EV Central

JANUARY 23, 2025

Smart has responded to the global slowdown of EV sales by announcing that it will roll out a petrol-electric plug-in hybrid version of its inbound flagship Smart#5 SUV that has been confirmed for Australia. While fuel-use figures for the Smart are yet to be confirmed, the identical powertrain in the Galaxy 7 EM-I uses a claimed 3.8L/100km.

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EV Central

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The new Mitsubishi Triton is joining the petrol-electric plug-in hybrid rush alongside the 2024 BYD ute and 2025 Ford Ranger PHEV. The new PHEV set-up is required because the existing design is for vehicles such as the Outlander SUV with transverse engines and light off-road loads. 2024 Mitsubishi Triton.

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EV Central

MAY 17, 2025

Its a plug-in hybrid five-seat medium SUV freshly on-sale in China and there have already been plenty of hints its headed our way as soon as this year. litre naturally aspirated petrol engine with a single e-motor to power the front wheels via a single speed reduction gear. READ MORE: Yet another Chinese Toyota Prado Fighter!

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EV Central

APRIL 23, 2025

litre turbo-petrol engine and a single e-motor packaged within its transmission, the new Nissan Frontier Pro features a proper mechanical all-wheel drive, ladder-frame chassis and locking rear differential. READ MORE: Nissan Leaf SUV revealed as Tesla Model Y rival! READ MORE: Nissan Leaf SUV revealed as Tesla Model Y rival!

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EV Central

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

BYD has confirmed its first plug-in hybrid model in Australia will be the Seal U, with the petrol-electric SUV now just months away from arrival. litre petrol engine with a 18.3kWh battery and a 145kW electric motor.

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EV Central

MAY 15, 2024

Pricing for the highly-anticipated BYD Sealion 6 plug-in hybrid medium SUV will start at $48,990 plus on-road costs for the entry-level front-wheel drive Dynamic. “This segment [medium SUV] is a 200,000 sales-plus segment. Medium SUV is the biggest new vehicle segment in Australia today. Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV.

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EV Central

JANUARY 1, 2025

With plug-in hybrid sales on the rise in Australia, Lexus has welcomed the NX450h+ PHEV back on sale Down Under for the first time since March 2023 when a stop sale was placed on the popular SUV. For that money you get an SUV that shares a platform and powertrain with the Toyota RAV4 PHEV not offered Down Under. Lexus NX 450h+.

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EV Central

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Mitsubishi says work has begun on a new large SUV that would likely ditch diesel and lean on the company’s plug-in hybrid know-how, which could also mean the triumphant return of one of the brand’s most iconic nameplates. READ MORE: Confirmed! “Let me say multiple powertrains are under study,” Mr Westcott said.

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EV Central

APRIL 30, 2025

Mitsubishi has announced its updated 2025 Mitsubishi Outlander plug-in hybrid will be treated to an Australian-specific suspension and steering tune. The changes are designed to boost the appeal of the strong-selling PHEV SUV against an influx of new opposition. iPhone maker to sell EV in Australia badged as a Mitsubishi.

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EV Central

JANUARY 28, 2025

The Chinese brand, in co-operation with partner Stellantis, has just launched in Australia with the C10 electric mid-sized SUV, but it will also add a range extender plug-in hybrid C10 imminently (Leapmotor calls them Range Extender Electric Vehicles or REEVs). READ MORE: BYD Sealion 6 under threat! 2025 Leapmotor B10. 2025 Leapmotor C16.

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EV Central

MAY 18, 2024

The whirlwind that is BYD’s Australian journey has dropped yet another model on local shores, the Sealion 6 medium SUV. That pricing comfortably undercuts the Sealion 6’s most logical rival, the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV and makes it competitive against the top-selling Toyota RAV4 plugless hybrid. Both Sealion 6s have five seats, a 1.5-litre

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EV Central

AUGUST 6, 2024

The facelifted 2025 Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV is just days away from a full reveal and to prove it the Japanese car-maker has released three new shadowy teasers to whet your appetite for the best-selling plug-in hybrid. Within, it’s almost certain the plug-in hybrid mid-size SUV will get plenty of new in-car tech. New sounds.

