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Articles by Iain Curry

VinFast Wild electric pickup concept at CES 2024, Las Vegas
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VinFast reveals Ford Ranger-sized VF Wild electric ute concept, Aussie DNA included

January 10, 2024January 11, 2024 Iain Curry 8547 Views electric pickup, electric ute, Vinfast, vinfast vf wild

Vietnamese EV startup VinFast has revealed its VF Wild mid-sized ute concept at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las

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Ian Suter's Tesla Model 3
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Used electric vehicle pricing guide: How much you’ll pay for a pre-loved Tesla Model 3, Hyundai Kona Electric, MG ZS EV and many more

December 31, 2023January 1, 2024 Iain Curry 11039 Views australia ev prices, secondhand ev, used electric cars, used ev prices

‘EV values plummet’ has been a regular headline in overseas media this year, as electric car resale values tumble in

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2024 Polestar 2 LR Single Motor
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2024 Polestar 2 RWD review: why the cheaper entry level beats the dual motor AWD

December 21, 2023February 26, 2024 Iain Curry 15693 Views polestar 2, polestar 2 review, polestar 2 rwd, polestar2

It’s no small thing, shifting a car from front- to rear-wheel-drive. Yet here’s Polestar, for the 2024 version of its

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Mazda MX-30 Electric
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Forget the MG4, BYD Dolphin and GWM Ora, buy a $40k Mazda MX-30 EV instead | Opinion

November 29, 2023October 18, 2024 Iain Curry 7443 Views cheap EV, mazda electric, mazda ev, mazda mx-30 electric, mx-30 electric

I think you should buy a Mazda MX-30 Electric… and I’ve not even been drinking. You know, the small SUV

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2024 Hyundai Ioniq 5 N
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2024 Hyundai Ioniq 5 N: road and track review of a Kia EV6 GT and Tesla Model 3 Performance killer

November 22, 2023November 22, 2023 Iain Curry 9890 Views Hyundai Ioniq 5 N, ioniq 5 n review, ioniq 5 n track test

Hyundai’s Ioniq 5 N is here to challenge everything you once thought about electric cars. Boring, silent, and soulless? No

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2023 Kia Soul EV in the UK
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2023 Kia Soul EV review: the cheap electric car Australia missed out on

November 16, 2023November 20, 2023 Iain Curry 7824 Views kia ev3, kia soul ev, kia soul ev review

The Kia Soul was the one that got away for Australians. And it was our own stupid damn fault. Delightfully

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Honda Prelude Concept electric coupe at the Tokyo Motor Show 2023
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Honda Prelude two-door coupe set to return as an electric sportscar

October 25, 2023October 25, 2023 Iain Curry 5123 Views electric prelude, honda electric, honda prelude, prelude concept

Rock up to any self-respecting street car meet in the late 90s or early 2000s and you’d always find a

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2024 Audi Q8 55 e-tron Launch Edition
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2024 Audi Q8 55 e-tron review: Is Audi’s electric SUV flagship a worthy rival to the Mercedes EQE and BMW iX?

October 19, 2023October 19, 2023 Iain Curry 6018 Views Audi, etron, q8 etron, qudi q8 etron

Audi’s simply named e-tron SUV was the luxury brand’s first EV toe in the water, but what to do when

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2023 Peugeot e-Partner
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Peugeot e-Partner electric van loaded vs empty: Range test

October 8, 2023October 8, 2023 Iain Curry 6890 Views electric van, ev van range, Peugeot, peugeot e-partner

Peugeot’s fully electric e-Partner van has an official range of 258km. That is, of course, unless you sling some weight

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2023 Kia Niro GT-Line
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2023 Kia Niro GT-Line review: Kia’s small SUV EV put to the seven-day family test

September 29, 2023September 29, 2023 Iain Curry 7827 Views kia niro, kia niro review, niro ev

The Kia Niro EV is the sensible little brother to the showy, extrovert, headline-stealing EV6. It’s a more sober and

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Happy electric new year! Every EV coming to Australia in 2025
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Happy electric new year! Every EV coming to Australia in 2025

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EV ute overload: The electric pickups coming in 2024
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EV ute overload: The electric pickups coming in 2024

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The electric year ahead: Every EV coming to Australia in 2023
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The electric year ahead: Every EV coming to Australia in 2023

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FCEV: Fuel cell hydrogen electric vehicle
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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

PHEV: Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle
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PHEV: Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle

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Hybrid vehicle
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Hybrid vehicle

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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

VIDEO: Kia EV6 GT-Line AWD review
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VIDEO: Kia EV6 GT-Line AWD review

February 25, 2022 Toby Hagon Comments Off on VIDEO: Kia EV6 GT-Line AWD review

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