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Its contender to rival the BYD Shark 6 and a rapidly growing number of rivals will be the U9 dual cab 4×4 ute that made its global debut at the Melbourne motor show last night (Friday April 4). A turbo-diesel U9 will be on-sale before the end of 2024, with the PHEV to arrive in 2026. Instead, MG focussed on its 164kW 2.4-litre
Chinese electrified brand BYD has sold its 40,000th vehicle in Australia after less than three years on-sale. That sort of sales result puts BYD in reach of EV champion and global arch-rival Teslas best result of 45,000 Australian sales in 2023. 2024 BYD Atto 3 Premium. Electric ute shock! appeared first on EV Central.
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The show was in fact the global debut of the Hunter – an indication of just how seriously the brand is taking the Australian market – with the dual-cab PHEV locked in for a Q1 2026 launch here. Delivering that grunt is the combination of an all-new 2.0-litre tonne braked towing, and a payload of just under one tonne.
Hyundai wants to skip diesel power and electrify its first dual cab ute, which should be on-sale in Australia before the end of this decade. But rather than go all the way to an EV as had been previously expected, the first Hyundai ute to go on-sale in Australia will likely be a hybrid or plug-in hybrid. The post Diesel out.
Amid all the doom and Boomer gloom about EV sales (as Ive mentioned before, a shocking proportion of Boomers/Old People seem to be scared and angered by electric cars), I was stunned to learn recently that BMW buyers, and their close relatives in the Mini market, are snapping them up at an incredible rate. Mercedes-Benz EQA250.
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The India-bound Volvo S90 facelift packs more features, including a new generation user interface, in addition to a restyled front and rear, and a plug-in hybrid engine for global markets. Powering the Volvo S90 facelift is a plug-in hybrid (PHEV) motor and a mild-hybrid four-cylinder turbocharged petrol engine.
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Another of them, the MG U9 ute, was also making its global debut. MG Motors Australia chief commercial officer Giles Belcher conceded the S5 would be more expensive than the ZS EV, which was heavily discounted at different times during its Australian lifespan and generated strong sales. The ZS EV was number 14 at 1262 sales.
This model is planned for export to select global markets which will be announced in the future.” ” It’s thought if it’s confirmed for Australia the new Frontier Pro will be offered alongside the next-generation Navara – due on-sale in 2026 – as a cost-efficient way to have a plug-in ute among its lineup.
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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! It also coincided with its China on-sale timing.
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of total California auto sales in 2021. The CEC updates its Zero Emission Vehicles (ZEV) sales figures quarterly by analyzing DMV data. Specifically, cumulative sales through the end of 2021 were: 663,014 BEV (62.9%). 379,125 PHEV (36% ). For sales in 2021 only, the shares were: 183,933 BEV (73.5%). California Gov.
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