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 Central

AUGUST 5, 2023

2024 Mazda CX-60 PHEV review: Mazda has been telling us for years it wants to be a premium brand. 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. Just saying… What do you get in the Mazda CX-60 PHEV?

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EV Central

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Instead, it has announced an increased swing toward plug-in hybrids , confirming this morning in a media statement that the Transit Custom PHEV will be coming to Australia in 2025. It will join the much-anticipated PHEV version of the Ranger ute in Ford Australia’s 2025 line-up. 2025 Ford Transit Custom PHEV. The post Axed!

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EV Central

OCTOBER 24, 2022

The Flying Spur plug-in hybrid sedan , priced from $479,100 (plus on-road costs), will be followed within 12 months by a PHEV version of the Bentayga SUV. PHEV versions of the Continental GT and GTC coupe and convertibles should be in Australia by mid-decade. Five EVs are planned for launch in five years under the Beyond 100 plan.

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EV Central

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) are polarising things. Positively put, they offer emissions-free electric driving most of the time, but a petrol engine backup when you need it – very handy, thanks. Mazda CX-60 PHEV, due here in the first half of 2023, put could be priced up to $80,000. Do Australians wants PHEVs, EVs or both?

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

The first PHEV from Australia’s second biggest automotive brand attracts a $12,500 premium over the six-cylinder petrol engine that is expected to account for almost half of all sales for the new “Mazda Premium” model. Mazda CX-60 PHEV. PHEV the CX-60 hero. The CX-60 PHEV teams a 2.5-litre seconds to top 100km/h.

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EV Central

MAY 17, 2025

litre naturally aspirated petrol engine with a single e-motor to power the front wheels via a single speed reduction gear. 2025 Geely EX5 Review: Is this cut-price electric SUV bad news for the Leapmotor C10, BYD Sealion 7 and Tesla Model Y? For the purposes of this article well just keep calling it the Starship.

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 2, 2021

Diesels lost more than half their share year-on-year, falling to just 2.3%, with petrol and plugless hybrids not faring much better. The Tesla Model […]. Norway’s plugin electric vehicle market share in September broke new ground, hitting 91.5% with full electrics alone taking 77.5%

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Controlling for Tesla’s absence (usual at the start of a quarter), this was in fact Norway’s highest ever month for plugin share. Diesel, petrol and plugless hybrids all recorded […]. a year ago.

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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. When it arrives, the Smart #5 will be powered by a plug-in hybrid powertrain that’s already used by other Geely owned car-makers.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 3, 2025

This was followed by petrol vehicles at 76.1 Plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) took the longest amount of time to sell at 82.2 HEVs retained the greatest amount of trade value in January at 52.5%, followed by petrol cars at 50.6%. and PHEVs with 46.1%. Petrol-powered cars saw %RVs fall in February. stock days last month.

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EV Central

MAY 7, 2024

The automotive data analytics expert AutoGrab has released figures showing the BYD Atto 3 and Tesla Model 3 were the fastest-moving of any used vehicles through dealerships in March. There were 48 Tesla Model 3s sold and they took an average 20.1 Tesla Model 3 Rear-Wheel Drive. READ MORE: It’s a buyers’ market! days to sell.

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EV Central

APRIL 25, 2025

Chinas ambitious Zeekr plans zany people-mover, Tesla Model 3 fighter and first PHEV as Aussie ambitions expand READ MORE: How much? The big claims come from a next generation PHEV system that teams a 2.0-litre The big claims come from a next generation PHEV system that teams a 2.0-litre

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EV Central

APRIL 16, 2024

While demand growth for EVs outstrips traditional petrol and diesel vehicles, buyers still have the upper hand in an Australian used electric vehicle market dominated by Tesla. EV sales grew more than 13 per cent in March, which was substantially faster than petrol, diesel and hybrid vehicles. per cent) Tesla Model Y – 596 (7.9

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EV Central

JUNE 17, 2025

BYD’s flagship plug-in hybrid powered three-row SUV will go head-to-head with the Kia Sorento PHEV and the Mazda CX-80 PHEV. READ MORE: BYD Sealion 7 Performance review: Plenty of surprises from Tesla Model Y rival READ MORE: BYD introduces $300K 4×4 flagship!

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EV Central

JANUARY 28, 2025

2025 Leapmotor C10 slashes entry price for medium electric SUVs $10,000 below Tesla Model Y and Kia EV5 READ MORE: 2025 Leapmotor B10 is this Australias cheapest electric SUV? READ MORE: 2024 Leapmotor C10 review: Can this cheaper alternative to the Model Y tempt you from a Tesla? per cent in sales in 2024 and PHEVs 100.2

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CleanTechnica EVs

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Traditional combustion-only petrol and diesel powertrains fell under 50% share for the first time. France saw plugin electric vehicles take 24.4% of the auto market in November, with full electrics (BEVs) alone taking 15.2%. Overall auto registrations in November stood at 133,960 units, up some 10% year on year.

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EV Central

DECEMBER 4, 2024

READ MORE: 2024 EV sales: Tesla and BYD still on top READ MORE: Green light for electric vehicles! While EVs are outselling PHEVs by four to one, sales of PHEVs have doubled in 2024. percent drop in EV sales in November did not include top seller Tesla That’s a big omossion. percent increase over 2023.

