EV Central

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

New research has shown how much trouble some top brands including Ford, Nissan, GWM and even Toyota could find themselves because of Australias new CO2 emissions reduction scheme if they dont transition to electric vehicles quickly enough. 2025 Ford Ranger PHEV Stormtrak. 2025 Ford Ranger PHEV Stormtrak.

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Baua Electric

JUNE 11, 2025

Overview IF IT looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck… It’s that kind of abductive reasoning we can just as easily apply to Ford’s new Ranger plug-in hybrid electric vehicle , or PHEV for short. Gross Combined Mass (GCM) for Ranger PHEV is listed at 6580kg.

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CleanTechnica EVs

DECEMBER 7, 2024

BEVs grew volume by 58% YoY, and took a quarter of the market, while PHEV volume was flat. November saw plugin EVs take 35.3% share of the UK auto market, up from 25.7% year on year. Overall auto volume was 153,610 units, down 2% YoY. Tesla was the leading BEV. continued] The post EVs Take 35.3%

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EV Central

JUNE 1, 2025

2025 Hyundai Staria going electric as zero-emissions rival for Ford E-Transit, Volkswagen ID. I want a ute that can compete with the number one [Ford Ranger] and number two ute [Toyota HiLux] in the country. It does not currently sell PHEVs in Australia. But it would likely go on-sale after he left the job. The post Diesel out.

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EV Central

MARCH 23, 2025

Ford Everest and Isuzu MU-X diesel SUVs are culled to avoid CO2 emissions fines READ MORE: Danger signs! It’s not a problem for electric-only brands such as Tesla and Xpeng, but big retail players like Toyota, Ford and Nissan with a heavy reliance on CO2-emitting vehicles and limited EV line-ups might have to take this course of action.

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EV Central

JUNE 9, 2025

Chinese brand JAC has celebrated the beginning of right-hand production of the 2026 T9 Hunter PHEV with a new Australian Edition special unwrapped at the catchily named Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Motor Show. JAC questions competitors’ towing claims by promising the T9 Hunter PHEV ute will offer 3.5-tonne

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EV Central

MAY 31, 2025

The battle for the electrified ute dollar is heating up with the arrival of the GWM Cannon Alpha PHEV. The Cannon Alpha PHEV clearly has the BYD Shark 6 in its crosshairs. Ford Ranger PHEV pricing and specifications announced And its rechargeable hybrid system makes it a tantalising alternative to a diesel Ford Ranger or Toyota Hilux.

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EV Central

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

EV, PHEV and mild hybrid are all being investigated by Isuzu as Australias new CO2 reduction rules are just months away from starting measurement of brand emissions. The D-Max EV was confirmed as one of those technologies in 2024, when it was revealed at the Bangkok motor show in Thailand in 2024 as a concept. Danger signs!

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EV Central

APRIL 24, 2025

The Himla yes Himla was unveiled this week at the Shanghai motor show as part of a huge model offensive by the Chery group’s various divisions. A Ford Ranger-style drive selector was mounted on the centre console. Chery is the latest Chinese brand to unveil an electrified dual cab ute and its looking good to come to Australia.

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EV Central

APRIL 30, 2025

The sheer size of the Shanghai motor show has to be seen to be appreciated. Sixteen halls, each substantially bigger than the entire Melbourne motor show, with around 100 auto brands on display hosting about the same number of global debuts almost all of them electrified in some way. GWM shocks the auto world at least its a PHEV!

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EV Central

APRIL 23, 2025

The 2026 Nissan Frontier Pro has been launched at the Shanghai motor show and been pitched as the ultimate no-compromise electrified plug-in hybrid ute that blends 302kW of power with the full 3500kg towing. Combining a 1.5-litre Rush of new product to lead Nissans survival fight READ MORE: Are diesels days numbered? 2025 Nissan Frontier Pro.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 24, 2025

The Netherlands is one of Europes leading EV markets, with leading volumes of hybrids (PHEVs) and battery-electric vehicles (BEVs). According to data from EV Volumes , PHEV deliveries increased by 31% in the Netherlands during January. However, BEVs remained the most popular electric powertrain, more than doubling the PHEV total.

