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Toyota targeted! Cheaper hybrids coming as Kia plans dramatic Aussie petrol-electric expansion

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Hybrid affordability in the Kia Australia line-up will be dramatically improved in 2025 as part of a strategy to ensure the Korean giant sells a record number of vehicles without incurring penalties from Australias new CO2 reduction scheme. litre four-cylinder front-wheel drive models to try and encourage those fleet buyers into hybrid.

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We can rebuild it! Deepal S07 electric SUV gets “re-engineered” safety software, brand aims for “redemption”

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The newly-arrived Chinese brand Deepal is re-engineering the safety software of its S07 electric SUV and hoping its own image will be rebuilt in the process. Luxury hybrid Deepal S09 three-row SUV claims 180km electric range READ MORE: Advantage China? READ MORE: Look out Toyota Kluger! The post We can rebuild it!

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Danger signs! Latest research shows top ICE brands including Toyota, Ford and Nissan struggling to hit new Aussie CO2 limits

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The NVES imposes increasingly stringent CO2 emissions targets for passenger vehicles, utes and SUVs over the next five years with the aim of encouraging the transition away from internal combustion engined vehicles to EV. READ MORE: Which is best for the environment: EV or ICE? 2025 Ford Ranger PHEV Stormtrak.

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Road Test: 2025 Mercedes-Benz EQE SUV 500 4MATIC

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Powerful Midsize Electric Luxury SUV In Mercedes-Benz speak, an EQ badge on a car or SUV means they are only powered by electricity. The 2025 Mercedes-Benz EQE SUV 500 is the most powerful all-electric SUV in the Mercedes-Benz line-up. The EQE SUV 350 is the same size but with a bit less power.

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Shift aside Range Rover, look out Rolls-Royce: Zeekr 9X is China’s new uber SUV, complete with 42,242 laser engravings

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The latest model from the brand that arrived in Australia in 2024, it also teams supercar acceleration with bespoke luxury attention to detail and a groundbreaking new plug-in hybrid drivetrain. metres long its a huge SUV and one thats already been likened to the hulking Rolls-Royce Cullinan. At almost 5.3

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Road Trip: 2025 Honda Civic Hybrid Sport Touring

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Hybrid Return = Best. Honda last put a hybrid power plant in a Civic, its best-selling sedan, in 2015. So when it was announced the Civic Hybrid was coming back, there were high expectations. They were all met and exceeded as the 2025 Honda Civic Hybrid is the best Civic. All-wheel drive is not available.

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Jeep, Ford, Audi PHEV recalls: Battery replacement the next step?

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2023 Ford Escape Plug-in Hybrid Stellantis issued a battery-related recall for the Jeep Wrangler 4xe and Jeep Grand Cherokee 4xe SUVs last October. Audi then recalled its Q5 and A7 plug-in hybrids in December, and Ford then issued a recall for plug-in hybrid versions of the Ford Escape and Lincoln Corsair SUVs in January.

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