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Articles by John Mahoney

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John Mahoney

One of the UK’s most talented and prolific motoring journalists, John’s work appears in publications across the UK, Europe and Australia. His electric-vehicle knowledge is only matched by his ability to gather important news, and the talented scribe will bring you everything you need to know from the world of EVs, both in Australia and abroad.

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First look! Faster-than-F1 2025 Rimac hypercar will employ next-gen EV powertrain and be insanely quick

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John Mahoney 8423 Views hypercar, Nevera, rimac

Rimac Automobili has begun building anticipation for its long-awaited Rimac Nevera successor. It has posted the first teaser image for

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Honda 0 SUV.
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CES 2025: Wild 0 Series SUV and 0 Saloon prove Honda is serious about daring to be different in its bid to challenge Tesla and Chinese EV makers

January 10, 2025January 10, 2025
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John Mahoney 9967 Views 0 Series, Afeela 1, Honda

Updated 1:27pm 10/01/2025 with Honda Australia comments. The 2026 Honda 0 SUV and 2026 Honda 0 Saloon prototypes have been

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Tesla Model 3 Long Range
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Slow down! Tesla’s growth finally stutters after 10 years, but 2025 is already shaping up to be a corker for the US EV brand

January 9, 2025February 2, 2025 John Mahoney 8634 Views 2024 sales, model 3, model y, Tesla

Tesla has announced 2024 was the first year it didn’t deliver back-to-back growth for 10 years. The US firm produced

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GWM Ora
LATEST News 

A new price leader! The GWM Ora becomes Australia’s cheapest EV with discounted Nissan Leaf close behind

January 8, 2025January 8, 2025 John Mahoney 11455 Views Australia's cheapest EV, GWM Ora, MG4

Australia’s cheapest new electric vehicle is now the GWM Ora hatch. And an unexpected rival has emerged on its tail,

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BYD Seal Performance
LATEST News 

On the rise! BYD sold 4.27 million EVs and PHEVs in 2024, overtaking Ford and Honda – but Tesla still has the edge for EV sales

January 8, 2025January 7, 2025 John Mahoney 10899 Views BYD, EV sales 2024, PHEV sales 2024, Tesla

BYD has announced it sold an incredible 4.27 million cars globally in 2024, representing a massive 41.3 per cent increase

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2025 Tesal Model Y Juniper.
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Spotted! New 2025 Tesla Model Y ‘Juniper’ surfaces again just weeks before reveal and it looks far more than just a super-sized Model 3

January 7, 2025January 10, 2025 John Mahoney 14235 Views ev, Juniper, model y, Tesla

The top-selling 2025 Tesla Model Y has been spotted testing giving us another look at the facelifted mid-size electric SUV

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2025 Firefly.
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Look out MG4 and BYD Dolphin! Distinctive iPhone-eyed Firefly hatch is Chinese luxury brand NIO’s debut budget buy

January 6, 2025February 2, 2025 John Mahoney 7308 Views BYD, Firefly, MG4, Nio

NIO has revealed the first model in its new Firefly budget brand that will spearhead the sub-brand’s expansion into new

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Honda-Nissan-Mitsubsihi merger.
LATEST News 

EV fightback! Can the 2026 Honda-Nissan-Mitsubishi merger finally get Japan competitive against Tesla and the Chinese?

January 3, 2025January 2, 2025 John Mahoney 14920 Views Honda, merger, Mitsubishi, nissan

Nissan and Honda have inked a memorandum of understanding and announced they are plotting to merge and create a powerful Japanese car-making giant.

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2025 Lexus NX 450h+.
LATEST News 

PHEV boost! Popular Lexus NX450h+ plug-in mid-size SUV returns to sale in Australia as Tesla Model Y and Mercedes GLC rival’s production bottleneck finally eases

January 2, 2025January 1, 2025 John Mahoney 12502 Views Lexus, NX450h+, PHEV

With plug-in hybrid sales on the rise in Australia, Lexus has welcomed the NX450h+ PHEV back on sale Down Under

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2024 XPeng G6.
LATEST Opinion 

John Mahoney’s best electric car of 2024: XPeng G6

December 30, 2024December 29, 2024 John Mahoney 16038 Views POrsche 718 EV, Xpeng G6

Our International correspondent has his say It’s been a hell of a year for electric cars and it’s the sheer

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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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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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