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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.

2025 Kia EV2 Concept.
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Kia EV2 and EV1 on the local agenda: Cheaper BEVs headed to Australia to help Kia fight aggressive Chinese on price and sales

August 7, 2025August 7, 2025 Bruce Newton 10762 Views EV1, EV2, Kia

The pint-sized Kia EV2 and EV1 battery electric vehicles are officially on the agenda for Australia. The two future EVs

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2025 Foton Tunland.
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China adds another electrified dual cab ute in Australia: Foton Tunland is a budget-priced over-sized diesel 48v mild hybrid

August 6, 2025October 20, 2025 Bruce Newton 10501 Views 48v mild hybrid, Foton, Tunland

China’s Foton has entered the Australian electrified dual-cab ute segment with the sharply-priced super-sized Tunland line-up. Four models are on

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2025 BYD Shark 6 in Australia.
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“We want to take it to the next level”: BYD boss aims to embed Chinese brand in Australia

August 5, 2025September 6, 2025 Bruce Newton 13564 Views australia, BYD, Sealion 6, Sealion 7, Shark 6

If you reckon you’ve heard a lot about and from BYD in recent times standby. As part of a comprehensive

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2023 Hyundai Ioniq 6 Epiq.
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Hyundai’s damning self-assessment: “We do a terrible job with our EVs,” declares local boss, as Tesla, BYD and Kia sprint away in electric sales race

August 5, 2025August 4, 2025 Bruce Newton 7134 Views Elexio, ev, Hyundai, Ioniq 9, Romano

The local boss of Hyundai has lambasted his own company’s efforts to sell EVs in this country. Hyundai Australia CEO

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2026 Kia EV4 GT-LIne hatchback.
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Kia doubles up on EV4! Hatchback set to join sedan in Australia to battle Tesla Model 3. But Kia EV6 range to be reduced

August 1, 2025September 3, 2025 Bruce Newton 11648 Views Air, EV4, EV6, Hatch, Kia, sedan

Kia is set to launch both the electric EV4 medium sedan and hatch in Australia in 2026 as a double-pronged

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2025 BMW i5 M60 xDrive Touring.
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2025 BMW i5 M60 xDrive Touring Review: A great car with relevance deprivation disorder

July 27, 2025July 28, 2025 Bruce Newton 5198 Views bmw, BMW EV, i5 M60 xDrive Touring

You want everyman relevance? Well, you’ve come to the wrong place! The 2025 BMW i5 M60 xDrive Touring is a

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2025 Subaru Forester AWD Hybrid.
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2025 Subaru Forester AWD Hybrid Review: A worthy step along the road to EVs, or not quite good enough? Unpacking the sixth generation of one of Australia’s best known medium SUVs

July 26, 2025July 26, 2025 Bruce Newton 6556 Views AWD Hybrid, Forester, Subaru

When it comes to electrified vehicles some people accept only zero emission EVs. And that’s understandable. But other people regard

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2025 Haval H7 Vanta.
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New Chinese rival for Toyota RAV4 revealed: Haval H7 hybrid joins GWM’s triple-pronged strategy to topple top-selling Toyota in Australia

July 24, 2025July 24, 2025 Bruce Newton 21574 Views GWM, H6 GT PHEV, H7, haval, rav4, Toyota

Chinese giant GWM has revealed the latest weapon in its multi-pronged strategy to topple the Toyota RAV4 hybrid from its

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2025 Audi A6 Sportback e-tron Performance.
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Flagship Audi A6 e-tron EV no guarantee for Australia: SUV mania could signal the local demise of luxury sedan after 30 year run

July 23, 2025July 23, 2025 Bruce Newton 10279 Views A6, A6 e-tron, Audi, Q3, q4

While it eagerly awaits the arrival of electrified SUVs, Audi Australia has admitted the sophisticated new A6 e-tron flagship luxury

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2026 Subaru Uncharted.
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Subaru Uncharted and Trailseeker EVs looking good for Australia: “Watch this space for some exciting announcements” promises local Subaru boss

July 23, 2025July 22, 2025 Bruce Newton 10845 Views solterra, Strong Hybrid, Subaru, Trailseeker, Uncharted

Subaru is expected to soon confirm the Trailseeker and Uncharted electric SUVs will join its Australian line-up. And they could

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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

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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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