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2024 Porsche Macan review: First drive of one of the most important new electric cars of the year

EV Central

The Porsche Macan is a whole lot more than just another fast SUV. Let me explain… The Macan is Porsche’s top selling car, accounting for about half of the brand’s sales in Australia. Distinguished by its fake air vents on the sides of the rear bumper, the Porsche Macan Turbo makes up to 470kW and 1130Nm and gets to 100km/h in 3.3

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Nico Rosberg collects the first production Rimac Nevera

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” A car needing little introduction, the Croatian electric hypercar boasts a power figure of 1427kW, 2360Nm of torque and a sub two-second 0-100km/h time. Rimac stated Rosberg had: “Been a part of the Rimac journey since he first saw the C_Two concept – which would become Nevera – in person several years ago.

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2024 Volkswagen Touareg Review

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So, if you just want a plush cruisy diesel family SUV, the 170TDI would be a lovely one, but I’d personally make the justification to get into the Elegance for the air suspension and extra features it adds. It is unfathomably fast, sits flat and handles way more convincingly than you might expect from a 2433kg SUV. This update?

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What Are The Benefits of Driving an Electric Car?

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Thanks to the instantaneous way power is delivered via an EV’s electric motors, even the most meek of family cars can have surprisingly good performance. What’s even more impressive is where the power comes from. It’s more expensive to fill up with petrol once, than it is to charge an electric car eight times.

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2024 Hyundai Ioniq 5 N: road and track review of a Kia EV6 GT and Tesla Model 3 Performance killer

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Much has been achieved through fakery – ‘petrol’ engine note and gear shifts included – but there’s been no reason to hide this. What is powering the Hyundai Ioniq 5 N ? Not only is the Ioniq 5 N the most expensive Hyundai ever, it’s also the most powerful by some margin.

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

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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. Kia doesn’t quote a maximum charge power when using faster DC charging , instead cheekily pointing out it can be charged from a 350kW charger (as any other EV capable of DC charging can).

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Octopus launches ‘Electric Dreams’ – An EV leasing company unlocking salary sacrifice for businesses

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Octopus, who already offer business and personal leasing through its Octopus Electric Vehicles brand, has designed their scheme to be low effort and zero cost for a business to set up. If businesses in the UK introduce a scheme like this, they have the power to significantly reduce transport emissions across the UK by 2030.”