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Teslarati

JULY 25, 2021

Some would say that the Tesla Model 3 has opened doors for the EV industry in the mainstream passenger car market. To an experienced professional driver like John Chambers, the Tesla Model 3 might be more than just a good passenger car. . “I And that’s including gas or petrol cars. Credit: Tevo Solutions).

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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. It is known in China as the Song Plus where it is sold as an EV and PHEV and where it will soon be replaced by a new generation. 2024 BYD Sea LIon 7. 2024 BYD Seal U.

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EV Central

MAY 26, 2025

The fifth generation of the nameplate known for forging a new path as a hybrid has so far been left off the menu for Australians due to an anticipated high price and so as not tread on the wheel tracks of the Camry sedan that is now exclusively powered by a petrol-electric hybrid system. 2025 Toyota Prius.

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EV Sales

JANUARY 5, 2021

This time both it was BEVs outpacing PHEVs, with these last ones jumping 222% in December, to 10.337 units, while BEVs (+310%!) had 6.592 registrations, with the plugin split in this year sales ending at 30% for BEVs and 70% PHEVs, with pure electrics dropping 9% regarding 2019, when they had 39% share. Pl Model Sales 1 VW ID.3

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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). That means diesel and petrol still dominates, accounting for 98.6 That means 49.5

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EV Central

MAY 15, 2024

2024 BYD Seal U rebranded BYD Sealion 6 ahead of Australian debut READ MORE: Beijing show: Stunning BYD Ocean-M is a rear-drive electric hot hatch based on an all-new platform It follows three BYD battery electric vehicles into the Aussie market – the Atto 3 , Dolphin and Seal – and will be followed by the BYD Shark PHEV ute before the end of 2024.

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EV Connect

JUNE 25, 2024

While that is a very steep spread, popular vehicles like Tesla or the Chevy Bolt start under $40,000. Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) PHEVs give you the peace of mind of a backup fuel source. You charge the battery of a PHEV as you would a BEV, via Level 1 and Level 2 charging but, you cannot charge using DCFC power.

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

A new-generation petrol-electric hybrid powertrain will be the first step beyond traditional diesel taken by the highly-anticipated new Kia Tasman ute. All-new Mitsubishi Triton and Nissan Navara to score plug-in hybrid petrol powertrains as Toyota RAV4 Hybrid outsells HiLux and Ford Ranger The new 2.5-litre litre turbo-diesel engine.

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Push EVs

APRIL 8, 2023

The Tesla Model Y broke all records, with the highest monthly sales of any vehicle in Norway’s history, with 7,445 units registered, and over 38% of the entire auto market. Plugless hybrids (HEVs) did better than PHEVs, growing their share from a year ago (6.1% March’s combined plugin result of 91.1% comprised 86.8% plugin hybrids.

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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 Pl Model Sales 1 Tesla Model 3 4.232 2 VW ID.3

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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. Lexus Australia halted the sale of the NX plug-in – its first PHEV – back in March 2023 as the waiting list blew out to two years. That is in our plan.” 2022 Lexus NX 450h+ F Sport.

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EV Central

MAY 9, 2024

The covers have come off the latest Chinse electric SUV headed for Aussie shores to tackle the Tesla Model Y. litre turbo-petrol engine and a permanent magnet e-motor to offer 287kW/535Nm. All-up, by 2025, the brand says it will have four PHEVs and three EVs on sale in its home country. Meet the 2025 Geely Galaxy E5.

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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. The French auto giant has already started dabbling in electrification in Australia with the 508 GT Fastback PHEV and the 3008 SUV PHEV.

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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. BYD Seal pricing undercuts Tesla Model 3 by more than $10k! READ MORE: Denied!

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EV Central

JANUARY 6, 2025

Australians bought a record 91,365 new electric vehicles in 2024 and its Tesla that continues to dominate. Every EV coming to Australia in 2025 READ MORE: A deep dive into the state of the EV market led by Tesla and BYD READ MORE: Green light for electric vehicles! Unsurprisingly Tesla is still the sales leader, although a 16.9

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EV Central

OCTOBER 29, 2024

While the Sealion 7 Tesla Model Y fighter is now confirmed for a first quarter 2025 launch, the seven-seat SUV and the hot hatch are not yet locked down. PHEV system. However, an all-new BYD flagship seven-seat SUV also launches soon in China as both a BEV and PHEV. The seven-seater would also most likely be a PHEV.

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EV Central

JANUARY 31, 2024

Used electric vehicles take longer to sell in Australia than petrol and diesel cars and have below average retained value, a new report has found. Unsurprisingly, new EV market leader Tesla was found to be the biggest used EV sales brand, with 4377 examples of its model range changing hands in Australia in 2023. That translates to 37.6

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CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 6, 2022

share, greater than the combined share of old-school petrol and diesel vehicles (32.3%). Sweden saw a record high 60.7% plugin electric vehicle share in December, up from 49.4% share year-on-year. Full battery electric vehicles took the largest share, with 36.4% December’s […].

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CleanTechnica EVs

DECEMBER 3, 2021

share in November, with Petrol at just 2.3% Norway, the world’s leading market in the electric vehicle transition, saw plugins take 91.2% share in November, up from 79.9% a year ago. Non-hybridized combustion vehicles saw a record low of under 5.1%

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