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2025 CATL battery breakthrough.
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Multiple battery breakthroughs! Why CATL’s three new batteries could change electric cars as we know them

May 9, 2025May 8, 2025 John Mahoney 17839 Views battery tech, CATL

The world’s largest electric car battery producer has unwrapped three pioneering all-new batteries that could be the final piece of

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2025 Tesla Model Y Rear-Wheel Drive
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The Tesla fightback begins! Model Y deliveries underway as EV leader faces fierce challenges from BYD, Kia and MG

May 9, 2025May 9, 2025 Toby Hagon 12338 Views ev sales, Juniper, model y, Tesla

The heavily updated 2025 Tesla Model Y starts getting delivered to customers this week, marking a turning point for the

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2025 Mini Aceman JCW
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Riding high on EVs, Mini adds sizzling electric John Cooper Works Mini hatch and Aceman SUV to its Australian line-up

May 8, 2025May 8, 2025 Iain Curry 8591 Views mini aceman jcw, Mini Cooper E, mini cooper jcw electric

The John Cooper name adorned Jack Brabham’s 1950s F1 title-winning racers, 1960s Monte Carlo Rally-dominating Minis and now – for

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2025 Foxtron Model B.
LATEST News TOP STORIES 

Confirmed! Mitsubishi’s new EV is being made in Taiwan by iPhone-maker Foxconn and it’s in Australia in 2026

May 8, 2025June 20, 2025 John Mahoney 9782 Views Foxconn, Foxtron, Luxgeb, Mitsubishi, Model B, n5

Taiwanese electronic giant Foxconn has announced that it will begin supplying an advanced new EV for the Australian and New

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2025 Mazda EZ-60.
LATEST News 

Sales sensation! Electric Mazda EZ-60 is an immediate hit in China, but would it succeed in Australia?

May 8, 2025May 6, 2025 John Mahoney 12555 Views ev, EZ-60, Mazd, range extender

The 2026 Mazda EZ-60 has been judged a sales success even before a single delivery. An impressive 10,060 pre-orders were

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XPeng charger network.
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Tesla Supercharger rival revealed! China’s XPeng announces its own DC charging network for Australia

May 7, 2025May 6, 2025 John Mahoney 8267 Views fast charging, Xpeng

XPeng says it will roll out its very own network of fast DC chargers Down Under that are almost twice

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BYD Sealion 7
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April 2025 EV sales: Tesla sales tank in crazy month that saw hybrids drop, BYD boom

May 7, 2025May 6, 2025 Toby Hagon 10504 Views BYD, ev sales, hybrid sales, Tesla

Sales of EVs dropped again in April off the back of a disastrous month for Tesla on the local sales

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Mazda CX-60 PHEV
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Mazda slashes cost of entry to electrified CX-60 by thousands of dollars

May 6, 2025June 4, 2025 EV Central team 8535 Views CX-60, mazda, PHEV

Mazda has slashed its admission price to the plug-in hybrid CX-60 SUV medium SUV by thousands of dollars, just as

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2025 iCar V23.
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Look out Suzuki Jimny! China’s iCar V23 is a cheap, capable, electric off-roader and it’s headed to Australia

May 6, 2025May 5, 2025 John Mahoney 10322 Views iCar, iCaur, V23

Chery’s rough and ready iCar 4×4 electric brand has been locked-in for an Australian debut. It will arrive here  following

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2025 Ford Transit Custom EV and PHEV.
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More competition for LDV, Benz and VW in mid-size vans: Ford confirms pricing for Transit Custom EV and PHEV

May 5, 2025October 28, 2025 EV Central team 7045 Views E-Transit Custom, ford, Transit Custom PHEV

Ford Australia has confirmed pricing and specifications for the new 2025 E-Transit Custom and Transit Custom PHEV commercial vans ahead

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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 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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