EV Central

MAY 25, 2025

Is Haval soon to reveal a full electric small/medium SUV ready to challenge Chinese EV cheapies like the BYD Atto 3, Geely EX5, MG S5 EV and Chery Omoda E5? On our recent Shanghai visit, GWM teased this cheeky powder blue number with Haval New SUV plates. GWM Haval Aussie three-row SUV solution emerges READ MORE: Ute Wars!

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EV Central

APRIL 30, 2025

Lynk & Co 900 electric SUV has Land Rover design influence and Mazda pricing, so why arent we getting it in Australia? GWM shocks the auto world at least its a PHEV! Xiao Yao will support BEVs, PHEVs and range extenders, as well as front-, rear- and all-wheel drive. Chery Tiggo 9L 2025 Chery Tiggo 9L.

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EV Central

MAY 6, 2025

PHEVs still growing, but momentum has stalled Speaking of PHEVs , the April 2025 result was a mixed bag. The 2601 PHEV sales last month was almost double the result for the same month in 2024. The BYD Shark 6 helped double PHEV sales in April, but the first-quarter plug-in boom has slowed. percent of the new car market.

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EV Central

DECEMBER 5, 2024

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: 2024 Chery Omoda E5 review: is it too flawed to challenge the BYD Atto 3? 2025 Jaecoo J7 PHEV. 2025 Jaecoo J7 PHEV interior. 2025 Jaecoo J7 PHEV.

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EV Central

MAY 18, 2024

The whirlwind that is BYD’s Australian journey has dropped yet another model on local shores, the Sealion 6 medium SUV. But Australians have shown little interest in PHEVs up to now, preferring plugless hybrids and pure BEVs … if they are interested in electrification at all. It’s a significant arrival for a couple of reasons.

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CN EV Post

JANUARY 4, 2025

" These statements don't agree because no mention of hybrids, either HEV or PHEV models, is mentioned. "Luxeed today launched two EREV variants for the R7." " "Both hybrid variants are powered by a lithium iron phosphate battery pack." The EREV models do not fall under the "hybrid" designation.

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EV Central

JUNE 17, 2025

The BYD Sealion 8 has been locked in for an Australian debut in the first quarter of 2026 as the Chinese brand’s first seven-seat SUV. BYD’s flagship plug-in hybrid powered three-row SUV will go head-to-head with the Kia Sorento PHEV and the Mazda CX-80 PHEV. Based on the car-maker’s next-generation 5.0

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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.

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CN EV Post

APRIL 21, 2023

Among BYD's models, the high-end Yangwang U8 off-road SUV and Denza N7 SUV are equipped with RoboSense's M Series LiDARs. XPeng G6, which debuted at the Shanghai auto show , and the company's two flagship models, the P7i sedan and the G9 SUV, are also equipped with RoboSense's M Series LiDARs. M Series Hesai Lotus Eletre Hall 8.1

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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. These numbers do not include PHEVs or HEVs. 23 Chery 197 0.2% 23 Chery 197 0.2%

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EV Sales

JANUARY 20, 2021

Oh, and if we were to add the 3,082 units of the PHEV version, then the Han would have been 3rd, with 11,483 units, not bad for a flagship model, right? #5 Just counting these four models together, we get a quarter million units, or 20% of the total EV market.

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Baua Electric

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Combined global sales of battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) and plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) increased 33% year on year in September. Meanwhile, PHEVs recorded exceptional growth of 57%, reaching over 600,000 units. The Chery Fengyun T9 PHEV hit 11,156 sales in its fourth month on the market.

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EV Central

JUNE 17, 2024

Since arriving in Australia in 2022, BYD has been on a skyrocketing sales trajectory, gaining instant success with the Atto 3 compact electric SUV. Since then the Chinese brand has added the Dolphin mini-car , Seal sedan and Sealion plug-in hybrid medium SUV.

