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Iain Curry’s best electric car of 2023: Hyundai Ioniq 5 N

EV Central

The Queensland heatwave and festive poolside cocktails have triggered my fun side, ensuring the Hyundai Ioniq 5 N is my pick of 2023’s EVs. 2024 Hyundai Ioniq 5 N being naughty. It’s over double the price of the highest-spec petrol-powered Hyundai i30N: a seriously good value benchmark hot hatch.

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It’s a buyers’ market! Tesla Model 3 and Tesla Model Y dominate  rapidly growing used EV sales in Australia

EV Central

While demand growth for EVs outstrips traditional petrol and diesel vehicles, buyers still have the upper hand in an Australian used electric vehicle market dominated by Tesla. EV sales grew more than 13 per cent in March, which was substantially faster than petrol, diesel and hybrid vehicles. READ MORE: We buy a used Porsche Taycan!

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Track test: Hyundai’s incredible RN22e EV

EV Central

Hyundai RN22e on-track video – come for a ride in this electric funster. This is Hyundai’s RN22e prototype , a full-blown electric vehicle with aero-enhanced Ioniq 6 body and a range of tricks and treats to seemingly do the impossible: offer proper driver involvement in an EV. But all is not as it seems.

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Lotus claims it will be first pure EV sports car brand

EV Central

German giant Porsche is pushing hard on EVs, with the Taycan already on sale and the next Macan SUV set to go electric. Porsche has also committed to transitioning the two-door 718 Boxster and Cayman sports cars to electric by mid-decade. 2040: Honda, Hyundai, Kia, Volkswagen. At this point it’s a hard claim to argue with.

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[PRESS RELEASE] DRIVE ELECTRIC RESPONSE TO CLEAN CAR DISCOUNT CHANGES.

Drive Electric

Drive Electric analysis done in March showed the reduction in emissions of vehicles imported since the policy came into effect will save more than 2m tonnes of emissions over the lives of those vehicles, and $100m a year in petrol and diesel. There’s more to do. This discount won’t be needed forever – perhaps only another few years.

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Norway Again Over 90% Plugin EV Share In November – Legacy ICE At Record Low 5%

CleanTechnica EVs

share in November, with Petrol at just 2.3% Norway, the world’s leading market in the electric vehicle transition, saw plugins take 91.2% share in November, up from 79.9% a year ago. Non-hybridized combustion vehicles saw a record low of under 5.1%

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REPAIRING EVS IN NEW ZEALAND

Drive Electric

The main difference between EVs and petrol or diesel cars (ICEVs)vehicles is how they are powered. In this article, we will explore what happens to old EV batteries in New Zealand and why it’s essential to dispose of them properly. Why are EV repairs different from regular cars?