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Articles by Toby Hagon

Toby Hagon
Toby Hagon

If it’s on four wheels, Toby Hagon has probably driven it. From the latest electric supercars to rock-hopping off-roaders (or anything in between!) he loves a road trip and works on the thinking that no road is too long or too windy.

While most of those trips have been with diesel and unleaded, he’s also an EV convert who loves the innovation and pace of change within the automotive space – and sees the enormous potential for cars powered by electrons. He’s also known for some impatience and can see the world is ultimately heading to zero CO2 emissions, so why not hurry things up and get on with it!?

But cars are not all about what powers them. There’s plenty more contributing to the appeal (or otherwise) of modern cars.

As such, Toby thoroughly appreciates a good sound system and loves the way technology is shaping cars (even if it does sometimes temporarily head in the wrong direction). And the future of cars is increasingly being driven by 1s and 0s rather than metal and rubber.

Toby has also done some big EV road trips, including taking a Porsche Taycan from Darwin to Bondi across more than 5000km, much of it the outback. In the process he became the first person to drive an electric car up the Big Red sand dune in the Simpson Desert.

He also did a couple of thousand kilometres in a Nissan Ariya through Japan, something that made him realise there are countries worse than Australia for charging electric cars.

While he watches the electric car market intently and has driven everything EV to come to Australia, he also loves heading off-road in a proper four-wheel drive – all of which are currently powered by fossil fuels. While there are currently no electric 4WDs (in Australia, at least), they’re on the way and you can guarantee Toby will be one of the first to test their mettle. He thinks one of the best bits is that electricity will make 4WDs better at doing off-roady things.

Toby has been writing and talking about cars since the 1990s across a broad range of publications, including Qantas, Money Magazine, The Australian Financial Review and The Guardian. He has co-authored two books, Holden: Our Car and Kings of the Road: 50 cars that drove Australia. He appreciates cars of the past but prefers the technology, electricity and excitement that is redefining motoring.

He is a former National Motoring Editor at The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age and helped establish Drive Car of the Year, while later becoming a judge on Wheels Car of the Year. Toby also contributes to Carsales, News.com.au, RACV, The Australian, Unsealed 4×4 and various other newspapers, magazines and websites around Australia and the world.

And he’s currently dreaming up other big adventures for electric cars…

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October 11, 2024October 19, 2024 Toby Hagon 11861 Views EV5, Kia

The Kia EV5 will tackle the Tesla Model Y head on with pricing that undercuts the top-seller by thousands of

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Shift aside Ferrari, Lamborghini and Porsche because McLaren has stepped up the supercar game with the W1. And the McLaren

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Huge American pick-up trucks could soon bit hit by a supersized eco-focused surprise from China. Hard charging BYD is set

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Cadillac is heading for luxury territory with its new Lyriq SUV, the first of a new breed of all-electric cars

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The BYD Shark 6 does ute very differently. You get that as soon as you take off. Instead of a

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Orders for the BYD Shark 6 will open in Australia on October 29 – and the plug-in hybrid electric ute

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2025 Volvo EX90 review: Does this seven-seat electric SUV have what it takes to tempt buyers out of a BMW X5 or Audi Q7?

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The XC90 has long been the heartland of Volvo. Big, practical and with more than a hint of luxury. But

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Toyota takes next step to hydrogen-powered Hilux, LandCruiser in landmark deal with BMW that will see the luxury brand launch an FCEV in 2028

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A hydrogen-powered Toyota Hilux and LandCruiser is one step closer to showrooms following an extension of the collaboration with BMW

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What do The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Lady Gaga and the Volvo EX90 have in common?

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The sound of the legendary Abbey Road recording studios is coming to the new Volvo EX90. British audio giant Bowers

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Volkswagen ID.Buzz arrives in Australia – and there’s a big pricing surprise!

August 30, 2024October 8, 2024 Toby Hagon 15576 Views ID.Buzz, Volkswagen

The Volkswagen ID.Buzz has finally landed Down Under and will be offered in three models and with the choice of

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