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2025 Skoda Favorit with original Skoda Favorit.
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Back to the future: Skoda Favorit EV concept could become a Tesla Model 3 rival

June 4, 2025June 3, 2025 John Mahoney 257 Views 0 Comments Favorit, Octavia, Skoda, skoda ev

Czech brand Skoda has pulled the drapes off its all-new Skoda Favorit that looks to the car-maker’s past to help

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2026 Hyundai Elexio.
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Price fighter: Hyundai Elexio medium electric SUV headed to Australia from China as BYD Sealion 7 and Tesla Model Y rival

June 4, 2025June 2, 2025 Bruce Newton 602 Views 0 Comments Elexio, Hyundai

If you can’t beat them join them! Hyundai Australia will turn to China for an electric SUV to fight the

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2025 Peugeot 208 GTI artist impression.
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Icon reinvented! Electric Peugeot 208 GTI debut incoming. But will this EV be a true hot hatch?

June 3, 2025June 3, 2025 John Mahoney 1063 Views 0 Comments e-208 GTI, Peugeot

Peugeot has announced that its iconic GTI brand will return this month with the unwrapping of the next-gen Peugeot 208

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2025 Tank 700 Hi4-T.
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Massive 4500kg braked towing from a PHEV for close to $100K! Tank 700 SUV could deliver that to Australia as soon as 2026

June 3, 2025June 2, 2025 Bruce Newton 1220 Views 0 Comments 700, GWM, Tank, towing 4500kg, V8

The Chinese auto giant GWM is set to tackle one of the last bastions of the Aussie car market preserved

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Porsche Cayman killer? The second-generation Alpine A110 is electric, feather-light, hyper-powerful and coming to Australia

June 2, 2025June 2, 2025 John Mahoney 1595 Views 0 Comments A110, alpine, Cayman, porsche

Renault’s re-emerging performance brand Alpine has confirmed the next-generation replacement for the A110 sports car will come with almost twice

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2029 Hyundai dual cab ute. ChatGPT's view.
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Diesel out. EV later. PHEV in! Hyundai finally firms up its dual cab ute plans for Australia

June 2, 2025June 1, 2025 Bruce Newton 2338 Views 0 Comments Hyundai, Hyundai ute, NVES, PHEV ute

Hyundai wants to skip diesel power and electrify its first dual cab ute, which should be on-sale in Australia before

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GWM Cannon Alpha PHEV
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2025 GWM Cannon Alpha PHEV Review: Why the first rival for the BYD Shark 6 is a real threat and a true alternative

June 1, 2025June 1, 2025 Toby Hagon 1570 Views 0 Comments Cannon Alpha, GWM, PHEV

The battle for the electrified ute dollar is heating up with the arrival of the GWM Cannon Alpha PHEV. The

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2025 Tesla Cybertruck.
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“It was never off the table”: Tesla Australia briefed on ADR requirements to launch Cybertruck as electric beast firms for our market

May 31, 2025May 31, 2025 EV Central team 15916 Views 15 Comments tesla cybertruck

Tesla Australia has been briefed on the Australian Design Rule (ADR) changes required to launch the Cybertruck in our market,

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2025 Mercedes-Benz G580.
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2025 Mercedes-Benz G580 with EQ Technology Review: The electric G Wagen is a real head spinner

May 31, 2025May 31, 2025 Stephen Corby 1095 Views 0 Comments

When EVs started creating a stir, back when Elon Musk was seen as a saviour rather than a silly sausage,

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2025 MK 8.5 Volkswagen Golf R
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Germany vs Korea: Why electric VW Golf R must challenge Hyundai’s fun-packed Ioniq 5 N

May 30, 2025May 30, 2025 Iain Curry 3348 Views 0 Comments Golf electric, Golf GTI electric, VW electric, VW golf r EV

Petrolheads may weep, but the future’s set for a world without combustion Volkswagen Golf GTIs and Golf Rs. Speaking to

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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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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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PHEV: Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle

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EV or BEV: Electric vehicle or battery electric vehicle

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The best electric cars in Australia in 2024 between $80,000 and $100,000

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The five best family EVs under $100K: From Tesla and Hyundai to Kia and Mercedes-Benz
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The five best family EVs under $100K: From Tesla and Hyundai to Kia and Mercedes-Benz

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