Charged EVs

JANUARY 5, 2024

One’s a three-row midsize SUV under $60,000; the other’s a compact hatchback that starts in the mid-30s. Still, the 2025 Kia EV9 and 2025 Volvo EX30 stand out as particularly important EVs for 2024. But the first Kia EV9s are starting to arrive at dealerships as you read this. Now we’ve driven both.

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EV Central

MARCH 28, 2023

The Tesla Model Y is already the top-selling prestige SUV on the market, which isn’t a bad effort since until now it has only been available in a single model and only arrived in the country in the second half of 2022. But now there’s another model in the Tesla electric SUV stable, in the form of the Model Y Performance.

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EV Central

MAY 12, 2024

Kia has given us our first glimpse of its inbounded 2024 Kia EV3 that will do battle with the BYD Atto 3 and MG ZS at the bottom end of the EV market. Posting a single picture of the Kia EV3’s Signature Star Map front and rear lighting, it looks like little will change externally from the last year’s Kia EV3 concept.

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EV Central

JULY 10, 2022

The new breed of challengers aims to tempt buyers away from the unofficial EV king – the Tesla Model 3 – by offering a more tempting proposition. Our first combatant is the Tesla Model 3. Granted, the recently-arrived Tesla Model Y makes just as much sense, but it wasn’t available as we were pulling this test together.

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EV Central

AUGUST 9, 2023

Snaring a Kia EV6 GT for test is like scoring F1 race day pit passes. Our more grown-up review of the flagship Kia EV is here. Our more grown-up review of the flagship Kia EV is here. Striking thing, this electric SUV-cum-wagon. It’s mind-blowing, if not quite in the re-wire brain territory of the Porsche Taycan Turbo S.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 5, 2024

One’s a three-row midsize SUV under $60,000; the other’s a compact hatchback that starts in the mid-30s. Still, the 2025 Kia EV9 and 2025 Volvo EX30 stand out as particularly important EVs for 2024. But the first Kia EV9s are starting to arrive at dealerships as you read this. Now we’ve driven both.

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EV Central

MARCH 7, 2024

Toyota’s debut EV is firmly middle-of-the-road in terms of price, size, range, performance, charge speed and features. In the medium SUV EV space, rivals include our runaway best-seller Tesla Model Y , but also the more visually-striking Hyundai Ioniq 5 and Kia EV6. Hyundai and Kia should take note.

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

That’s over $10,000 more than a Kia EV6 GT , $26,000 more than Hyundai’s Ioniq 5 AWD Epiq and, for you combustion fans, a chunky $61,800 over what’s asked for the thrill-bringing Hyundai 130N Premium hot hatch. Quoted charge speed is 350kW, but our previous tests suggest under 250kW is more realistic.

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Clean Fleet Report

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

Road Test: 2023 Volvo C40 Recharge Twin AWD Ultimate The First Volvo Compact SUV Coupe EV The 2023 Volvo C40 Recharge was the first electric-only and the smallest SUV from Volvo, falling in-line with the EX90 and XC40 Recharge. These are the estimated times for the three charging speeds. kW onboard charger.

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

All the new electric cars, electric SUVs and electric utes arriving in Australia in 2021, 2022 and 2023. Alfa Romeo Tonale – the Italian brand finally has a rechargeable car in its ranks in the form of the Tonale PHEV compact SUV. Aston Martin DBX PHEV and EV – electrified versions of AM’s first SUV on the cards.

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EV Central

MARCH 22, 2023

Whether you’re buying a Tesla Model Y , Hyundai Ioniq 5 , Kia EV6 or MG ZS EV , one of the first questions most people have regards the length of the driving range. So just how far can you travel between charges? The BMW i7 limo unashamedly has Rolls-Royce vibes , and includes a 31.3-inch 2023 Cupra Born.

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EV Central

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

What if I told you that you could secure a European electric SUV for less than $60k, with any and every feature you might want or need, and with essentially no wait time for delivery? But it looks like less of a bargain when you pit it against the Tesla Model 3 RWD ($61,900), MG ZS EV Long Range ($55,990), or BYD Atto 3 ($48,011).

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EV Central

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Depending on who you talk to they’re the best of both worlds or the worst of both worlds. ” CX-60 to lead a PHEV charge. We can safely assume the larger CX-70 (two rows of seats), CX-80 (three rows) and CX-90 (three rows) SUVs will also adopt PHEV powertrains, but it’s not something Mazda Australia would confirm.

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Drive Electric

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

These cater for all kinds of budgets, whether you’re looking for an inexpensive city car , a family SUV or a high-end sports car. A nervous feeling that you won’t reach your destination in your electric car on the charge you have available. to fully charge the 80kWh Mercedes EQC with an electricity cost of 14p per kWh.

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EV Central

JANUARY 3, 2023

BYD is an EV manufacturing giant and until 2019 was making more electric vehicles than any other (the arrival of the Tesla Model 3 put an end to that in 2019). Since then Tesla has dominated, but BYD is fighting back. It’s a compact SUV similar in size to a Hyundai Kona, Mazda CX-30 or Toyota Corolla Cross. BYD Atto 3.

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Clean Fleet Report

AUGUST 16, 2023

Next up will be the Polestar 2 with a larger single electric motor and then the company’s first SUV, the Polestar 3. Both measurements are best used to compare EVs as the actual miles you will get from a kWh of battery varies greatly based on the speed you’re traveling, the temperature and the style of driving.

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EV Central

AUGUST 19, 2023

As a motoring writer, this is the question we’re most asked after what’s the best you’ve driven. The Seres 3 SUV. It’s a Hyundai Kona-sized small SUV with a 120kW/300Nm single electric motor up front, 52kWh (useable) battery, 18kWh/100km energy use and a claimed 329km range (WLTP).

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EV Adoption

MARCH 31, 2021

This past week not only had the usual automaker electrification declarations and teases of EVs to come such as the Kia EV6 and Lexus LF-Z concept EV, but we had a huge April Fools’ joke from Volkswagen. It also has up to 800V charging, which allows ultrafast charging from 10–80% in just 18 minutes. Automakers and Models.

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EV Central

AUGUST 23, 2023

For a relatively new brand to our shores, Genesis dropping a compact electric SUV at well over $100,000 on the road is a confident flex. This setup is shared with dual motor versions of the (much cheaper) Hyundai Ioniq 5, Ioniq 6 and Kia EV6. Its advanced 800V electrical system also makes it one of the fastest charging EVs available.

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EV Central

MARCH 27, 2023

We’ll limit our top five to under $100,000 – no small sum, but these days families have had to make peace with combustion SUVs, dual-cab utes and people movers costing $60,000 and upwards. Maximum charge rate’s a fair 100kW, and a bonus is three years free charging on the Chargefox network.

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