EV Central

APRIL 4, 2025

You might be a car-racist I’ve just returned from the Australian launch of the Jaecoo brand, the self-styled “premium SUV” arm of Chinese budget giant Chery. Chery, of course, only returned in 2023 after previously selling four-wheeled horrors here between 2011 and 2014. Hop in, IM, the water’s very warm.

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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

MAY 6, 2025

BYD the EV sales winner Chinese brand BYD was a comfortable EV sales winner in April with 1639 of its 3202 sales pure battery electric vehicles (the rest were plug-in hybrids ). Sales of EVs dropped again in April off the back of a disastrous month for Tesla on the local sales front. percent versus 6.4 READ MORE: Electric overload!

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EV Central

JULY 3, 2025

Aspiring Chinese auto giant GWM has laid down the pricing challenge to the 2026 Toyota RAV4 PHEV with its incoming Haval H6 medium SUV range. For the first time, the popular H6 will include plug-in technology, as well as orthodox ICE and petrol-electric hybrid. The plug-in hybrid Haval H6 2WD employs a 1.5-litre

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EV Central

JULY 8, 2025

The action includes new drive-away prices on the MG3 hatch, ZS small SUV and announced pricing for its new mid-size SUV, the HS hybrid and PHEV. At that pricing the new mid-size SUV is $1800 to $4500 cheaper than a Toyota RAV4, depending on the state you’re registering your car in. 2024 MG MG3. MG ZS Hybrid+ Excite.

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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

APRIL 30, 2025

Lynk & Co 900 electric SUV has Land Rover design influence and Mazda pricing, so why arent we getting it in Australia? READ MORE: Shift aside Range Rover, look out Rolls-Royce: Zeekr 9X is Chinas new uber SUV, complete with 42,242 laser engravings READ MORE: Chery Himla has joined the electrified ute battle!

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EV Central

JULY 15, 2025

And when it arrives, it will join an ever-growing throng of competitors, and not just other plug-in hybrid SUVs – of which the Toyota RAV4 will soon be one – but even other Super Hybrids, too, given it’s a name also used by MG, Chery and Jaecoo. Inside, it nabs a 15.4-inch

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EV Central

JULY 30, 2025

Stephen Collins the Chief Operating Officer of the BYD auto brand in Australia was candid in his acknowledgement of the challenge the likes of BYD, GWM, MG, Geely, Zeekr and Chery pose to some auto brands that have been operating in Australia for decades. He previously spoke to EV Central about the ambitions for the business here. BYD Atto 2.

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The Truth About Cars

JUNE 10, 2025

From Reuters : BYD's move comes at a time of growing competition in Africa's largest automotive market, where sales of new energy vehicles are rising and other Chinese companies — such as GAC, Chery and GWM — are also making inroads. The electrically focused BYD has announced plans to grow operations in South Africa through 2026.

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EV Central

MARCH 12, 2025

Plug-in hybrids and regular hybrids are surging in the sales race off the back of new models and increasing interest in the tech. 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. READ MORE: Confirmed!

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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 electric cars accounted for 9.2

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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

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. Now it never quite felt that hearty, but there’s certainly more than most family SUVs will pump out. Each pairs a 105kW/230Nm petrol engine with two electric motors.

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EV Central

JULY 25, 2025

Which brings us to the Subaru Forester AWD Hybrid medium SUV. You can get into Chinese plug-in hybrids for less – much less. But other people regard hybrids as an acceptable step along the long road to zero emissions. They are at least heading in the right direction. Certainly Subaru is pleased it’s arrived. Let’s find out.

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EV Central

JULY 25, 2025

Which brings us to the Subaru Forester AWD Hybrid medium SUV. You can get into Chinese plug-in hybrids for less – much less. But other people regard hybrids as an acceptable step along the long road to zero emissions. They are at least heading in the right direction. Certainly Subaru is pleased it’s arrived. Let’s find out.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Chery Automobile Co., Ltd, China’s leading vehicle exporter, will launch a new model line of passenger cars and SUVs globally—with plans to begin sales in Europe within the next few years—under a new nameplate: EXEED. With the combined power of the combustion engine and e-motor, the compact SUV will reach 100km/h in 6.0

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 19, 2013

At least two Chinese automakers are bringing some of their new energy vehicles—hybrid, plug-in hybrid and battery-electric—to two of the major international auto shows in the first quarter of this year. Guangzhou Automobile Group Co., Qoros Auto Co. Guangzhou Automobile Group. GAC Group ranks No. Click to enlarge. L/100km (35.6

