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BYD

2025 BYD Atto 2 Premium.
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2025 BYD Atto 2 Premium Review: Australia’s cheapest compact electric SUV is going to be tough competition for both EVs and ICE … and not just because of the price

October 26, 2025October 25, 2025
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Bruce Newton 10689 Views Atto 2, BYD, BYD Atto 2, Cheap EVs

BYD Australia is going to make a big statement when it comes to electric vehicle pricing when it launches the

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2026 BYD Atto 2.
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2026 BYD Atto 2 to become Australia’s cheapest electric SUV: $35,000 start price expected, undercutting the Leapmotor B10, Chery E5 and MG S5

October 24, 2025October 23, 2025
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John Mahoney 20486 Views Atto 2, BYD, BYD Atto 2

The 2026 BYD Atto 2 SUV is set to become Australia’s cheapest electric SUV when sales kick off from mid-November.

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2025 BYD Atto 1.
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2025 BYD Atto 1 Premium Review: Australia’s cheapest EV is also a decent city car with clever design and real driving character. But will anyone buy it?

October 22, 2025October 22, 2025 Bruce Newton 7775 Views Atto 1, BYD

The 2025 BYD Atto 1 instantly demans attention because it’s about to lower the pricing entry point for EVs in

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2024 BYD Shark.
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Shark attack! BYD set to expand Aussie Shark 6 ute line-up. Towing, power, payload and fleets all set to be addressed

October 20, 2025October 20, 2025 Bruce Newton 19680 Views 3500kg towing, BYD, MEG, Shark 6

The popular BYD Shark 6 ute line-up is set to expand in 2026. A more powerful 2.0-litre plug-in hybrid Shark

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BYD Atto 8 plug-in hybrid seven-seat electric SUV
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Look out Mazda, look out Ford! Chinese brand BYD plans to double sales again to be top three in Australia in 2026!

October 20, 2025October 20, 2025 Bruce Newton 14843 Views australia, BYD, sales

The big sales talk is back at BYD and the ambitions are huge and immediate. The Chinese brand wants to

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2025 BYD Atto 1.
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BYD confirms super-cheap Atto 1 for Australia! Sealion 5 plug-in SUV also on the way as four model launches planned by early 2026

October 6, 2025October 6, 2025 Bruce Newton 13120 Views Atto 1, Atto 2, BYD, Sealion 5, Sealion 8

All four new models that will expand BYD’s Australian line-up by early 2026 have now been named. The latest confirmations

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2025 BYD Sealion 6 Premium Extended Range.
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2025 BYD Sealion 6 Premium Extended Range flagship launches in Australia: 130km on electricity for no extra cost!

September 6, 2025September 6, 2025 John Mahoney 9309 Views

A new flagship 2025 BYD Sealion 6 Premium Extended Range version of its plug-in hybrid mid-size SUV is now on-sale

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2025 BYD Shark 6 in Australia.
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“We want to take it to the next level”: BYD boss aims to embed Chinese brand in Australia

August 5, 2025September 6, 2025 Bruce Newton 14211 Views australia, BYD, Sealion 6, Sealion 7, Shark 6

If you reckon you’ve heard a lot about and from BYD in recent times standby. As part of a comprehensive

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BYD Shark 6
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Electric ute shock! The BYD Shark 6 really is as good as everyone says – in fact, it’s better | Opinion

February 19, 2025February 20, 2025 Stephen Corby 57368 Views

Being avowedly and even professionally cynical can be exhausting work, but it’s satisfying, too, because you’re so often proven to

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2024 BYD Atto 3 Premium
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2025 BYD Atto 3 Premium Review: Price drop makes Tesla-fighting electric SUV even more appealing

January 26, 2025January 26, 2025 Toby Hagon 45301 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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2026 BYD Sealion 5 Premium Review: This PHEV SUV is the Mitsubishi Lancer wagon of its generation. That’s a compliment, by the way…
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2026 BYD Sealion 5 Premium Review: This PHEV SUV is the Mitsubishi Lancer wagon of its generation. That’s a compliment, by the way…

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What is a PHEV? Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles explained

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Like hybrids, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (or PHEVs) have an internal-combustion engine and an electric motor. Plug-in vehicles take the

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What is a FCEV? Hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles explained
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What is a hybrid? Hybrid vehicles explained
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Mad video: G-force overload as we ride with F1’s Liam Lawson in Ford’s 4000Nm electric SuperVan

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