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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.

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$2500 rebates for EV smart chargers launches this month! But guess what? Yep, there are conditions…

January 1, 2025December 31, 2024 Bruce Newton 12628 Views $2500, charging, ev, Rebate, smart charger

A multi-million dollar federal government scheme providing up to $2500 to install an electric vehicle smart charger will commence this

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2025 BYD Shark 6.
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Bruce Newton’s best electrified car of 2024: BYD Shark 6

December 31, 2024December 30, 2024 Bruce Newton 11558 Views BMW iX3, BYD, Neue Klasse, polestar 3, Shark 6

I wrestled with this one for a while because the BYD Shark 6 was the vehicle that impressed me most

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2026 XPeng P7+.
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China’s XPeng reveals astounding roll-out of “more than a dozen” all-new EVs and PHEVs, but how many are coming to Australia?

December 26, 2024December 24, 2024 Bruce Newton 23244 Views G6, G9, Kunpeng, Mona M03, P7+, X9, Xpeng

A senior global XPeng executive has revealed during an Australian visit a massive model expansion that dwarfs any previous publicly

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2025 Mercedes-AMG GLC 63 S E Performance SUV.
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2025 Mercedes-AMG GLC 63 S E Performance SUV Review: A V8 icon slashes the cylinder count and goes plug-in hybrid. Scheiße, what is the world coming to!

December 21, 2024December 20, 2024 Bruce Newton 7016 Views GLC 63 PHEV, Mercedes-AMG

If there is a brand associated with big, noisy and stinky V8s then it’s Mercedes-AMG. But the automotive world waits

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2026 XPeng Mona M03.
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Model rush! XPeng confirms G6 AWD Performance, X9 people mover, updated G9 SUV, Mona M03 Tesla Model 3 fighter and P7+ family car in Australia by 2026!

December 20, 2024December 19, 2024 Bruce Newton 26995 Views G6, G9, Mona M03, P7+, X9, Xpeng

XPeng has opened its doors in Australia and revealed an aggressive model roll-out and sales plan for the next three

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2025 Sealion 7 EV.
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Cheaper EVs! Government announces scheme to slash the cost of buying new and used electric vehicles. But there are conditions…

December 19, 2024December 20, 2024 Bruce Newton 25386 Views BYD, chris bowen, ev, loan, low interest

The federal government has moved to make the purchase of new and used electric vehicles more affordable. It is backing

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BYD Shark 6 Premium in the outback
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BYD Shark 6 and Hyundai Ioniq 5 N the big winners as Aussie new car awards season turns electric!

December 16, 2024December 17, 2024 Bruce Newton 12580 Views BYD, ev, Hyundai, PHEV, Shark 6

Electrified vehicles have swept two major Australian automotive media best car awards announced in recent days. The BYD Shark 6

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2025 BYD Dolphin.
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Revealed! The new look for the 2025 BYD Dolphin EV that is intended to take the fight to the MG4 and GWM Ora

December 16, 2024December 14, 2024 Bruce Newton 20855 Views BYD, Dolphin, GWM Ora, MG4

A little more than three years after it was first launched in China it’s time for the 2025 BYD Dolphin

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2025 GWM Haval Jolion.
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2024 GWM Haval Jolion Lux hybrid review: One of the most affordable hybrids on-sale in Australia and possibly the most annoying

December 14, 2024April 18, 2025 Bruce Newton 8679 Views compact SUV, GWM Haval, hybrid, Jolion

While sales of pure electric vehicles have been increasingly slowly and steadily in Australia in 2024, petrol-electric hybrids have become

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2025 Tesla Model S.
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Form a Q! Cut-price 2025 Tesla Model Q to arrive in the first half of next year as US brand readies small SUV to battle the Hyundai Kona, BYD Atto 3 and MG ZS EV

December 13, 2024December 12, 2024 Bruce Newton 14457 Views Model Q, Tesla

Tesla will finally launch a more affordable EV to sit below its Model 3 and it’s coming sooner than you

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

April 13, 2024 Iain Curry Comments Off on Mad video: G-force overload as we ride with F1’s Liam Lawson in Ford’s 4000Nm electric SuperVan

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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