Detroit

EV Central

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

On the eve of its Australian relaunch, the Chinese auto maker Chery Automobile has revealed a massive rollout of 23 electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles. The first battery electric Chery to arrive in Australia will be the Omoda 5 compact SUV in 2024. 2023 Chery Omoda 5. 2023 Chery Omoda 5.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2009

million plug-in hybrid electric vehicles will be on the road worldwide. The Obama Administration is targeting 1 million plug-ins in the US by 2015.) PHEV programs will focus initially on the small car segment, which will represent 80% of sales in 2015, followed by the small SUV segment with 10% of the market.

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Electric Cars Report

JANUARY 22, 2025

OMODA&JAECOO have unveiled the Super Hybrid System (SHS) as the new identity for their advanced plug-in hybrid platform in the UK. Delivering remarkable performance, it boasts a WLTP fuel efficiency of 403 mpg and a […] The post Chinese JAECOO 7 Plug-in Hybrid SUV available from 35,065 appeared first on Electric Cars Report.

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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

About two-thirds of those debuts were NEVs, including battery electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids. Among BYD's models, the high-end Yangwang U8 off-road SUV and Denza N7 SUV are equipped with RoboSense's M Series LiDARs. M Series RoboSense FAW Hongqi EV SUV E202 Hall 5.1 MSeries RoboSense BYD Yangwang U8 Hall 8.1

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EV Central

MARCH 14, 2024

READ MORE: 2024 BYD Seal U confirmed for Australia: Toyota RAV4 Hybrid and Nissan X-Trail e-Power on notice as plug-in hybrid SUV nears READ MORE: See ya, Tesla: Seal, Dolphin and Atto 3 lift BYD to title of Australia’s best-selling electric vehicle brand in January READ MORE: Revealed: new Chinese EVs, but which could hit Australia?

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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.

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EV Central

MARCH 26, 2025

Each is part of the Chery family and each is coming to Australia over the next few months as part of a plan to spread the value-focused appeal of the Chery brand. Over time, both Omoda and Jaecoo will be offering ICE, plug-in hybrid and battery electric vehicles as part of their line-ups. Another week, another new Chinese brand.

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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. It’s a significant arrival for a couple of reasons. 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.

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EV Central

JUNE 27, 2025

It’s a mid-sized SUV with five doors and sharp pricing and has the BYD Atto 3 and Sealion 7 it’s closer in size to, MG S5 , Leapmotor C10 , XPeng G6 and Kia EV3 and EV5 in its crosshairs. As with key rivals such as MG, Chery and BYD, Geely has value at its heart. Geely’s first car is the EX5 tested here.

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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. I think we have a technology advantage. “If

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EV Central

OCTOBER 4, 2024

But then there’s Zeekr , Xpeng , Deepal, Chery , Jaecoo , Geely — the list goes on and on. READ MORE: Jump for joy: New Leapmotor C16 could provide Aussie families with a cut-price seven seat battery-electric SUV But to do half a million, it would need more than China. MG , GWM , BYD. Ok, we know them. inch driver display and a 14.6-inch

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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. JAC will roll out right-hand drive SUVs the same year, while passenger cars will follow after that. “The 27.5kWh.

Australia

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% READ MORE: Electric overload! per cent of all Volvo sales now EV.

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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. The first of the BYD utes will be a plug-in hybrid that mates a 1.5-litre

Australia

EV Central

JANUARY 10, 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 It looks far less impressive when you consider the stratospheric percentage growth for EVs over recent years. Australians bought a record 91,292 EVs in 2024, an increase of 4.7% Yep, Tesla sales dropped.

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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. A year ago, the technology accounted for 70% of the plug-in sales. 22 November 2024 Read next No major improvement for EU new-car market in October 21 November 2024 Read next What is LPG? million deliveries.

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EV Central

DECEMBER 30, 2024

But its plug-in rather than pure electric. Australia finally joins the ranks of modern, civilised nations in 2025 with the introduction of CO2 emissions restrictions on cars, utes and SUVs. I wrestled with this one for a while because the BYD Shark 6 was the vehicle that impressed me most in 2024. READ MORE: Cop that 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). Despite this, the manufacturer remained the global EV-market leader.

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