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EV Central

DECEMBER 18, 2022

JAC will roll out right-hand drive SUVs the same year, while passenger cars will follow after that. The next vehicle they are working on is SUV. Once we have successfully launched 4×4 pick-up we will then move into SUV and you will slowly see them work through their passenger ranges as they enter into the market.

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EV Sales

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

While BEVs were a hot item last month, jumping 81%, to a record 407.000 units, PHEVs were even hooter, shooting 205% in December, allowing them to end the year with 31% of plugin sales, up 5% from the 26% of 2019, giving credit to those that say that PHEVs will still be around for a while. But more on that later.

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EV Central

JANUARY 6, 2024

4, the Q4 e-Tron will be available in a regular SUV body style or a sleeker Sportback, each with a 77kWh battery. Due in the second quarter, the BYD Seal U is available globally as a plug-in hybrid EV (PHEV) and a fully electric model. Chery Omoda 5 EV Chery Omoda 5 EV. Sharing its architecture with the Volkswagen ID.3

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EV Central

DECEMBER 30, 2024

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. With GWM and Ford both adding PHEV dual cab utes in 2025 – and surely more to follow were entering a new and cleaner era for utes. 2025 BYD Shark 6.

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Baua Electric

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Compared to the restrained results of most Western OEMs, the likes of Geely, Changan, Li Auto, Seres (Aito) and Chery did particularly well. This included battery-electric vehicles (BEVs), plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) and extended-range electric vehicles (EREVs). EVs include BEVs and PHEVs. It is also late to the EREV party.

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Baua Electric

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Registrations of EVs , including battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) and plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) set a new record in China in September. BEVs were up 29% in September, to around 644,000 units, while PHEVs jumped 97% to around 479,000 units. This was the fourth month in a row that PHEVs broke their volume record. More than 1.1

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Baua Electric

MAY 7, 2024

At the start of 2023, PHEV subsidies were phased out, resulting in lower PHEV sales compared to 2022, and in December 2023, all EV subsidies ended after a ruling on the Climate and Transformation Fund. In FY2024, electric car and SUV sales in India jumped 90% to over 90,000 units.

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EV Central

APRIL 17, 2024

That’s the task BYD’s rival Chinese brand Chery has set its incoming Omoda E5 electric compact SUV. On-sale from July, the Omoda E5 will be the first battery electric model brought into Australia by Chery since it launched here in early 2023. READ MORE: Chery on top? 2024 Chery Omoda E5 interior.

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EV Central

JUNE 6, 2025

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. The HS Super Hybrid’s biggest rivals are the BYD Sealion 6 and GWM Haval H6GT PHEV. By PHEV standards it’s certainly set up well for that. litres per 100km.

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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. No surprises there are promises of big performance for a PHEV due late in 2022 or early 2023.

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EV Central

MARCH 12, 2025

In February last year Teslas two models were in the list of top 10 sellers outright for the month up with diesel utes and medium SUVs like the Toyota HiLux and RAV4. And despite being in runout ahead of the Juniper update’s arrival, the Tesla Model Y is still a strong seller in the medium SUV space. 2024 BMW i4 eDrive35.

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EV Central

APRIL 2, 2025

Kias trail-blazing Niro electric SUV has been axed in Australia. 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 PHEV was dropped from the range at that time. The post Too expensive!

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EV Central

JUNE 6, 2025

That was enough to make it the ninth best-selling brand in the country (ahead of Volkswagen, Nissan, Subaru, Honda, Chery, MG and many others). The sales fightback came off the back of the refreshed Tesla Model Y which posted 3580 sales, one of the mid-sized SUV’s best results ever. And BYD continues to perform strongly.

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EV Central

OCTOBER 9, 2024

BYD’s Seal sedan (5308 sales year-to-date) and Atto 3 SUV (4926) are third and fourth on the list, and with the BYD Dolphin in seventh (1740), the Chinese brand has shifted almost 12,000 units already this year. Mercedes-Benz is being trumped by BMW, its EQA has sold 829 and EQE SUV 689.

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