EV Central

APRIL 17, 2023

Ford has cracked the door wide open for the new Explorer EV to come to Australia following the decision to axe the Escape SUV locally. It also means Ford doesn’t have a competitor for some of the top selling vehicles in the country, including the Toyota RAV4, Mazda CX-5, Hyundai Tucson, Kia Sportage and Nissan X-Trail.

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EV Central

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Now an eight-year veteran on the Australian scene, the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV was the world’s first plug-in hybrid SUV. The Outlander PHEV’s on the larger end of the mid-size SUV segment, allowing a third row of seats for super-breeders. It shares an all-new platform with the purely petrol Outlander version.

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EV Central

JULY 23, 2023

The plug-in hybrid version of its new Tonale small SUV has gone on sale in Australia, priced from a chunky $77,500 before on-roads for the Alfa Romeo Tonale PHEV. The price puts the Alfa Romeo Tonale PHEV Q4 in line with full electric small SUV rivals such as the Volvo XC40 Pure Electric ($73,990) or Mercedes-Benz EQA 250 ($81,700).

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EV Central

AUGUST 6, 2023

Competitors include just about any mid-sized premium SUV, from the Tesla Model Y to the BMW iX3 and Mercedes-Benz GLE – or even one of Audi’s other Q5s. Roof rails are standard on the SUV but are deleted for the Sportback. And if you want to overtake or win that traffic light grand prix you’ll need to wake the petrol engine.

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Push EVs

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

For example, petrol-only vehicles (with relatively high CO2 emissions) are now taxed much higher in Norway. That’s the reason why there was a December rush of 2,503 petrol-only units, whilst January saw just 36 units, roughly two orders of magnitude less! Their cousin, the Skoda Enyaq, came in third.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

So that was the week that was, with the team having attended a Mazda driving day (look for reviews of the CX-5 petrol automatic and new Mazda2 soon) as well as top secret meetings about all the exciting things coming in 2019 (ssshhhhhh!).

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EV Central

JANUARY 19, 2023

Audi is re-introducing a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) to its Australian line-up from mid-2023 in the form of the Q5 55 TFSI e luxury medium SUV. litre four-cylinder turbo-petrol engine mated with a 105kW/350Nm electric motor integrated into the seven-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission for a combined output of 270kW and 500Nm.

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EV Sales

JANUARY 12, 2021

Looking at the fuels breakdown, if plugins were up in December, the rest is falling quickly: HEVs had just 6% share of the market, petrol vehicles were down to just 3% share (it had 15% a year ago), while diesel had only 5%, while in the same month last year, the black fuel had 22% share.At

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My Energi

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Pushing your budget a little further, you can easily stray into the realms of a Kia Niro, Mazda MX-30, MG ZS, Hyundai Kona or DS 3 Crossback. It might sound obvious, but the latest models have been designed to far outperform their petrol and diesel predecessors. Mythbusting – are used EVs a ticking time bomb? Rising electricity bills.

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EV Central

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Positively put, they offer emissions-free electric driving most of the time, but a petrol engine backup when you need it – very handy, thanks. This, it appears, is of mighty appeal to Mazda Australia as it embarks on a potential plug-in onslaught, starting with its CX-60 PHEV in the first half of 2023. seconds 0-100kmh time.

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EV Info

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Norway also lets EV use bus lanes and special parking bays making ownership more beneficial than ICE in the city, Norway plans to outlaw pure Petrol or Diesel vehicles in 2025 – the country with the earliest ICE free deadline and 5 years before the UK’s deadline. 31 Mazda MX-30 Electric car 950 0.86 Cliff edge.

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My Energi

MARCH 11, 2021

Not yet an owner of such a vehicle, I decided to interview none other than ‘self-confessed Tesla fan girl’ Jordan Brompton; a hardworking mum, successful businesswoman, founder of myenergi and owner of a Tesla Model X SUV. Tesla Model X Plaid SUV. Which was the last petrol / fossil fuel car you owned?

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

Mazda’s all-new CX-5 model will be the first car in the UK to use the car maker’s new fuel efficiency Skyactiv technology. The ground-breaking technology will make its debut in the new compact SUV when UK sales begin in 2012. As such the Japanese car maker hopes to attract interest from fuel economy-conscious private buyers [.].

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EV Sales

JANUARY 18, 2021

In a completely disrupted market, while diesel (-31% YoY) and petrol (-20%) were down in December, all electrified categories were shooting up, with HEVs up 133% YoY, while PHEVs jumped six-fold(!), and BEVs did even better, jumping 7-fold(!!!) This highlights another great month for Volkswagen, which placed 5 models (ID.3,

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EV Central

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Previewed in an Impact Analysis published on Sunday (February 4), the newly renamed National Vehicle Efficiency Standard (NVES), will impose tough CO2 emissions limit on passenger vehicles, SUVs, utes and vans that ramp up around 12 per cent per year from 2025 to 2029 under the government’s preferred model.

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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

Mercedes-AMG EQS53 575km: BMW iX M60, $222,900 With 455kW and 1100Nm on tap, the iX M60 is the first electric SUV to receive the hallowed BMW ‘M’ treatment. Damn good range from its whopping 112kWh battery too. Damn good range from its whopping 112kWh battery too. kWh battery for solid range. kWh battery for solid range.

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

I think you should buy a Mazda MX-30 Electric … and I’ve not even been drinking. You know, the small SUV we panned at its July 2021 launch for its “poor value proposition” Our review , in short, suggested you’d be almost out of your mind to buy one. A petrol MX-30 Astina’s over $46,000 drive-away.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Greenpeace , agrees, and argues that sales of all diesel and petrol vehicles, including hybrids must end by 2030. There is also a push to make those who own SUVs pay a steep annual registration fee to discourage their ownership, as is happening in Washington, D.C. Thereafter, the percentages go up by 10 percentage points each year.

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Drive EV

MARCH 19, 2021

For too long the price difference between petrol and electric models is has been too high, in some cases up to £10,000. If an SUV is what you are after, the Kona is a great option. Mazda MX-30. This move by the government may see this gap narrow as car brands aim to make their models eligible for the grant.

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EV Central

AUGUST 9, 2023

Striking thing, this electric SUV-cum-wagon. Mazda MX-5. That said, I stand by my belief I’d be happier with a comfier, rangier EV6 Air and then buy a fun petrol toy with the money saved. That’s what they call this colour. It’s an extra $3295, but this matte hero hue is peak ‘look at me!’ I come up with a perfect plan.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Mazda Ford Partner was reported to be developing Series PHEV based on Mazda 5 MPV platform. However," he continued, "If carmakers decide not to take advantage of this offer, AFS Trinity intends to raise the funds to begin modifying existing hybrids or manufacture its own 150 mpg SUVs and, eventually, 250 mpg sedans.

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