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Why 2023 will be another great year for electric vehicles

My Energi

Despite doom and gloom stories about electric motoring dominating the national press for the first few weeks of the year, it is clear to anyone who looks at the data that 2023 will be a great year for electric vehicles in the UK. By the end of 2022, more than 1.1

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EV ute overload: The electric pickups coming soon

EV Central

The local importer has confirmed the BYD ute will be tested in Australia in late 2023 and 2024 ahead of an on-sale later in 2024. 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.

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Volvo makes its last diesel car and puts it in a museum

Baua Electric

Between 2012 and 2016, diesel accounted for half of the company’s global sales. The Torslanda factory has been switched over to making electric motors for the brand’s lineup of full-electric cars. In the US, diesel never had the same traction, due the abundance of cheap gas. Petrol-burning engines are soon to see the same fate.

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Is misinformation putting the brakes on the used EV market?

My Energi

According to insight from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), more than 30,500 second-hand battery electric vehicles (BEVs) changed hands in the second quarter of 2023, an 81.8% 1] Used plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) also grew in popularity, with sales up 11%. rise on the same period last year. [1]

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Naysayer Alert – the hydrogen red herring

My Electric Car

The Honda FCX Clarity FCEV and the Toyota Mirai FCEV, both use an electric drive motor and a battery pack. The motors are highly efficient, they have the same torque characteristics and they are silent. Hence its supply would not be cheap, renewable nor sustainable in the long term.

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Pick me up! Fiat reveals the wild cheap electric ute that will spearhead its reinvention in Australia

EV Central

Fiat has ignored this week’s Geneva motor show and instead gone it alone revealing five all-new radical concepts including a battery-powered ute that it hopes will forge a new path to success in markets such as Australia. Fiat Concept Camper. Fiat Concept Pick-Up. That car will then be followed by one new model every year.”

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2024 Suzuki Swift Hybrid review: Meet the cheapest electrified car now on-sale in Australia

EV Central

In other words it can’t actually run on electricity alone, only assist its petrol engine. litre triple-cylinder petrol engine that combines with a five-speed manual transmission in the cheapest model and with a CVT in the rest. There is a worthy argument EV Central shouldn’t even be reviewing the 2024 Suzuki Swift Hybrid. SCORE: 4.0/5

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