EV Central

AUGUST 7, 2025

Australia’s cheapest petrol-electric hybrid SUV has been fully specified and rolled into showrooms. The two-model Chery Tiggo 4 Hybrid range starts with the $29,990 drive-away Urban and then steps up to the $34,990 drive-away Ultimate. 2025 Chery Tiggo 4 Hybrid. Chery’s new series-parallel hybrid system combines a 1.5-litre

Chery

EV Central

JUNE 6, 2025

It’s not quite a four-wheeled superhero but the latest additions to the MG HS range brings plenty of EV thinking along with the back-up of petrol for longer journeys. The new addition to MG’s mid-sized SUV model is more expensive than petrol-only models, but with claimed EV range of 120km it promises running costs savings as a tempter.

Chery

EV Central

JULY 25, 2025

A CO2-emitting petrol-electric hybrid that some will reject out of hand and others will regard as moving in the right direction. You can get into Chinese plug-in hybrids for less – much less. But like many of these systems it is happy for the petrol engine to kick in pretty early and often to assist. SCORE: 3.75/5

Hybrid

EV Central

JULY 25, 2025

A CO2-emitting petrol-electric hybrid that some will reject out of hand and others will regard as moving in the right direction. You can get into Chinese plug-in hybrids for less – much less. But like many of these systems it is happy for the petrol engine to kick in pretty early and often to assist. SCORE: 3.75/5

Hybrid

EV Central

JULY 28, 2022

Chery will be the next Chinese brand to attempt to disrupt the Australian auto market, with the car maker following established brands like MG and Great Wall – as well as newcomers like BYD – to our market with the Chery Omoda 5 PHEV.

Chery

EV Central

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Watch out BYD Sealion 6, theres a Chinese plug-in hybrid rival coming in March 2025 intending to capitalise on your success. Its called the Jaecoo J7 PHEV SHS and it will be part of the export-focussed subsidiary of Cherys Australian launch line-up in March 2025. READ MORE: Explained: Whats really going on with EV sales in 2024.

PHEV

EV Central

MARCH 28, 2025

Effectively the slightly posher arm of Chery (another brand some may not be familiar with), the Jaecoo brand has kicked off with the J7, a mid-sized five-seat SUV. While its available with pure petrol propulsion, a new plug-in hybrid EV (PHEV) version – marketed as SHS, or super hybrid system – allows EV-only running.

PHEV

EV Central

MAY 18, 2024

Firstly, it lands the Chinese maker in Australia’s biggest sales segment and, as a plug-in hybrid , it is BYD’s first ICE-powered , CO2-emitting vehicle to go on sale here following the launch of three BEVs since 2022 – the Atto 3 , Dolphin and Shark. litre four-cylinder petrol engine and an 18.3kWh BYD ‘Blade’ LFP battery.

BYD

EV Central

JANUARY 6, 2025

Aussie CO2 standard tough on Toyota, SUVs and utes READ MORE: Ultimate guide to buying an EV in Australia: Everything you need to know Sales of petrol-electric models surged 75 percent in 2024 to 172,696 vehicles almost double the number of BEVs. 23 Chery 197 0.2% 23 Chery 197 0.2% 2 BYD 14,260 15.6% 3 MG 8,239 9.0%

Volvo

EV Central

JANUARY 10, 2025

Many in the industry say its harder getting the mainstream to break their petrol/diesel habit. The next best seller was the Lexus NX, with 6123 sales (351 of which were plug-in hybrids). The others were Chery, Fiat, Jeep, Leapmotor, Skoda, Lotus, Iveco and Volkswagen (14 ID.Buzzes made it into the 2024 sales figures).

Australia

EV Central

DECEMBER 18, 2022

An all-new battery electric and plug-in hybrid ute benchmarked against the Rivian R1T will be one of the headline acts when China’s JAC Motors unleashes a comprehensive attack on the Australian market around mid-decade. litre turbo-petrol engine. In China, an EV version has gone on-sale and a plug-in is also planned.

Australia

EV Central

DECEMBER 30, 2024

But its plug-in rather than pure electric. It primarily does that via a clever PHEV system, which subordinates the petrol engine to its two electric motors to try and make it run on electricity as much as possible. The Shark can truly go outback, just take some jerry cans of petrol with you. READ MORE: Cop that BYD Shark 6!

BYD

EV Central

JANUARY 6, 2024

Due in the second quarter, the BYD Seal U is available globally as a plug-in hybrid EV (PHEV) and a fully electric model. The first of the BYD utes will be a plug-in hybrid that mates a 1.5-litre Chery Omoda 5 EV Chery Omoda 5 EV. Sharing its architecture with the Volkswagen ID.3 BYD Seal U BYD Seal U.

Australia

Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

Though China is clearly way behind the US and Japan in terms of producing petrol powered cars, it hopes to get a jump start on the opposition by skipping this technology and focusing on electrics. Its goal was to be one of the top producers of green cars within three years and a world leader in both electric cars and buses after that.

China

Plug In India

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Video: Electric Car Watch #1: Electric Car Disruption will destroy ICE Electric Car FUD The first thing I want to talk about is the constant FUD -- fear, uncertainty, and doubt -- regarding electric vehicles propagated by ICE car CEOs, the media, ICE-car-centric magazines and websites, and petrol heads. Imagine you have a petrol car.

Electric Cars

EV Central

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Audi RS models – performance flagships set to pick up plug-in hybrid tech as early as 2021. Chery Omoda 5 – Aussie return of Chinese Chery brand kicks off with the Omoda 5, which gets a PHEV drivetrain. Chery has big plans for Australia. Ferrari 296 GTB plug-in hybrid sports car. Audi RS e-Tron GT.

Electric Cars

EV Central

MAY 27, 2025

Chery is set to enter Australia’s crowded dual-cab ute market, only potentially with a major twist, with the Chinese brand working on what could be the world’s first diesel plug-in hybrid powertrain. that’ll be really interesting,” says Chery Australia Chief Operating Officer, Lucas Harris.

Chery

EV Central

APRIL 2, 2025

Its hybrid sibling continues on for now, but is expected to be replaced by a petrol-electric version of the next-generation Seltos compact SUV due in Australia by 2027. The petrol-electric Niro Hybrid S starts at $45,000 plus ORCs and rises to $50,650 for the GT-Line. Kias trail-blazing Niro electric SUV has been axed in Australia.

Kia