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2025 Tesal Model Y Juniper.
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Spotted! New 2025 Tesla Model Y ‘Juniper’ surfaces again just weeks before reveal and it looks far more than just a super-sized Model 3

January 7, 2025January 10, 2025 John Mahoney 13841 Views ev, Juniper, model y, Tesla

The top-selling 2025 Tesla Model Y has been spotted testing giving us another look at the facelifted mid-size electric SUV

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2025 Genesis GV60 electric small SUV
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Genesis reboots GV60 EV with giant 27-inch screen. A price cut would likely attract more Aussie buyers

January 6, 2025January 6, 2025 Iain Curry 6947 Views 2025 gv60, Genesis EV, Genesis GV60, gv60 electric

Seventy sales. That’s all Genesis Australia managed for its electric GV60 deluxe small SUV in 2024. Aussies bought twice as

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2025 Firefly.
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Look out MG4 and BYD Dolphin! Distinctive iPhone-eyed Firefly hatch is Chinese luxury brand NIO’s debut budget buy

January 6, 2025February 2, 2025 John Mahoney 7013 Views BYD, Firefly, MG4, Nio

NIO has revealed the first model in its new Firefly budget brand that will spearhead the sub-brand’s expansion into new

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2025 XPeng G6 Long Range.
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2025 XPeng G6 Long Range Review: Why the latest Tesla Model Y rival to land in Australia is more than a copy and paste imitation

January 5, 2025February 25, 2025 Bruce Newton 24280 Views Long Range, Xpeng, Xpeng G6

Like a dam wall cracking and then bursting, rivals for the Tesla Model Y are now flooding into Australia. This

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XPeng P7+.
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Happy electric new year! Every EV coming to Australia in 2025

January 4, 2025January 10, 2025 Toby Hagon 90902 Views 2025, New EVs

Sales of EVs took a breather in 2024. But an influx of new models in 2025 looks set to propel

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Honda-Nissan-Mitsubsihi merger.
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EV fightback! Can the 2026 Honda-Nissan-Mitsubishi merger finally get Japan competitive against Tesla and the Chinese?

January 3, 2025January 2, 2025 John Mahoney 14514 Views Honda, merger, Mitsubishi, nissan

Nissan and Honda have inked a memorandum of understanding and announced they are plotting to merge and create a powerful Japanese car-making giant.

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2025 Lexus NX 450h+.
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PHEV boost! Popular Lexus NX450h+ plug-in mid-size SUV returns to sale in Australia as Tesla Model Y and Mercedes GLC rival’s production bottleneck finally eases

January 2, 2025January 1, 2025 John Mahoney 12200 Views Lexus, NX450h+, PHEV

With plug-in hybrid sales on the rise in Australia, Lexus has welcomed the NX450h+ PHEV back on sale Down Under

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2012 Holden Volt plug-in hybrid
LATEST Opinion 

Why a 12 year-old Holden Volt PHEV is the perfect first car. And it’s not because I’m still drunk | Opinion

January 1, 2025January 1, 2025 Iain Curry 4326 Views holden volt, PHEV, Plug in hybrid, used PHEV

With my head fuzzy from a pre-Christmas cocktail, a mate’s question about the old, over-priced and poor selling 2012-15 Holden

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Charging the Peugeot e-2008
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$2500 rebates for EV smart chargers launches this month! But guess what? Yep, there are conditions…

January 1, 2025December 31, 2024 Bruce Newton 12711 Views $2500, charging, ev, Rebate, smart charger

A multi-million dollar federal government scheme providing up to $2500 to install an electric vehicle smart charger will commence this

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2025 BYD Shark 6.
LATEST Opinion 

Bruce Newton’s best electrified car of 2024: BYD Shark 6

December 31, 2024December 30, 2024 Bruce Newton 11728 Views BMW iX3, BYD, Neue Klasse, polestar 3, Shark 6

I wrestled with this one for a while because the BYD Shark 6 was the vehicle that impressed me most

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Happy electric new year! Every EV coming to Australia in 2025
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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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EV ute overload: The electric pickups coming in 2024

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New EV electric car calendar

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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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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
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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
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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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