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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.

Kia EV5 Snowy Drive.
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Kia EV5 Earth Long Range Review: To the top of Australia and down the other side in an EV

March 9, 2025October 7, 2025 Bruce Newton 21001 Views Earth Long Range, EV5, Kia

It sounded like a good idea at the time. Drive a Kia EV5 Earth Long Range from Sydney to Melbourne

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2025 Ford Everest.
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No Ford Everest PHEV! Hybrid Toyota Prado packaging compromises explain why top-selling large SUV won’t go plug-in

March 4, 2025March 3, 2025 Bruce Newton 8942 Views Everest, ford, mild hybrid, PHEV, Prado, ranger, Toyota

Having axed its cheapest and cleanest Everest large SUVs last week because of the New Vehicle Efficiency Standard, Ford says

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2025 Mona M03.
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XPeng M03 and P7+ electric sedans confirmed for Melbourne motor show: But which one will go on-sale in Australia?

March 3, 2025March 3, 2025 Bruce Newton 11714 Views Mona M03, P7+, Xpeng

Emerging Chinese star XPeng will display both a Mona M03 medium hatchback and P7+ large family sedan at the Melbourne

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We can rebuild it! New models promised as China’s struggling Ora EV brand set for Australian overhaul and expansion from 2026

February 28, 2025March 25, 2025 Bruce Newton 10087 Views GWM Australia, Ora, Ora Sport

GWM Australia is hatching a plan to rebirth its forgotten electric vehicle brand Ora. But you are going to have

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2025 XPeng G7. Official homologation photography.
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“That’s the plan”: XPeng G7 electric family SUV confirmed for Australia with pricing set to undercut the Tesla Model Y

February 26, 2025February 25, 2025 Bruce Newton 14154 Views G6, G9, Tesal Model Y Juniper, Xpeng

The bold new XPeng G7 family SUV is confirmed for Australia in 2026 and will undercut the Tesla Model Y

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2022 Ford Everest Platinum.
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NVES Strikes! Ford Everest and Isuzu MU-X diesel SUVs are culled to avoid CO2 emissions fines

February 25, 2025February 25, 2025 Bruce Newton 8228 Views Everest, ford, Isuzu, MU-X, NVES

Multiple models from two of Australia’s top selling diesel SUV line-ups have been culled from the Aussie market because of

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2025 Isuzu D-Max EV.
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Isuzu vows to stay in Australia: Plug-in hybrid research revealed, but questions over D-Max EV confirmation

February 24, 2025February 22, 2025 Bruce Newton 9849 Views co2, D-Max, ev, Isuzu, NVES

Local Isuzu executives have confirmed research is underway into a D-Max plug-in hybrid BYD Shark 6 fighter while at the

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Elon Musk at Tesla Battery Day Presentation
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Aussie EV buyers cool toward Musk! Survey finds Elon is the reason 34% less likely to consider a Tesla

February 20, 2025March 16, 2025 Bruce Newton 9931 Views donald trump, elon musk, Tesla

A new survey has revealed a third of Australian EV buyers are being turned off buying a Tesla by Elon

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Toyota Prado 250-Series
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Danger signs! Latest research shows top ICE brands including Toyota, Ford and Nissan struggling to hit new Aussie CO2 limits

February 17, 2025March 16, 2025 Bruce Newton 10560 Views GWM, nissan, NVES

New research has shown how much trouble some top brands including Ford, Nissan, GWM and even Toyota could find themselves

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2027 Volkswagen ID.1 design sketch.
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Price fighter!  Volkswagen shows more of its cheap Volkswagen ID.1 ahead of 2027 release when it will take on the BYD Dolphin and MG4

February 17, 2025February 16, 2025 Bruce Newton 9550 Views ID.1, Volkswagen

Fresh sketches of the 2027 Volkswagen ID.1 small hatchback have surfaced that reveal how VW’s cheapest EV is shaping up ahead of

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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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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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