EV Central

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The new year has welcomed a new electric-vehicle heavyweight, with Chinese brand BYD outselling EV giant Tesla in Australia for the first time in January. Tesla models sold a total 1107 vehicles last month, down more than 60 percent on its January 2023 totals, with 723 units of the Model 3 and 384 units of the Model Y delivered.

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EV Central

MARCH 9, 2024

As well a different grille the Solterra has one other big point of difference from the bZ4X: it’s only available as a dual-motor all-wheel drive, whereas many rivals (including the bZ4X) also offer two-wheel drive versions. There’s also a 7.0-inch inch digital instrument cluster and a 12.3-inch Subaru Solterra can go on- or off-road.

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EV Central

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

All 500e grades use a front-mount electric motor offering a reasonable 114kW/235Nm. It’s included as standard and replicates the sound of an Abarth petrol engine through the brand’s signature Record Monza exhaust. More of that green plus Poison Blue is found on double stitching for seats and door panels. Is the price right?

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EV Central

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The Lightning’s Aussie prospects have been boosted by the establishment of a new assembly line in Melbourne that has started converting left-hand drive petrol F-150s imported from the USA to right-hand drive for sale through Ford dealers from November. Have we have had some preliminaries? Are we are intrigued by it because of what it offers?

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EV Central

MARCH 17, 2024

It’s thought initially for the MG 2 to be strictly rear-wheel drive, although a more powerful dual-motor version is feasible as it will sit on the same MSP/Nebula platform as the MG 4 which opens the door for a powerful XPower hot hatch. READ MORE: Park that Toyota Yaris! MG 4 Excite 51 is riced under $40,000.

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EV Central

APRIL 4, 2024

litre four-cylinder turbo petrol with a large electric motor there’s no word on just how powerful the new electrified ute will be. BYD Ute in official spy shots. Combining a small 1.5-litre But rumours suggest the total output will be in excess of 364kW – more than 70kW more than the fastest Ford Ranger Raptor.

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EV Central

JULY 15, 2023

That’s the same petrol-head pow-wow in the English countryside where the Hyundai Ioniq 5 N also made its world debut. READ MORE: Tesla Model Y Performance vs Kia EV6 GT READ MORE: Hyundai Ioniq 5 N driven. It’s called the MG4 EX4 and it’s an electric hyper hatch rolled out at the Goodwood Festival of Speed.

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Electric Vehicles India

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Tesla gets approval for 4 models for India. Tesla a very popular American electric vehicle manufacturer has received its approval to make or import its vehicle variants in India from the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. Tesla’s Model 3 and Model Y variants might be coming to India.

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Push EVs

APRIL 7, 2023

The Tesla Model Y was the overall best selling vehicle of any kind, taking 10.6% Petrol-only vehicles, and HEVs, were essentially flat YoY, and diesels were down by over a third. Petrol share looks set to regularly slide under 20% in Q3 or Q4 this year. year on year. BEVs alone took 41.6% of the market, up from 31.8% PushEVs.

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EV Central

JUNE 26, 2023

Hyundai has vowed to add electrified models of one type or another across its model line in Australia and the Kona is the second to go petrol-electric hybrid after the far more expensive Santa Fe large SUV that starts at $63,000. The e-motor is powered by a 1.32kWh Li-ion polymer battery pack. The Kona Hybrid is powered by a 1.6-litre

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Teslarati

JANUARY 24, 2022

New data from Bloomberg states that Tesla’s Fremont Factory in Northern California was the most-productive automotive plant in the U.S., Last year, Tesla’s Fremont Factory averaged a weekly production pace of 8,550 vehicles. Then in 1984, Toyota’s New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc partnered with GM to run the plant.

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EV Central

APRIL 9, 2024

The Japanese luxury brand Lexus reckons it is finally getting on-top of its stuttering petrol-electric plug-in hybrid roll-out in Australia. litre four-cylinder petrol engine with front and rear e-motors to produce a total output of 227kW. Already, the plugless 350h petrol-electric hybrid is worth around 50 per cent of sales.