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EV Central

MAY 13, 2024

Originally, the Seal U was going to be the nameplate here for the plug-in hybrid mid-size SUV rival for the Toyota RAV4 hybrid and Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV. A single speed transmission is listed for the both the Sealion 6 variants which is thought to be combined with a CVT to blend the petrol and electric powertrains.

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EV Central

DECEMBER 5, 2024

And Jaecoo is talking a big game for the J7, claiming it can cover 90km on electricity alone (based on WLTP testing) and a combined 1200km (its own estimate) once the petrol engine is in play. That compares to the 92km and 1100km the BYD Sealion 2WD 6 claims, while the only other medium PHEV, the Mitsubishi Outlander claims 55km and 1000km.

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EV Central

JANUARY 27, 2023

Enter Mitsubishi’s Outlander PHEV, and a chance to establish, at least from my personal point of view, whether a Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle really is the bridge many Australians need to get over before adopting a fully EV lifestyle (which might, for some people, only arrive when an electric SUV with a 1000km battery eventuates).

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EV Central

MAY 5, 2025

Mazda has slashed its admission price to the plug-in hybrid CX-60 SUV medium SUV by thousands of dollars, just as PHEV tax breaks are ending. litre petrol PHEVs have been slashed along with the orthodox six-cylinder petrol and diesel 48-volt mild hybrid models as Mazda looks to reboot the medium five-seater in Australia.

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EV Central

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Right now, there are three X-Trail medium SUV and one Qashqai compact SUV E-Power models, but none are priced below $50,000 plus on-road costs. Since mid-2024 Toyota has offered only petrol-electric hybrids in its Yaris, Yaris Cross, Corolla, Corolla Cross, Camry, RAV4 and Kluger. READ MORE: Are diesels days numbered?

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Baua Electric

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Overview MITSUBISHI Motors Australia Limited updated its Eclipse Cross range earlier this year , upping the price by $500 and adding a raft of technologies aimed at keeping the dated offering in line with increased competition. Power for the Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross PHEV is sourced from a 94kW/199Nm 2.4-litre

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EV Central

AUGUST 30, 2023

Off-road brand Jeep has announced its Compass compact SUV is going hybrid only in Australia. The plug-in hybrid (PHEV) Jeep Compass 4xe and Compass e-Hybrid will take over the local range in the first half of 2024, replacing the existing petrol and diesel powertrains. 2024 Jeep Compass e-Hybrid. The Compass 4xe comes with 1.3-litre

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

BYD has confirmed its next entrant into the Australian market will be a plug-in hybrid wagon arriving in early 2024 that will enter the huge and lucrative SUV segment to take on the likes of the Toyota RAV4 Hybrid and Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV. The DM-i Yangwang U8 luxury SUV is also pencilled in for late 2025.

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EV Central

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Ford abandons plan to sell Puma Gen-E compact electric SUV in Australia, opts for PHEV van instead READ MORE: Cop that BYD Shark 6! But there are also SUVs, led by the new petrol-electric BYD Sealion 6, which have helped boost interest in PHEV technology. READ MORE: BYD Sealion 6 under threat!

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EV Central

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Aussie CO2 standard tough on Toyota, SUVs and utes READ MORE: Ultimate guide to buying an EV in Australia: Everything you need to know It’s technically correct, but the EV Council figures include battery electric vehicle sales as well as sales of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles ( PHEVs ), the latter adding 20,543 sales to the tally.

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EV Central

JULY 31, 2024

The Tesla Model 3 (10,600 sales) and BYD Seal (4092) do the bulk of the heavy lifting, but the BMW i4 (1177) comfortably outsells its petrol-powered 4-Series alternative (168) and is tantalising close to outselling the 3-Series (1511). Large electric SUVs are picking up pace 2024 Mercedes-Benz EQE 300 SUV. That means 49.5

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EV Central

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Mitsubishi does plug-in hybrids (like in the Outlander ), Toyota does conventional hybrids (like the RAV4 ), and Nissan does e-Power. litre, three-cylinder turbo-petrol engine. The result is a family focused SUV that genuinely falls into the fun-to-drive camp. It is, however, a very convincing take on a more efficient ICE SUV.

