Wednesday, December 17, 2025
Latest:
  • Aren’t Smarts meant to be small? Plug-in hybrid Smart #6 sedan sizes up BMW 5 Series and Benz E-Class
  • Hoorah! 2026 MG4 electric hatch to get huge interior upgrade, including dials and buttons!
  • 2026 Mercedes-Benz GLB EV revealed: Mid-size seven-seat SUV boast Benz’s most advanced EV and hybrid tech yet
  • Another sub-$30K EV? Geely EX2 to take on BYD Atto 1 and MG4 from 2026 at budget end of the EV market
  • Confirmed: BYD Sealion 5 is Australia’s cheapest plug-in hybrid SUV, undercutting Chery Tiggo 7 and Geely Starray EM-i
EV Central

EV Central

News, reviews and comparisons of electric cars and SUVs from Australia's most trusted experts

  • News
  • Reviews
    • SUV reviews
    • Car reviews
    • Ute reviews
  • Tech
  • EV FAQ
  • Charging
  • EV types
    • EV or BEV: Electric vehicle or battery electric vehicle
    • Hybrid vehicle
    • PHEV: Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle
    • FCEV: Fuel cell hydrogen electric vehicle
  • Opinion
  • Videos
  • Contact
  • About us

Articles by Stephen Corby

Stephen Corby
Stephen Corby

Stephen Corby is Australia’s most adored, revered and award motoring journalist, at least if you ask his Mum, and has been writing for print and online publications in Australia and around the world for more than 30 years, which makes him older than the idea of electric vehicles.

Or at very least, he’s been around for so long that he can remember people laughing about EVs and using phrases like “this will never catch on” and “who’s going to drive that, the Duracell bunny?”
Indeed, his first experience of driving an electric car – the truly forgettable Mitsubishi I MiEV – was so painfully underwhelming that if you’d told him at at the time he’d one day be working for a website called EVcentral.com.au he’d have laughed his head off, before asking you what the hell a website was.
Stephen gets a hard time from his colleagues and random members of the public for only driving very expensive super cars, but his argument is that no man’s Instagram feed (@stephencorby) is a realistic expression of his actual life.
In a career that has spanned almost every continent (and he’ll damn well get to South America eventually), Stephen has driven on deserts in Mongolia, race tracks in South Africa, snow and ice in Austria, public monuments in Prague, cliff edges in Scotland and across a staggering amount of Australia.
In that time he has worked for Car and Driver and The Washington Times in the US, the Evening Standard and Daily Mail in London as well as the venerable and hugely respected Autocar Magazine and the widely loved Top Gear UK magazine
In Australia has previously been the editor of both Wheels Magazine and Top Gear magazine and was a Car of the Year judge at both publications.
Stephen is also regularly published in The Robb Report where he is also the lone Car of the Year judge, CEO Magazine, Wish Magazine in The Australian newspaper and The Australian online.
He also has a weekly column in The Weekend Australian Magazine.
Stephen also writes for mainstream motoring sites including https://www.carsales.com.au and https://www.carsguide.com.au.
Subaru Solterra
EV LATEST News 

How the 2024 Subaru Solterra will shake up the electric SUV game: Where this AWD EV will out-perform the BYD Seal U and BYD Atto 3

September 6, 2023September 23, 2023 Stephen Corby 4313 Views australia, Subaru Solterra

Subaru has outlined just where it thinks its incoming Solterra will outshine its core competitors, promising that its new electric

Read more
BYD Seal U
EV LATEST News 

Look out Tesla Model Y? 2024 BYD Seal U electric SUV appears as Australian launch looms

September 5, 2023September 5, 2023 Stephen Corby 7444 Views BYD Seal U

The next stage in BYD’s plan for Australia’s electric vehicle market has been unveiled in Germany overnight, with the European

Read more
Autonomous Uber driver
EV Opinion Technology 

We can’t leave questions of Tesla etiquette on Autopilot

September 3, 2023September 30, 2023 Stephen Corby 352250 Views Autonomous, Autonomous driving, Autonomous taxis, Autopilot, Etiquette, ev, EV drivers, Tesla, Tesla Autopilot, Tesla drivers, Uber, Uber drivers

We really need to establish some kind of etiquette for Tesla owners, and for the people who use them to

Read more
LATEST News 

2024 Jeep Compass Hybrid takes aim at Toyota RAV4 Hybrid and Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV

August 31, 2023August 31, 2023 Stephen Corby 4479 Views 4xe, Compass, e-Hybrid, jeep

Off-road brand Jeep has announced its Compass compact SUV is going hybrid only in Australia. The plug-in hybrid (PHEV) Jeep

Read more
Subaru Solterra
EV LATEST News 

Look out BYD Atto 3 and Tesla Model Y? Subaru Solterra order books to finally open as Toyota bZ4X twin arrives in Australia

