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Toyota Australia’s bZ4X price warning: ‘it’s not going to be cheap’

EV Central

But rather than the version of the car that is already on sale overseas, the Toyota bZ4X that will arrive late in the year will be an updated model that is yet to be revealed. If you want quality, safety, performance and range, they are expensive. This car will not be a cheap car.”

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Could a tiny $30,000 2024 Hyundai Casper electric SUV challenge the BYD Dolphin and MG4 in Australia?

EV Central

EVCentral’s Korean Casper test Developed to an ultra-low price of “less than €20,000” ($A33,000), Hyundai hopes the Casper EV will democratise electric cars in Europe, while fending off the new wave of cheap electric cars from the likes of MG and BYD. Hyundai is believed to be targeting a range between 200-300km.

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Is misinformation putting the brakes on the used EV market?

My Energi

1] Used plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) also grew in popularity, with sales up 11%. Indeed, as a percentage of total used car sales, plug-in vehicles comprise less than 2% of transactions. Does the range start to drop quickly after purchase? rise on the same period last year. [1] But what’s the truth? How long can you really keep an EV?

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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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Naysayer Alert – the hydrogen red herring

My Electric Car

Proponents believe such a car could be easily refuelled with hydrogen and assumed it would have greater range than a pure all-electric car. Recent developments in lithium ion batteries, and the consequential range improvements of EVs has significantly dampened enthusiasm for hydrogen fuel cells.

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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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Germany March 2021

EV Sales

And in a rebounding overall market (+36% YoY), petrol failed (+7% YoY) to profit from it, while diesel is helplessly in a hell hole (-5%), with its sales continuing to fall, even in the context of a recovering market. BEV), so this market sits firmly in The Disruption Zone.

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