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Blink Charging

JULY 28, 2022

At this point, no one is wondering whether EVs are here to stay, but how soon will we get rid of petrol vehicles? When we think about electric cars, the image of Elon Musk shooting a Tesla into space with a Depeche Mode-like dummy promptly comes to our minds. In fact, before burning petrol, most vehicles ran on electric batteries.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 14, 2024

BYD U7 technical details In a post on its official WeChat channel, Yangwang said that the U7 gets more than 1,000hp from four electric motors. litre four-cylinder petrol engine with four electric motors and a 49.1kWh lithium-iron-phosphate (LFP) battery and develops 1,195hp. The REx system of the U8 combines a 2.0-litre

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EV Central

MAY 15, 2024

That’s the belief of David Smitherman, CEO of Australian BYD distributor EVDirect, who is presiding over the local launch of the petrol-electric Sealion 6 at a function in Melbourne tonight. “I I don’t expect that [negative response],” he told EV Central. The passion of the BYD owners is immense,” he added. The passion they have is amazing.

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Push EVs

JULY 14, 2023

The Tesla Model Y was the UK’s bestselling vehicle in June. Since diesel-only powertrains were anyway not usually sold at the very lowest vehicle price points, the modest extra cost of a mild-hybrid system can be swallowed more easily than it can in the least expensive petrol vehicles. of BEV sales, led by the Tesla Model Y.

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EV Central

AUGUST 6, 2023

As with other plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), the Q5 promises the best of both worlds, delivering all-electric motoring for short distances and the freedom of having a fuel tank for those longer adventures. Perhaps helping the TFSIe’s cause is Audi pitching the PHEV as a performance vehicle as much as one for low emissions motoring.

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Drive Electric

JANUARY 20, 2022

The Tesla Model 3 has a drag co-efficient of only 0.23. Any vehicle: van or car, that is powered solely by a battery and electric motors. The future of motoring. HEVs are cars that have both a traditional petrol/diesel engine, as well as an electric motor powered by a battery. kW : Kilowatt (Electric Motor Size).

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EV Central

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Tesla Cybertruck Tesla Cybertruck The top of the pile when it comes to attention, the Cybertruck just about broke the internet when Tesla design chief Franz von Holzhausen broke two of its windows during the global unveil late in 2019. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter! Will it come to Australia?

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EV Central

MARCH 3, 2024

Toyota Prado petrol-electric hybrid SUV coming to Australia as soon as 2024 READ MORE: 2024 Toyota bZ4X pricing announced – be very afraid Tesla Model Y READ MORE: Toyota finally acts on electric vehicles: Can new battery-powered SUV and wild two-seat ‘Celica’ put Japanese giant back on track? READ MORE: Get out of the way diesel!

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EV Central

JANUARY 26, 2024

Even though it’s been designed to be a dedicated EV platform, the new architecture can still home a petrol-electric hybrid powertrain, if needed, while the highly flexible platform is also said to be compatible with front-, rear- or all-wheel drive powertrains.

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EV Central

AUGUST 15, 2023

It’s also the quietest, because instead of a V8 it runs two electric motors. It’s the power (and torque) of electric motors doing the talking. Unlike a petrol engine that prefers some heat in the system and fluids to be flowing, the EQE53 is ready to rumble from the outset. Besides, the motor temps came up swiftly.

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My Energi

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Despite doom and gloom stories about electric motoring dominating the national press for the first few weeks of the year, it is clear to anyone who looks at the data that 2023 will be a great year for electric vehicles in the UK. By the end of 2022, more than 1.1

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EV Central

APRIL 16, 2024

That also means the first Toyota EV sold in Australia could also potentially become the first electric member of Toyota’s GR – or Gazoo Racing – line-up, which up until now has been limited to petrol-sucking models. 2024 Toyota bZ4X and chief engineer Masaya Uchiyama. “On I am very excited to see what I can choose,” Uchiyama said.

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My Energi

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

After all, according to the latest vehicle registration data from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), [1] more than 23,000 battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and 8,900 plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) were sold across the UK in October 2023 alone – six times the number of diesel cars (5,261). But why is this relevant?

