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BYD Dolphin Essential
LATEST News 

Flipping hell! Interest in sub-$30K BYD Dolphin ‘through the roof’ as newcomer sizes up Toyota Corolla, Mazda3

January 31, 2025January 30, 2025
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Toby Hagon 12381 Views BYD, Dolphin

BYD says interest in the sub-$30K Dolphin electric hatchback is booming following the introduction of a price leading Essential model

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2025 Renault 4 E-Tech
LATEST Opinion 

Why the Renault 4 and 5 EVs are going to save the world, not Orange Donald or Annoying Elon  | Opinion

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January 30, 2025January 30, 2025
Iain Curry 10079 Views Opinion, Renault 4, renault 5, retro ev

It’s bold to suggest a duo of retro-styled small electric cars are going to save humanity. But that’s what the

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Polestar CEO Michael Lohscheller.
LATEST News 

The Tesla Titanic? The rival electric vehicle maker readying to cash in on Model 3 and Model Y owners abandoning an Elon Musk-captained ship

January 30, 2025January 29, 2025 Bruce Newton 28316 Views polestar, Tesla

Would you buy another brand of EV rather than a Tesla because of Elon Musk’s current behaviour? If you answered

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2025 Audi Q6 e-tron Offroad Concept.
LATEST News 

Let’s Off-Road! Wild new electric Audi Audi Q6 e-tron concept can climb walls, hints at Allroad revival to take on electric Mercedes G-wagon

January 29, 2025March 7, 2025 John Mahoney 11767 Views Audi, Audi Q6 e-tron, Audi Q6 e-tron Offroad Concept

Audi has paved the way for a go-anywhere version of its advanced Audi Q6 e-tron with a wild new concept

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2024 Leapmotor C10.
LATEST News 

Each-way bet! Plug-in hybrid just as important for Leapmotor in Australia as BEVs; C10 and B10 PHEV SUVs on the way!

January 29, 2025January 28, 2025 Bruce Newton 13957 Views B10, C10, C16, Leapmotor, REEV

Rising BYD rival Leapmotor will have an equal focus on battery electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles in its rapidly expanding

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2025 Cadillac Lyriq-V.
LATEST News 

Who needs a V8! Aussie-bound Cadillac Lyriq-V electric SUV is fabled American luxury brand’s quickest car ever

January 28, 2025January 28, 2025 John Mahoney 11862 Views cadillac, lyriq-v

The all-electric 2026 Cadillac Lyriq-V has instantly become the American luxury brand’s quickest-ever vehicle, out-performing a long line of high-performance

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Tesla group carpark.
LATEST Technology 

It’s official: Electric cars last 18 years on average, matching a typical petrol or diesel for longevity

January 28, 2025January 28, 2025 John Mahoney 126961 Views Audi, EV lifespan, Skoda, Tesla

A fresh probe into electric cars longevity has found that battery-electric vehicles are lasting as long as a typical petrol

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2025 Tesla Model Y 'Juniper' update
LATEST News 

Tesla fightback! With new rivals arriving from XPeng, Deepal, Leapmotor, BYD, Zeekr and Geely, expect the 2025 Model Y to get cheaper

January 27, 2025January 26, 2025 Toby Hagon 23212 Views Launch Series, model y, Tesla

The updated Tesla Model Y arrives in May – but it’s not the end of the story for the mid-sized

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2024 BYD Atto 3 Premium
Atto 3 BYD LATEST Reviews SUV reviews 

2025 BYD Atto 3 Premium Review: Price drop makes Tesla-fighting electric SUV even more appealing

January 26, 2025January 26, 2025 Toby Hagon 39196 Views Atto 3, BYD

The BYD Atto 3 came in for an upgrade in 2024 and has recently had its price sharpened as part

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Tesla Model Y Performance and Tesla Model Y Rear-Wheel Drive
EV LATEST News 

Electric vehicle price plummet: New research shows values of used Teslas, MGs, BYDs nose-diving in Australia as bargains abound

January 25, 2025January 25, 2025 John Mahoney 57232 Views BYD Atto 3, mg zs ev, Tesla Model 3, Tesla Model Y

New research that has crunched the data on some of Australia’s best-selling EVs suggests that used values are plummeting after

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Happy electric new year! Every EV coming to Australia in 2025
LATEST NEW EVs News 

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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EV ute overload: The electric pickups coming in 2024

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New EV electric car calendar

December 5, 2023 EV Central team Comments Off on New EV electric car calendar
The electric year ahead: Every EV coming to Australia in 2023
LATEST NEW EVs News 

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

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Types of EVs

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
EV advice EV types 

Hybrid vehicle

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

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
LATEST News Videos 

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
Videos 

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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