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Leather out, innovative materials on the menu for Kia

March 22, 2021March 22, 2021 Toby Hagon 2135 Views electric car, ev, Kia, Modern materials

Running shoes, recycled plastics and a focus on old-school materials will help craft the interiors of Kias moving forward –

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Ferrari SF90 Spider
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Acceleration of EVs means speed isn’t everything. I think…

March 21, 2021March 23, 2021 Stephen Corby 2923 Views EV performance, Ferrari, lamborghini, porsche

If car companies were religions, I know for sure that I would worship at the Temple of Porsche. I fell

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Hard cell: VW aiming for world EV domination…

March 20, 2021March 21, 2021 John Carey 2902 Views VW Group, VW Power Day

When the Volkswagen Group decides to simplify you just know it’s going to be complicated. Except when it comes to

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Audi Q4 e-Tron
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Audi Q6 to get Porsche DNA and join e-Tron family in 2022

March 19, 2021March 19, 2021 Stephen Corby 1859 Views Audi, e-tron, electric suv, ev, Q6

A larger e-Tron is poised to join the Audi family in the form of the Q6. After recently announcing that

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BMW i Hydrogen Next concept car from 2019, based on the BMW X5
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From 2025 it’s in with the (radically) new at BMW…

March 18, 2021March 18, 2021 John Carey 3375 Views bmw, electric car, ev, fuel cell, hydrgoen

Neue klasse, German for “new class”, is BMW’s label for the combination of concepts and components that will provide the

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BMW's new iDrive operating system will debut on the BMW iX
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BMW’s iX-debuting iDrive 8 operating system explained

March 17, 2021March 17, 2021 Iain Curry 2268 Views bmw electric, BMW idrive, iX

The new generation BMW iDrive 8 operating system makes its debut in the electric iX large SUV this year, with

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Opel Manta GSe ElektroMOD
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Opel teases retro Manta GSe Elektromod as brand embraces electrification

March 16, 2021March 17, 2021 Iain Curry 2836 Views manta electric, Opel, opel electric, restomod

German brand Opel – you know, the one who supplied Holden with that final Commodore/Insignia we refused to buy –

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Toyota RAV4 PHEV plug-in hybrid is available overseas but in Australia there is only the regular hybrid
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Why do we hate plug-in hybrids in Australia?

March 14, 2021March 14, 2021 Andrew Chesterton 4532 Views hybrid, PHEV

If most car companies are to be believed, Australia is ready and willing to embrace an all-electric future, if only

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The updated 2021 Toyota Camry has dropped the V6 engine to instead focus on hybrids
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V6 Camry dropped as Toyota increases focus on hybrid

March 11, 2021March 12, 2021 Toby Hagon 3247 Views Camry Hybrid, Toyota

Toyota has ditched the V6 version of the Camry to instead focus almost entirely on hybrid variants. It means the

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VW ID.3 Convertible Concept official rendering
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VW teases fully electric convertible ID.3

March 2, 2021March 2, 2021 Iain Curry 1939 Views id.3 convertible, ID3, ID3 convertible, vw id, VW ID.3

Volkswagen’s on the tease again, this time posting official rendered images of its Golf-sized electric ID.3 hatchback in convertible guise.

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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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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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