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 23, 2013

After the Model S became the best-selling car in Norway (and yes, that includes petrol and diesel models, see Tesla Model S tops sales charts), the electric car maker Tesla Motors has now set its sights on the German market. The company''s CEO and co-founder Elon Musk has announced that Tesla Motors[.].

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DIY Electric Car

JULY 11, 2017

Over the years, we were made to believe that petrol is the best option to run cars. Also, it raises awareness not only to manufacturers but also consumers that we don�t need to be dependent on petrol for our transportation. Tesla Roadster. Tesla has been on the frontline of modern day innovation. Tesla Model S 90D.

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EV Central

JUNE 22, 2022

Peugeot has confirmed its new Tesla Model 3-sized 408 coupe-crossover is headed to Australia and electrification appears certain to be a part of the local model lineup. litre turbo-petrol engine and a front-mounted e-motor making a combined 133kW or 165kW depending on the model. That vehicle is based on the 308 small car.

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Drive Electric

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

With the introduction of the Clean Car Discount in 2022, the skyrocketing prices of petrol and diesel across the country, and the increasing number of EVs available in New Zealand , we are seeing more EVs on our roads than ever before. Petrol and diesel vehicles both use internal combustion engines (ICEs).

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EV Central

OCTOBER 28, 2023

Sitting alongside it at the 2023 Tokyo motor show was the Toyota EPU, described as a “next-generation mid-sized pickup truck concept” that is effectively a futuristic electric Hilux. Traction control systems with electric motors should also perform far better than they do with a petrol or diesel engine.

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Get Electric Vehicle

AUGUST 6, 2021

Yes, it is Tesla and the thing with Tesla is, it’s miles ahead in the race. Daimler, the parent company of Mercedes-Benz, plans to invest more than $47 billion by 2030 to compete with Tesla in the all- electric car market but has cautioned that this transition and focus on EV would affect other aspects of the company.

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Teslarati

JULY 29, 2021

The Chevrolet Camaro, plagued by slow sales figures compared to the rivaled Ford Mustang and Dodge Challenger, could be axed for good by the General Motors-parented company. The Mach-E is an all-electric crossover , large and wide in nature, and is more of a competitor to the Tesla Model Y than the Tesla Model S.

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Drive Electric

MAY 1, 2023

Drive Electric analysis done in March showed the reduction in emissions of vehicles imported since the policy came into effect will save more than 2m tonnes of emissions over the lives of those vehicles, and $100m a year in petrol and diesel. There’s more to do. This discount won’t be needed forever – perhaps only another few years.

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EV Central

AUGUST 5, 2023

It is the first of four SUV models it is launching to the world based on a new platform with all-new engines and featuring Mazda’s first petrol-electric plug-in hybrid drivetrain. It’s the same story for the mild-hybrid inline six-cylinder turbo-petrol (G40e) and turbo-diesel (D50e) CX-60s as well. 2024 Mazda CX-60 Azami.

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EV Central

OCTOBER 26, 2023

READ MORE: BYD Seal hunter: Here’s what we’ve learnt about the new ‘Project Highland’ Tesla Model 3 ahead of its Australian arrival READ MORE: 2024 BYD dual-cab ute leaks: All-new Toyota HiLux and Ford Ranger rival takes shape in new patent images READ MORE: Look out Tesla Model Y? It is claimed to reach 0-100kmh in 3.6

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Green Cars News

JUNE 21, 2013

Hedging its bets, Tesla has proven that its Model S electric saloon is ready to use a battery swapping system of recharging, able to switch its depleted battery for a fresh, fully charged one in less than 90 seconds-faster than you can fill your car with petrol. Tesla Motors' In a live demonstration at its des[.].

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EV Central

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

The yet to be revealed new EV pickup truck will embark on a local engineering development drive within weeks – and around the same time the new BYD Seal arrives to tackle the Tesla Model 3 – ahead of its planned 2024 arrival. litre four-cylinder turbo engine with an electric motor.

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