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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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Green Cars News

JANUARY 10, 2019

Who’d have thought that the best-selling plug-in hybrid car would be a sizeable SUV? Mitsubishi understood the market when the Outlander first appeared in 2014, combining a 2.0-litre litre petrol engine with an electric motor and a decent battery pack, creating something that was big and green.

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EV Central

JANUARY 2, 2023

But it’s what’s beneath the skin that promises to tempt plenty of people out of the big-powered petrol engines that have dominated at this end of the market. The recently-arrived X1 compact SUV will soon spawn an EV sibling in the form of the BMW iX1. For starters, it’s a mid-sized SUV with the Tesla Model Y in its crosshairs.

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EV Central

JANUARY 6, 2025

Aussie CO2 standard tough on Toyota, SUVs and utes READ MORE: Ultimate guide to buying an EV in Australia: Everything you need to know Sales of petrol-electric models surged 75 percent in 2024 to 172,696 vehicles almost double the number of BEVs. The top selling EV was the Tesla Model Y, with 21,253 sales. 2 BYD 14,260 15.6%

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EV Central

JANUARY 6, 2024

4, the Q4 e-Tron will be available in a regular SUV body style or a sleeker Sportback, each with a 77kWh battery. It’s the former that will show up first but the latter is more interesting because as a mid-sized SUV it would provide more firepower against the Tesla Model Y. Sharing its architecture with the Volkswagen ID.3

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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. 33 Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross Charging hybrid (B) 894 0.81

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Baua Electric

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Less attention is given to the ramifications of having a space-saver spare (or no spare at all), the cost of the annual (or six-monthly) service, cost of replacing those cool 20-inch tyres and the 98RON petrol that must be syphoned by the wallet before being poured into the fuel tank each week. Take the cost of a hybrid, for example.

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Baua Electric

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

Overview LAST month (August) Chinese importer Chery announced initial details of its forthcoming Tiggo 4 Pro small segment SUV ahead of its expected arrival in mid-October. Chery says the Tiggo 4 Pro is Australia’s best-value turbo-powered small SUV, joining the Omoda 5, Tiggo 7 Pro and Tiggo 8 Pro in its local portfolio.

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Baua Electric

OCTOBER 14, 2024

The model competes against other front-wheel drive petrol contenders in the medium SUV segment from all points of the compass. litre turbocharged four-cylinder petrol engine driving the front axle through an Aisin six-speed automatic transmission. This mode doesn’t really need to be used as the 2.0-litre

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Baua Electric

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Overview THE Nissan X-Trail N-Trek recently joined the MY24 X-Trail line-up as a “more adventurous and daring” take on the Medium segment SUV. litre normally aspirated four-cylinder petrol engine and are paired exclusively to a continuously variable transmission (CVT). The Nissan-sourced 2.5-litre

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Baua Electric

MARCH 24, 2025

Priced from $47,990 the model is only $2000 dearer than the petrol model in entry Lux format and $1000 dearer in flagship Ultra guise, while undercutting its hybrid counterparts by $3000 and $5000 respectively. If youre interested in exploring all the Tank 300 can offer, this is a trade-off youre bound to appreciate.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 24, 2025

Priced from $47,990 the model is only $2000 dearer than the petrol model in entry Lux format and $1000 dearer in flagship Ultra guise, while undercutting its hybrid counterparts by $3000 and $5000 respectively. If youre interested in exploring all the Tank 300 can offer, this is a trade-off youre bound to appreciate.

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EV Central

MARCH 21, 2025

From $64,990 before on-roads, or $67,990 plus charges for our range-topping Tribe Edition, the Formentor VZe medium SUV plays in the Tesla Model Y ballpark. Not many new cars today attract comments from total strangers, but the Formentor somehow manages to stand out among the plague of SUVs. Day 1: Handsome chap, arent you?

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