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2025 Hyundai Insteroid concept.
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Press play: Gamer-inspired one-off Hyundai Insteroid hints at possible N-honed Inster hot hatch

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March 31, 2025March 31, 2025
John Mahoney 6347 Views Hyundai, inster, Interoid

The unhinged 2025 Hyundai Insteroid has been teased ahead of its debut at the Seoul Mobility Show and from this

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Volvo EX90 Plus Twin Motor
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2025 Volvo EX90 Review: Sizeable seven-seat electric SUV delivers on space in spades

MJDHealthPharmacy.com
March 30, 2025March 30, 2025
Andrew Chesterton 6299 Views review, volvo ex90

The EX90 might look a bit like some of Volvo’s petrol-powered product, but beneath the skin it’s an EV-from-birth, capitalising

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Jaecoo J7 SHS
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2025 Jaecoo J7 SHS Review: New plug-in BYD Sealion 6 rival is a budget-priced PHEV choice

March 29, 2025April 29, 2025 Toby Hagon 13711 Views J7, Jaecoo, Jaecoo J7

Jaecoo is yet another new brand to add to the mix of mostly Chinese newcomers trying to carve itself a

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IM Motors IM6.
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MG-owned IM Motors locked-in for Australia in 2025 with IM5 electric saloon and IM6 SUV

March 28, 2025April 10, 2025 John Mahoney 12979 Views IM Motors, IM5, IM6

Following in the tyre tracks of Toyota with Lexus and Nissan with the ill-fated Infiniti brand, MG Motor has announced

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2026 Nissan Leaf.
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Nissan Leaf SUV revealed as Tesla Model Y rival! Rush of new product to lead Nissan’s survival fight

March 28, 2025April 20, 2025 John Mahoney 10517 Views leaf, Micra EV, Navara, nissan

Nissan has unwrapped the all-new third-generation Leaf SUV as a full-on Tesla Model Y fighter within a presentation intended to

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Jaecoo J7
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Omoda, Jaecoo the latest new Chinese brands to take on BYD, GWM, Deepal, Zeekr, Leapmotor and XPeng

March 27, 2025March 27, 2025 Toby Hagon 10589 Views Chery, Jaecoo, Omoda

Another week, another new Chinese brand. Or so it seems. Except that this week it’s two new Chinese brands: Jaecoo

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2025 BMW iX.
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How BMW stole Australia’s premium electric vehicle market from Audi and Mercedes-Benz | Analysis

March 27, 2025March 28, 2025 Stephen Corby 10353 Views Audi, bmw, Mercedes-Benz, Tesla

Amid all the doom and Boomer gloom about EV sales (as I’ve mentioned before, a shocking proportion of Boomers/Old People

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2025 Leapmotor C10.
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Leapmotor C10 v Tesla Model Y! Power boost coming for Chinese electric SUV newcomer

March 26, 2025March 27, 2025 John Mahoney 8481 Views C10, Leapmotor

Little more than a year after it was first introduced, Stellantis-backed Leapmotor is about to carry out a heart transplant

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Mercedes-Benz G580, the all-electric version of the G-Wagen
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2025 Mercedes-Benz G580 Review: Off-road quad-motor EV is incredibly capable

March 26, 2025March 26, 2025 Toby Hagon 3755 Views EQG, G580, Mercedes-Benz

The Mercedes-Benz G-Wagen is a monster of an off-roader, in part because of the G63 AMG variant that belts out

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2025 Audi A6 Sportback e-tron Performance.
LATEST News 

About turn on 2032 promise: Audi joins the rush to abandon EV-only commitment

March 25, 2025March 25, 2025 John Mahoney 8213 Views Audi, e-tron, ev

Audi has cancelled its plans to only build electric cars from 2023 and announced it will begin developing a new

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EV ute overload: The electric pickups coming in 2024

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The electric year ahead: Every EV coming to Australia in 2023
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The electric year ahead: Every EV coming to Australia in 2023

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FCEV: Fuel cell hydrogen electric vehicle
EV advice EV types 

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
EV advice EV types 

PHEV: Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle

July 27, 2019 Stephen Corby Comments Off on PHEV: Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle
Hybrid vehicle
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Hybrid vehicle

July 26, 2019 Stephen Corby Comments Off on Hybrid vehicle
EV or BEV: Electric vehicle or battery electric 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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