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EV Central

MARCH 6, 2025

Running until Sunday afternoon, the show will also include vehicles from Audi, Deepal, Farizon, Ford, Skoda, Skywell, Volkswagen, XPeng and Zeekr that are local debuts. Ford Ranger PHEV: Look out BYD Shark 6 and GWM Cannon Alpha! Tesla Model Y Juniper designers explain all Volkswagen ID. 4: Volkswagen ID.4 5 GTX: Volkswagen ID.5

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EV Central

APRIL 6, 2025

READ MORE: MG-owned IM Motors locked-in for Australia in 2025 with IM5 electric saloon and IM6 SUV READ MORE: Its not the new MG4! New MG scooped in China might come to Australia but wont replace existing MG4 READ MORE: 2025 MG S5 makes it debut at the Melbourne motor show. 2025 MG S5 interior as seen at the Melbourne motor show.

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EV Central

APRIL 20, 2025

Its no secret Aussies love their off-road four-wheel drives and two of the hottest sellers are the Toyota Prado and Ford Everest. The G318 has two electric motors for four-wheel drive. But being a range extender means the petrol engine never drives the wheels (as it can in a PHEV). It makes for refined and easy motoring.

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EV Central

MAY 18, 2025

The Cannon Alpha PHEV is launching now in Australia with an orthodox mechanical 4×4 system, higher towing capability than the BYD and more claimed range. The Shark 6 was the first PHEV ute to launch into the 4×4 dual cab-loving Australian market and has achieved immediate sales success. 2025 GWM Cannon Alpha PHEV.

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EV Central

APRIL 18, 2025

MG promises IM Motors electric luxury IM5 and IM6 will be the most advanced cars anyone will be able to buy in Australia this year. The MG ZS Hybrid+ Excite picks up the Hybrid+ appellation because it behaves more like a range extender than a normal plugless hybrid in the way it tries to reserve its e-motor for driving the wheels and its 1.5-litre

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EV Central

MARCH 12, 2025

Sales of battery electric vehicles are down, but Aussies have never embraced so many electric motors to power their vehicles. PHEVs continue to boom Plug-in hybrids are the darlings of the electrified world right now, largely off the back of new product. But theres devil in the detail of the monthly sales figure data.

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EV Central

MARCH 27, 2025

That means it could come with either a 65kWh or a 90kWh battery packs and the choice of a 160kW/300Nm front e-motor, or a more powerful dual-motor all-wheel drive set-up with 290kW/600Nm. litre combustion engine that supplies the electricity needed to drive the electric motors that spin the wheels. per cent.

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EV Central

MARCH 30, 2025

READ MORE: Six appeal: 2025 XPeng G6 headed for Australia to fight refreshed Tesla Model Y with fresh tech and new batteries READ MORE: XPeng M03 and P7+ electric sedans confirmed for Melbourne motor show: But which one will go on-sale in Australia? We cant rely on that [NVES income], Clarke told EV Central. NVES Strikes!

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EV Central

APRIL 25, 2025

Announced at the Shanghai motor show this week, this 4.0-litre litre V8 turbocharged petrol engine with a PHEV backup will propel GWM into an exclusive prestige club. Few vehicles utilise a V8/PHEV combo, and theyre all top tier. twin-turbo petrol V8 PHEV powertrain. V8 PHEV into? petrol engine. petrol engine.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2019

XL unveiled its plug-in hybrid electric Ford Super Duty F-250 pickup truck ( earlier post ) at the NTEA Work Truck Show in Indianapolis. These numbers are consistent with what the PHEV F-150 has been proven to achieve at EPA-certified testing facilities.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Ford revealed the production version of the new Transit Custom plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) at IAA Commercial Vehicle show in Hannover, Germany. The Transit Custom PHEV targets an all-electric driving range of 50 kilometers (31 miles), and uses the multi-award-winning Ford 1.0-liter

