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2025 JCW Mini E 3-door
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2025 Mini JCW Hatch and Aceman Track Review: Can an electric John Cooper Works Mini live up to that fabulous heritage?

May 13, 2025May 13, 2025 Iain Curry 1292 Views 0 Comments electric jcw, john cooper works EV, mini aceman jcw

Blame my English heritage, but I was Sceptic-in Chief ahead of testing the new JCW versions of Mini’s electric line-up.

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2025 Mini Aceman JCW
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Riding high on EVs, Mini adds sizzling electric John Cooper Works Mini hatch and Aceman SUV to its Australian line-up

May 8, 2025May 8, 2025 Iain Curry 7492 Views 0 Comments mini aceman jcw, Mini Cooper E, mini cooper jcw electric

The John Cooper name adorned Jack Brabham’s 1950s F1 title-winning racers, 1960s Monte Carlo Rally-dominating Minis and now – for

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2025 Zeekr 009
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2025 Zeekr 009 Review: The maddest, fastest people mover on sale, but who’ll actually buy one?

May 4, 2025May 3, 2025 Iain Curry 3771 Views 0 Comments Zeekr 009, zeekr 009 review, zeekr australia

In a motoring writer’s career, some cars come along that simply warp one’s brain. The Zeekr 009 people mover is

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2025 Tank 300 Hooke Trail special edition is a candidate for GWM's new V8 PHEV powertrain
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Who builds a new V8 engine in 2025 and why would they do it? GWM shocks the auto world

April 26, 2025May 17, 2025 Iain Curry 11527 Views Cannon V8 PHEV, GWM V8, plug in V8, Tank 300 PHEV, V8 PHEV

Just when we thought the V8 was dying a slow death, up pops China’s GWM with a bent eight plug-in

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Charging a 2025 Leapmotor C10 Design EV
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Seven day test: 2025 Leapmotor C10 Design EV. I’ll check back when you’ve finished it.

April 18, 2025April 17, 2025 Iain Curry 4690 Views C10 Design, Leapmotor C10, Leapmotor C10 Review

Leapmotor is a box fresh Chinese brand on our shores, marketed by auto giant Stellantis (Jeep, Peugeot, RAM, etc.), and

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2026 Longbow Speedster
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See, you can build lightweight EVs! Spectacular sub-1000kg Longbow sports car set for 2026 launch to trump Tesla’s Roadster

April 13, 2025May 12, 2025 Iain Curry 33660 Views electric sportscar, ev sportscar, Longbow EV, longbow roadster, Longbow speedster

British start-up Longbow is promising the first ever “Featherweight Electric Vehicles” (FEVs), with rear-drive Speedster and Roadster models previewed ahead

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IM Motors IM5.
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Why the massive influx of Chinese EVs will end in tears | Opinion

April 5, 2025April 4, 2025 Iain Curry 16384 Views australia chinese cars, Australia chinese evs, cheap EV, Chinese EVs

I’ve been writing about cars and motoring for 25 years, and never known a time like it. New brands and

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2025 Cupra Formentor VZe Tribe Edition PHEV
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Seven day test: 2025 Cupra Formentor PHEV. One for the tribe

March 22, 2025March 21, 2025 Iain Curry 3780 Views Cupra formentor, Cupra Formentor VZe, Cupra PHEV, Formentor PHEV

Life’s about to get harder for the Cupra Formentor VZe. From April 1 2025, it, like every other plug-in hybrid

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2025 Kia EV3 GT-Line
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Kia EV3 price and spec confirmed: Sub-$50,000 drive-away pricing for BYD Atto 3 and Chery Omoda E5 hunter

March 12, 2025March 11, 2025 Iain Curry 7298 Views EV3, ev3 price, kia electric, kia ev3

Kia’s EV3 small SUV will cost from $47,600 when it lands in Australian showrooms later this month, with drive-away pricing

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2025 Audi Q4 55 e-tron SUV
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The fightback begins! Audi lands Q4 and Q6 EVs with more PHEVs and hybrids to follow as it challenges Benz and BMW

March 6, 2025March 5, 2025 Iain Curry 8053 Views audi e-tron, audi PHEV, audi q4, Audi Q6

Audi Australia’s EV sales have been far from stellar since the luxo German brand introduced its e-tron SUV in 2020,

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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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The five best family EVs under $100K: From Tesla and Hyundai to Kia and Mercedes-Benz

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