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Articles by Bruce Newton

Bruce started his career as a daily newspaper journalist but quickly gravitated to the motoring sphere. He has written about motorcycles, motorsport and motor vehicles for nearly 40 years. In that time he has edited Auto Action, Which Car, the GoAuto website and contributed to many fine publications here and internationally.

Bruce has been a freelance writer for 15 years, which allows him to indulge in a passion for mountain bikes when some editors think he’s actually slaving away at the laptop (ssh!). Bruce is a father of three adult daughters and lives on the Western Port coast in Victoria with wife Jane and loyal Dachshund Eddie.

BYD Atto 1 Premium.
Atto 1 BYD EV LATEST News 

BYD Atto 1 price and specification: Chinese city EV confirmed as Australia’s cheapest electric car

November 13, 2025November 13, 2025 Bruce Newton 9828 Views 0 Comments BYD Atto 1

It’s official, the BYD Atto 1 is Australia’s cheapest electric vehicle and one of the cheapest vehicles of any propulsion

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2026 Toyota HiLux BEV.
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Toyota HiLux BEV key numbers revealed ahead of 2026 arrival in Australia: They’re … interesting

November 12, 2025November 13, 2025 Bruce Newton 7847 Views 0 Comments hilux ev, Toyota

Preliminary figures have been released in the UK for the new Toyota HiLux dual cab BEV coming to Australia in

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2025 ninth-generation Toyota HiLux.
HiLux EV LATEST News Toyota 

“Get that on EV Frickin’ Central!”: Toyota boss exults in Australian launch of new HiLux EV in 2026, hydrogen HiLux coming in 2028

November 10, 2025November 10, 2025 Bruce Newton 11771 Views 3 Comments hilux ev, HiLux FCEV, Toyota

Toyota Australia has confirmed the launch of a battery electric dual cab HiLux ute in Australia in the first half

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2025 Ford E-Transit Custom Trend.
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2025 Ford E-Transit Custom Trend Review: This electric delivery van has a lot going for it, so why don’t we rate it higher?

November 7, 2025November 14, 2025 Bruce Newton 1973 Views 0 Comments E-Transit Custom, ford, Ford E-Transit Custom, transit electric, transit EV

At the moment most of the EV focus in Australia is on passenger vehicles. But we need a hell of

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2025 BYD Sealion 8.
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2025 BYD Sealion 8 Premium Review: It’s super-fast and handles like a sports car. Does a seven-seat family SUV really need to behave this way?

November 3, 2025November 5, 2025 Bruce Newton 4361 Views 0 Comments BYD, BYD Sealion 8, Sealion 8

BYD is opening a new front in its war on, well, everyone else who sells cars in Australia, with the

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2026 Honda Super-One Protoype.
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Honda Super-One EV confirmed for Australia: BYD Atto 1 has a Japanese rival. Tiny city car will be a fun and different drive promises Honda

October 30, 2025October 31, 2025 Bruce Newton 11278 Views 0 Comments Honda, Honda Super-One, Super-One, Super-One EV

The first Honda EV to be sold in Australia will be a tiny city car with a sports car attitude

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2026 BYD Baby Shark. Artist rendering.
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Baby Shark revealed! Australia-bound BYD small ute is based on plug-in Sealion 6, targets ultra-low pricing and an EV range beyond 130km

October 28, 2025October 27, 2025 Bruce Newton 14960 Views BYD, BYD ute, Shark 6

Fresh patents filed in Europe suggest BYD is hatching plans for a new ute to sit beneath the popular BYD

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2026 Denza B5.
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2026 Denza B5 Leopard Review: Toyota should be worried, this plug-in hybrid could redefine the Australian 4×4 wagon market

October 27, 2025October 27, 2025 Bruce Newton 6319 Views B5, Denza, Denza B5

The Denza B5 can reset the balance of power in the 4×4 wagon segment in Australia. It’s that simple. To

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2025 BYD Atto 2 Premium.
Atto 2 BYD LATEST Reviews SUV reviews 

2025 BYD Atto 2 Premium Review: Australia’s cheapest compact electric SUV is going to be tough competition for both EVs and ICE … and not just because of the price

October 26, 2025October 25, 2025 Bruce Newton 7783 Views Atto 2, BYD, BYD Atto 2, Cheap EVs

BYD Australia is going to make a big statement when it comes to electric vehicle pricing when it launches the

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2026 Denza Z9 GT.
B5 B8 Denza LATEST News TOP STORIES 

400km recharge in five minutes! BYD hyper-fast 1MW chargers coming to Australia

October 23, 2025November 18, 2025 Bruce Newton 14796 Views BYD, Denza, Megawatt Flash Charger

BYD’s industry-leading one megawatt hyper-fast DC Flash Charger is coming to Australia in 2026 on the direct order of global

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FCEV: Fuel cell hydrogen electric vehicle

January 10, 2021 EV Central team Comments Off on FCEV: Fuel cell hydrogen electric vehicle

Hydrogen electric vehicles, often called hydrogen fuel cells vehicles (FCEV), drive the same as regular EVs. They can have one

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PHEV: Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle

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Mad video: G-force overload as we ride with F1’s Liam Lawson in Ford’s 4000Nm electric SuperVan

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With acceleration to rip the skin from your cheekbones, Ford’s SuperVan 4.2 is an electric Transit with performance from another

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