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New EV electric car calendar

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Audi e-Tron GT – the BEV guts of the regular e-Tron (also shared with Porsche’s Taycan) in a coupe-inspired four-door body. Audi RS models – performance flagships set to pick up plug-in hybrid tech as early as 2021. Hummer EV SUV – the ute looks cool and the SUV packs all the tech in a different body.

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Tesla Inside: The Ultimate Vintage Land Rover Retrofit

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This Defender, known for raiding tombs , has raided Tesla’s temple of tech. Porsches, Jaguars, Fiats, VW Beetles and Buses, even Ferraris, have all gone under the knife, with an increasing number of entrepreneurs serving this growing market. liter petrol engine. Some major automakers are even getting in on the act.

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The electric year ahead: Every new EV coming to Australia in 2024

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Sharing its basic layout and compact SUV body with the petrol-powered models that hit the market in 2023, the Chery Omoda 5 EV gets a unique front-end design that appears to improve aerodynamics. Renault Megane e-Tech 2024 Renault Megane E-Tech. Style is a big part of the appeal when it comes to the Megane e-Tech.

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Genesis GV70 Electrified review

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Unlike the recently launched Genesis GV60 – which is built on a bespoke EV architecture – the GV70 Electrified takes the familiar underpinnings of a GV70 running on petrol or diesel and adapts them to EV life. It comes with a safety triangle, a first aid kit, eight airbags and active bonnet to prevent injuries to pedestrians.

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Kia Niro EV review: All-electric SUV arrives to sit below the EV6

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So instead it’s hybrid and EV tech for Kia’s new entry-level electrified SUV. But whereas the EV6 is based on a dedicated EV architecture, the Niro relies on an ICE platform to allow for the petrol engine for the hybrid model. The compact SUV sits under the EV6 from a pricing perspective. Talking point. Kia Niro EV review: Verdict.

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2023 Kia EV6 GT review: Mega-popular electric vehicle put to the seven-day test

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It’s mind-blowing, if not quite in the re-wire brain territory of the Porsche Taycan Turbo S. If you want to keep the tyre mobility kit and power cable bags in the boot, this also eats into space. You feel you’re in a special and exceptionally high-tech offering. The ton is up in 3.5 in an EV that’s a porky 2185kg.

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2024 Kia EV9: why you should buy the Air, not the too-expensive GT-Line

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Call me old fashioned, but at this price give me a classy, single colour tan leather cabin – BMW and Lexus do this so well – or black leather with sporty red stitching a la Porsche. You could buy an EV9 Air, then something like a petrol Kia Cerato hatch as a second car with the money saved. It’s far from relaxing.

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