August 29, 2023August 28, 2023 Stephen Corby 3752 Views australia, BZ4X, electric suv, solterra, Subaru, Toyota

The order books for the delayed Subaru Solterra will finally open in October, with the Japanese brand promising its first

Read more
Tesla Model 3 and Model Y
EV LATEST Make Model List Model 3 Opinion Tesla 

“The Toyota Camry of electric vehicles – every bastard has one”: Sorry, but there’s nothing cool about your Tesla Model 3 or Model Y | Opinion

August 23, 2023November 9, 2023 Stephen Corby 4688 Views australia, Tesla Model 3

Personally, I will never understand how anyone could possibly buy a car entirely online, without ever sitting in it, let

Read more
BYD Seal arrives in Australia
EV LATEST Make Model List Model 3 News Tesla 

China’s Tesla Model 3 Performance fighter arrives in Australia: AWD BYD Seal preps for launch in Sydney

August 22, 2023November 6, 2023 Stephen Corby 5437 Views australia, BYD Seal

BYD’s Tesla Model 3 Performance fighter is edging closer to its local launch, with what appears to be a top-spec

Read more
Bentley Flying Spur Hybrid, which comes with a 2.9-litre V6 twin-turbo and a 100kW electric motor that can provide upwards of 40km of electric driving
EV LATEST Opinion 

Corby answers the $456,000 question: Is the luxury-soaked Bentley Flying Spur the world’s most pointless plug-in hybrid?

August 19, 2023August 19, 2023 Stephen Corby 4230 Views australia, Bentley, Flying Spur, plug-in hybrid

I don’t know about you, but when I picture climate warriors – the kind who’ll chain themselves to things, get

Read more
The 2024 Jeep Avenger
EV LATEST News 

2024 Jeep Avenger locked in for Australia as Tesla Model Y and Kia EV6 rival squares up

August 18, 2023August 31, 2023 Stephen Corby 4735 Views australia, electric suv, Jeep Avenger

The Jeep Avenger will be the American brand’s first fully electrified SUV in Australia, with executives today confirming a 2024

Read more
Kia EV9 looks striking in blue
EV LATEST News 

Why buying a Kia EV6 or Kia EV9 is about to get easier: Australian production opens up to help chase down the Tesla Model Y and Model 3

August 17, 2023August 17, 2023 Stephen Corby 3372 Views australia, EV6, EV9, Kia, Wait times

Kia says it has secured enough examples of its new EV9 three-row electric SUV and popular EV6 to minimise wait

Read more
  • ← Previous
  • Next →

New EVs coming soon

Happy electric new year! Every EV coming to Australia in 2025
LATEST NEW EVs News 

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

January 4, 2025 Toby Hagon 9
EV ute overload: The electric pickups coming in 2024
NEW EVs News 

EV ute overload: The electric pickups coming in 2024

May 1, 2024 EV Central team 2
New EV electric car calendar
EV HEV NEW EVs PHEV 

New EV electric car calendar

December 5, 2023 EV Central team Comments Off on New EV electric car calendar
The electric year ahead: Every EV coming to Australia in 2023
LATEST NEW EVs News 

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

January 3, 2023 Toby Hagon 2

Types of EVs

FCEV: Fuel cell hydrogen electric vehicle
EV advice EV types 

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
EV advice EV types 

PHEV: Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle

July 27, 2019 Stephen Corby Comments Off on PHEV: Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle
Hybrid vehicle
EV advice EV types 

Hybrid vehicle

July 26, 2019 Stephen Corby Comments Off on Hybrid vehicle
EV or BEV: Electric vehicle or battery electric vehicle
EV advice EV types 

EV or BEV: Electric vehicle or battery electric vehicle

July 26, 2019 Stephen Corby Comments Off on EV or BEV: Electric vehicle or battery electric vehicle

Beginner’s Guide to EV Charging: Brought to you by Ampol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aevBHjWoXIY

EV videos

Mad video: G-force overload as we ride with F1’s Liam Lawson in Ford’s 4000Nm electric SuperVan
LATEST News Videos 

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
Videos 

VIDEO: Kia EV6 GT-Line AWD review

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

About Us

EV Central is the centre of the electric-vehicle universe, a place where you can find out what’s watt in the whole wired world of EVs. We’ll bring you news, reviews and our views on this fast-moving segment of the car market, one which should increasingly become the mainstream. We welcome your input and your opinions as well, so please click the Contact Us link to get in touch.

Useful Links

  • Home
  • News
  • Reviews
  • EV FAQ
  • Contact
  • Advertise
  • How to charge an electric car
  • Home
  • News
  • Reviews
  • EV FAQ
  • Contact
  • Advertise
  • How to charge an electric car
Copyright © 2025 EV Central. All rights reserved.