra, who are harbouring global ambitions, India’s stake should surely move up further.

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Charged EVs

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

In 2019, Volvo launched the XC40 compact crossover, a boxy but stylish compact SUV with a 2.0-liter It’s called the XC40 Recharge, and the earliest versions aren’t cheap, priced from about $55,000 including delivery. It’s called the XC40 Recharge, and the earliest versions aren’t cheap, priced from about $55,000 including delivery.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 23, 2023

EVs ain’t cheap Price is another EV purchase risk that is comparable to EV range. It is true that there are some EVs that will soon appear in the competitive price range of ICE vehicles like the low-end GM EV Equinox SUV presently priced around $30,000 with a 280-mile range. A Tesla caught up in a mudslide in Silverado Canyon, Calif.,

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EV Central

MAY 11, 2023

Of similar size to a Tesla Model S, the EQE launches here with an entry-level 300 for $134,900; 350 at $154,900 and EQE 53 $214,900, all before on-roads. The money buys an electric motor over the front as well as the rear axle (upping the power and torque), making the 350 all-wheel-drive. The imminent arrival of the EQE SUV version.

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 13, 2021

The Chevrolet Volt was a purpose-built plug-in hybrid, with an electric motor driving the car and a small gas engine that charged the small battery when it was depleted. GM’s signature EV now is the Chevrolet Bolt EV , another new name, which arrived as a 2017 model and promptly won Motor Trend ’s Car of the Year award.

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EV Central

AUGUST 9, 2023

READ MORE: 2023 Kia EV9 review READ MORE: The electric year ahead: Every EV coming to Australia in 2023 READ MORE: The five best family EVs under $100K: From Tesla and Hyundai to Kia and Mercedes-Benz Day 1: Look at Me EV Extrovert: 2023 Kia EV6 GT Moonscape. Striking thing, this electric SUV-cum-wagon.

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