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Articles by Iain Curry

2025 Jeep Avenger Summit
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Seven day test: Jeep Avenger Summit – too much fun or just too much?

January 18, 2025February 3, 2025 Iain Curry 7723 Views avenger electric, avenger ev, avenger review, jeep avenger ev, jeep ev

A few debuts for you here. The Jeep Avenger is the hairy-chested brand’s first EV, and Australia’s first full electric

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2024 Chery Omoda E5
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New Year Sales! Chery joins EV price slashing party, trimming $6k from its Omoda E5 SUV

January 11, 2025January 13, 2025 Iain Curry 11712 Views cheap EV, chery omoda e5, ev prices australia, Omoda E5

Chery’s slow-selling Omoda E5 electric SUV has been given a $6000 price cut, dropping cost of entry to $36,990 before

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2025 Genesis GV60 electric small SUV
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Genesis reboots GV60 EV with giant 27-inch screen. A price cut would likely attract more Aussie buyers

January 6, 2025January 6, 2025 Iain Curry 6774 Views 2025 gv60, Genesis EV, Genesis GV60, gv60 electric

Seventy sales. That’s all Genesis Australia managed for its electric GV60 deluxe small SUV in 2024. Aussies bought twice as

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2012 Holden Volt plug-in hybrid
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Why a 12 year-old Holden Volt PHEV is the perfect first car. And it’s not because I’m still drunk | Opinion

January 1, 2025January 1, 2025 Iain Curry 4123 Views holden volt, PHEV, Plug in hybrid, used PHEV

With my head fuzzy from a pre-Christmas cocktail, a mate’s question about the old, over-priced and poor selling 2012-15 Holden

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2024 Volvo EX30 Twin Motor Ultra
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Iain Curry’s best electric car of 2024: Volvo EX30

December 28, 2024December 28, 2024 Iain Curry 11251 Views car of the year, EV coty, volvo ex30

Had to really think about this one. There’s been no runaway standout, but I’ve landed on Volvo’s EX30. Not because

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2025 John Cooper Works Mini Hatch
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Electrifying debut! Aussie pricing and timing revealed for first hot JCW EV Mini hatch and JCW Aceman SUV

December 20, 2024May 7, 2025 Iain Curry 21357 Views Aceman, Hatch, JCW, Mini

The first all-electric John Cooper Works Minis arrive in Australia in the first quarter of 2025 with the hot hatchback

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Lamborghini Revuelto plug-in hybrid
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ICE age to continue! Lamborghini backs a long-term future for high-performance hybrids, says Aussie customers aren’t asking for EVs

December 13, 2024December 13, 2024 Iain Curry 119891 Views lamborghini electric, Lamborghini ev, lamborghini hybrid, lamborghini lanzador

With a blissful, screaming Lamborghini V10 over my shoulder while drifting on a frozen Mongolian lake, this probably isn’t the

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2024 Kia Carnival Hybrid
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2025 Kia Carnival GT-Line Hybrid review: The perfect, pricey family bus?

December 8, 2024December 8, 2024 Iain Curry 11856 Views carnival hybrid, carnival hybrid review, kia carnival hybrid, kia hybrid

The Kia Carnival’s probably the best car in the world. Bold opening statement, but isn’t the purpose of a car

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2024 Porsche Macan.
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2024 Porsche Macan 4 review: Has Porsche over-reached dumping ICE and adding $30K to the price of its most popular premium SUV?

December 7, 2024December 6, 2024 Iain Curry 8505 Views macan electric, Macan EV, porsche ev, porsche macan ev review, review

The Porsche Macan has gone full EV. The petrol is dead and whispers of killing the Golden Goose get louder.

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2025 Porsche Macan 4
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Is Porsche’s EV-only Macan a big gamble?

November 25, 2024November 25, 2024 Iain Curry 9879 Views macan electric, Macan EV, porsche macan ev

Porsche’s Macan medium SUV is the sporting brand’s runaway best-seller in Australia and joins the larger Cayenne SUV to account

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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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VIDEO: Kia EV6 GT-Line AWD review

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