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2025 BYD Sealion 7 Review: Chinese giant unleashes its alternative to the Tesla Model Y Juniper in Australia

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The Sealion 7 can draw up to 11kW AC charging, or 150kW DC fast charging. It’s cheaper, travels further between charges, gets most of the same kit, and while not as fast, it’s hardly a slow-poke, at least on paper. BYD Sealion 7 boot. The Sealion 7 is just over 4.8m wide and 1.6m SCORE: 3.7/5

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Electrifying Dreams – Bill’s Ultimate DeLorean EV Conversion

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Without any prefab kits, he swapped in the Bolts drivetrain, battery pack, and electronics, fabricating custom mounts, axles and 3D-printed interior components to make it all work. Adding DC fast charging and possibly tackling a Nash Metropolitan EV conversion. The result? His next challenge?

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How To Survive the Winter Driving an EV

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Here are some tips on how to keep your EV charged and running smoothly during the colder months. Keep an Emergency Kit in your Electric Vehicle. Arming yourself with an emergency car kit can help give you peace of mind if you happen to get stranded in the elements. Keep your EV Battery Charged. Keep charged.

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Special 2024 MG 4 XPower review: Brand’s first homegrown hero scores local upgrades that deliver China’s most scorching electric hot hatch

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Now safely, and very suddenly, ensconced within the sales top 10, it has sent its MG 4 XPower hot hatch off to undergo some localisation treatment, scoring new wheels and springs, a new body kit and spoilers, and a generally tougher, more menacing look. When it comes time to charge, the XPower will take 140kW DC charging.

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2024 Toyota bZ4X AWD review: Why driving Toyota’s first electric car on dirt is like chucking a Giraffe in a pool … Really

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The Model Y will travel further, though, claiming 533km between charges, compared to the Toyota’s 411km. While its set up for DC fast charging, it’s limited to 150kW. The cheaper FWD model has everything you actually need – unless you’re the type to push a giraffe into a pool. SCORE: 3.7/5

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2024 Smart #1 and #3 review: Re-born brand delivers compelling Volvo EX30, Tesla and BYD rival

EV Central

There are also hot Brabus versions of each, which feature body kits, racy microfibre suede trim and an additional electric motor over the front end. It’s a busy pool, giving buyers plenty of choice, and Smart’s a welcome returning player, even if it re-launches at a time of EV price reductions and cooling sales. 2024 Smart #1 Brabus.

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2024 Toyota BZ4X FWD review: The Captain Sensible alternative to a Tesla Model Y

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Toyota’s debut EV is firmly middle-of-the-road in terms of price, size, range, performance, charge speed and features. A better-equipped all-wheel-drive’s $74,900 plus charges, so you’re looking at around $70,000 and $79,000 respectively to drive-away. Perhaps predictably, the BZ4X is pragmatism personified.

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