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Mercedes-Benz GLC to ditch plug-in hybrid tech for Australia, EVs the focus

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Mercedes-Benz Australia is hitting the brakes on PHEV – plug-in hybrid electric vehicle – sales. “There will be no plug-in hybrid GLCs,” said Mercedes-Benz Australia spokesman Jerry Stamoulis at the vehicle’s international media intro in Spain. But Mercedes-Benz PHEVs will not disappear completely.

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Driven: Mercedes-AMG C63 S E Performance

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Making day-to-day driving a mostly electric experience for owners is the promise, while their internal-combustion engines – ICEs – provide freedom from charging anxiety, plus the ability to easily make long journeys. The new Mercedes-AMG C63 S E Performance isn’t this sort of PHEV.

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How to choose the right electric car charger?

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Charging speed is influenced by several factors, the most critical being the vehicle’s maximum charge rate and its specific charging curve. It’s important to note that the maximum charge rate is just that – a maximum.

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Renault and Opel join the electric camper van party

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Not enough to take you deep into the wilds, but adding 170km through optimal charging – it’s able to DC recharge up to 80kW – should take only 30 minutes. Bettering the Renault’s specification, Opel uses a 75kWh battery and its 100kW charge rate means it can go from 5-80 percent charge in a claimed 48 minutes.

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Your EV range anxiety is making the world ugly – just ask the Tesla Model Y | Opinion

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In the very near future, no one will be ugly, bored, or, sadly, employed, and if technology can manage all of those miracles it will surely also deliver us cars that can drive for 1500km, or more, and then recharge just by parking in direct sunlight for five minutes. It would have to be an EV, but, at present, it doesn’t exist yet.

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Used electric vehicle pricing guide: How much you’ll pay for a pre-loved Tesla Model 3, Hyundai Kona Electric, MG ZS EV and many more

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Late to the party on EV incentives and decent charging infrastructure, only in the past two years have EV sales really made a dent in the Australian market. City slicker 200km range means they’re not for everyone, but these MX-30s drive beautifully and cabins are luxe and specification rich. Now we’re talking.

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Mercedes-AMG EQE53 4matic+ review

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Firstly, the Mercedes-AMG EQE53 is as ferociously quick as the company’s ICE-powered super-sedan equivalent, the famously fire-breathing E63 S, which uses a twin-turbo V8 to do its thing. We’re nearing ski-resort altitude on the winding road, and the EQE53 is doing amazing things. Mercedes-Benz EQE53 4Matic+.