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2025 MK 8.5 Volkswagen Golf R
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Germany vs Korea: Why electric VW Golf R must challenge Hyundai’s fun-packed Ioniq 5 N

May 30, 2025May 30, 2025 Iain Curry 4329 Views 0 Comments Golf electric, Golf GTI electric, VW electric, VW golf r EV

Petrolheads may weep, but the future’s set for a world without combustion Volkswagen Golf GTIs and Golf Rs. Speaking to

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Haval's prototype small/medium electric SUV, Shanghai 2025
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First drive of Haval’s prototype $40K EV family SUV: Meet the budget buy needed to rival MG’s S5 and BYD’s Atto 3

May 26, 2025May 25, 2025 Iain Curry 8278 Views 0 Comments cheap EV, haval electric, haval ev

Is Haval soon to reveal a full electric small/medium SUV ready to challenge Chinese EV cheapies like the BYD Atto

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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 1649 Views 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 7677 Views 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 4516 Views 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 12193 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 5238 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 46393 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 16789 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 4155 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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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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The best electric cars in Australia in 2024 between $80,000 and $100,000

February 11, 2024 Iain Curry Comments Off on The best electric cars in Australia in 2024 between $80,000 and $100,000
The five best family EVs under $100K: From Tesla and Hyundai to Kia and Mercedes-Benz
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The five best family EVs under $100K: From Tesla and Hyundai to Kia and Mercedes-Benz

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