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2025 Nissan Ariya EV
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Nissan Ariya Australian price, arrival timing and equipment confirmed: After a five-year wait, Nissan’s electric SUV is coming with a Tesla Model Y-beating price

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July 29, 2025July 29, 2025
Iain Curry 13396 Views ariya australia, nissan ariya, nissan electric, nissan ev

It was back in the olden days – mid-2020 – when we first reported on Nissan’s all-new Ariya electric SUV.

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2025 Tesla Model Y Rear-Wheel Drive
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Elon Musk confirms cheaper 2025 Tesla Model Y on the way to boost sales

July 29, 2025August 29, 2025
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Tesla supremo and walking headline Elon Musk has announced the controversial EV maker will soon launch a cheaper variant of

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2026 MG4.
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New MG4 to feature BYD-crushing battery tech: Incoming cheap Chinese small car will include semi-solid-state batteries that even luxury cars don’t yet get!

July 28, 2025July 27, 2025 John Mahoney 12498 Views mg, MG4, semi-solid-state-battery

MG is aiming for outright annihilation of its opposition with the all-new 2026 MG4 hatch by introducing some of its

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BYD Atto 8 plug-in hybrid seven-seat electric SUV
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New BYD Australia boss promises more models and better customer service: “We want to be an established leader in every respect.”

July 28, 2025August 29, 2025 EV Central team 21337 Views BYD, Stephen Collins

The new leader of the surging BYD brand in Australia has confirmed its sales and expansion goals remain hugely ambitious,

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2025 BMW i5 M60 xDrive Touring.
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2025 BMW i5 M60 xDrive Touring Review: A great car with relevance deprivation disorder

July 27, 2025July 28, 2025 Bruce Newton 5827 Views bmw, BMW EV, i5 M60 xDrive Touring

You want everyman relevance? Well, you’ve come to the wrong place! The 2025 BMW i5 M60 xDrive Touring is a

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2025 Subaru Forester AWD Hybrid.
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2025 Subaru Forester AWD Hybrid Review: A worthy step along the road to EVs, or not quite good enough? Unpacking the sixth generation of one of Australia’s best known medium SUVs

July 26, 2025July 26, 2025 Bruce Newton 7285 Views AWD Hybrid, Forester, Subaru

When it comes to electrified vehicles some people accept only zero emission EVs. And that’s understandable. But other people regard

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2025 Chery Omoda 9.
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Chery Omoda 9 PHEV price and spec for Australia: Latest Chinese spin-off brand’s debut SUV has big power, big range and a big price

July 25, 2025July 24, 2025 John Mahoney 14185 Views 9, Chery, Omoda 9, PHEV

Chery’s new Omoda brand has launched its first vehicle in Australia. It’s the 2025 Omoda 9 PHEV, a plug-in hybrid

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Isuzu D-Max EV.
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Isuzu D-MAX EV debuts: $100K price and short range mounts a good argument for PHEV utes

July 25, 2025July 24, 2025 John Mahoney 12571 Views D-Max, ev, Isuzu

The battery electric version of the Isuzu D-Max ute has debuted in right-hand drive in the UK priced at the

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2026 Suzuki e-Vitara.
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“I just don’t think the Australian market wants an EV,” Australian boss of major car company slams EVs and NVES – but is he right?

July 24, 2025September 18, 2025 Iain Curry 33774 Views suzuki evitara, suzuki fronx

Suzuki is being unfairly punished by the government’s new NVES emissions laws, and Australians are being forced into EVs as

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2025 Haval H7 Vanta.
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New Chinese rival for Toyota RAV4 revealed: Haval H7 hybrid joins GWM’s triple-pronged strategy to topple top-selling Toyota in Australia

July 24, 2025July 24, 2025 Bruce Newton 21799 Views GWM, H6 GT PHEV, H7, haval, rav4, Toyota

Chinese giant GWM has revealed the latest weapon in its multi-pronged strategy to topple the Toyota RAV4 hybrid from its

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

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EV ute overload: The electric pickups coming in 2024

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Types of EVs

FCEV: Fuel cell hydrogen electric vehicle
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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

PHEV: Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle
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PHEV: Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle

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Hybrid vehicle
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Hybrid vehicle

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EV or BEV: Electric vehicle or battery electric vehicle

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EV videos

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

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
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VIDEO: Kia EV6 GT-Line AWD review

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

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