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Available in the Grand Cherokee Limited, Trailhawk, Overland, Summit and Summit Reserve, the 4xe propulsion system combines two electric motors, a 400-volt battery pack, 2.0-liter The 4xe PHEV technology targets an estimated 25 miles (40 km) of all-electric range and 57 MPGe and offers: 375 hp and 470 lb-ft of torque.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 12, 2013

Ford Motor Company has begun production of the Focus Electric—the first full-electric vehicle to be built by Ford in Europe—in Saarlouis, Germany. Through the end of May 2013, Ford has sold 1,416 units of the Focus Electric in the US since its introduction in May 2012.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2012

signed an agreement to supply its HVH250 motors to Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide Inc. Quantum will use the motors in its Ford F-150 PHEV program to convert the gasoline powered light-duty pickup trucks to plug-in hybrid operation. The F-150 PHEV comes standard with 4WD, but can also be operated in 2WD mode.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2012

Ford and suppliers are investing $220 million to transform Van Dyke Transmission into a modern operation capable of producing Ford’s new hybrid transmission—HF35—as well as other fuel-efficient transmissions. Ford developed the HF35 supported in part by a grant from the US Department of Energy (DOE). Transfer Gears.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 14, 2018

Ford has begun production of the Deutsche Post StreetScooter WORK XL electric van at its European HQ in Cologne, Germany. Around 180 Ford employees are working in two shifts to build up to 16 WORK XL models per day, providing an annual production capacity of 3,500 units.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

1 Selec-Trac full-time 4WD system, 30 inches of water fording, heavy-duty Dana 44 axles and mud-terrain tires. The Jeep Wrangler Willys 4xe powertrain integrates two electric motors and a 400-volt battery pack with a fuel-efficient, turbocharged, 2.0-liter A second high-voltage motor generator is much more powerful.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

XL, a provider of connected vehicle electrification solutions for commercial, utility and municipal fleets, will unveil a plug-in hybrid electric version of the popular Ford F-250 pickup truck at the NTEA Work Truck show, 5-8 March in Indianapolis. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2012

The United States Advanced Battery Consortium LLC (USABC), an organization whose members are Chrysler Group LLC, Ford Motor Company and General Motors, has awarded a $5.48-million Founded in 1992, USCAR is the collaborative automotive technology company for Chrysler Group LLC, Ford Motor Company and General Motors.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

2014 Accord PHEV. Separately, the Accord Hybrid, also featuring Honda’s new two-motor hybrid system, will launch nationwide next summer with anticipated fuel economy ratings of 49/45/47 city/hwy/combined (4.8/5.2/5.0 Click to enlarge. l/100km respectively). l/100km respectively). l/100km respectively).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

The new Jeep 4xe models follow the introduction of the Jeep Grand Commander PHEV in China last year. The Jeep Wrangler 4xe powertrain integrates two electric motors and a 400-volt battery pack with a fuel-efficient, turbocharged, four-cylinder engine and TorqueFlite eight-speed automatic transmission. liter turbocharged I-4.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 17, 2013

market share, closely followed by Ford, which picked up 0.6 Tesla Motors took 0.6% On the electric vehicle side, Tesla Motors posted 2,308 units of the Model S in California during the second quarter of 2013, representing 44.8% Despite a 0.9 market share. Honda came in a distant second, with 11.8% market share. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 16, 2012

a plug-in hybrid conversion company, says it ia delivering sub-assemblies and components for commercializing its parallel hybrid conversion system on a Ford 350 class 3 truck. The HPEV system uses lead acid batteries to power an electric motor drive which in turn powers a traction motor attached to the rear axle of a vehicle.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2014

The United States Advanced Battery Consortium LLC (USABC), a collaborative organization operated by Chrysler Group LLC, Ford Motor Company and General Motors, has reopened four requests for proposal information (RFPIs) for the development of advanced high-performance batteries for vehicle applications.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2019

Three months since the introduction of the Ultra-Low Emissions Zone (ULEZ) in London, results of a year-long trial in the capital suggest that plug-in hybrid electric (PHEV) commercial vehicles could present the most practical, readily available option for businesses trying to meet clean-air targets in cities. million (US$5.9-million)

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