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2025 Kia EV5.
EV5 Kia LATEST News 

Kia EV5 electric SUV overhaul coming for 2026: New styling, longer driving range and more tech for Tesla Model Y rival

PharmacySydney.com
January 6, 2026January 6, 2026
John Mahoney 10302 Views 1 Comment

Just two years after it landed in Australia, the Kia EV5 will be treated to a comprehensive makeover in 2026.

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2025 BYD Atto 2 Premium.
LATEST Model 3 Model Y News Tesla 

An era ends! Tesla loses its grip on the global EV market, as China’s BYD takes number one with new sales record

January 5, 2026January 5, 2026
MJDHealthPharmacy.com
John Mahoney 7277 Views 0 Comments BYD, Global EV sales, model 3, model y, Tesla

BYD has usurped Tesla as the world’s largest EV-maker in 2025 by selling a massive 620,585 more electric cars than

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2026 Lexus RZ600e.
LATEST Lexus News RZ 

And the latest Tesla Model Y Performance rival is … a Lexus. Yep, you read that right, Lexus!

January 5, 2026January 2, 2026 John Mahoney 6865 Views 0 Comments Lexus, Lexus RZ600e, RZ600e

The conservative Japanese premium brand Lexus has launched a new faster version of its inbound facelifted 2026 Lexus RZ mid-size

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Camping with a 2025 Hyundai Inster Cross
EV advice Hyundai Inster Ioniq 9 LATEST 

Want to go camping in your EV? We’ve done it: Here are seven things you must know before your first electric car sleep-over

January 4, 2026January 3, 2026 Iain Curry 2947 Views 3 Comments electric car camping, electric car sleeping, ev camping, ev sleeping, hyundai inster cross, hyundai ioniq 9, inster camping, ioniq camping

I’m getting used to sleeping in cars. No, the family’s not kicked me out. Nor has the house burned down.

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2026 Chery Tiggo 8 CSH.
Chery LATEST Reviews SUV reviews Tiggo 8 CSH 

2026 Chery Tiggo 8 CSH Urban Review: Sharp pricing and heaps of equipment aren’t the only positives offered by this plug-in seven-seat family SUV

January 3, 2026January 2, 2026 Bruce Newton 4319 Views 0 Comments Chery, Chery Tiggo 8 CSH Urban review, Tiggo 8 CSH

If 2025 was the year plug-in hybrids became really relevant to Australian mainstream car shoppers then Chery was a big

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2026 Zeekr 7X Performance AWD.
6e 7X BMW Chery Elexio EV3 G6 Geely GLC HS Hyundai iX3 Kia LATEST Mazda MG Opinion PV5 Starray EM-i Tiggo 7 CSH XPeng Zeekr 

Bruce Newton’s best electric car of 2025: Zeekr 7X

December 31, 2025December 31, 2025 Bruce Newton 7767 Views 1 Comment 7X, Bruce Newton's best EV of 2025, Zeekt 7X

I could be easily accused of recency bias for this choice, but here goes anyway. The Zeekr 7X gets my

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2026 Porsche 911 Turbo S hybrid.
911 LATEST Opinion Porsche 

John Mahoney’s best electrified vehicle of 2025: Porsche 911 Turbo S

December 30, 2025December 29, 2025 John Mahoney 3883 Views 1 Comment 911 Turbo S, porsche, Porsche 911 Turbo S

Yes, the latest 911 Turbo S isn’t an EV. Instead, it’s proof of how electrification is evolving the supercar in

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2025 Hyundai Inster
Hyundai Inster LATEST Opinion 

Stephen Corby’s best electric car of 2025: Hyundai Inster

December 29, 2025December 29, 2025 Stephen Corby 4097 Views 3 Comments Hyundai, hyundai inster, inster

Now look, I desperately and deeply wanted to cheat with this nomination, because my best car overall for the year

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Hyundai Ioniq 9 Calligraphy
Hyundai Ioniq 9 LATEST Opinion 

Andrew Chesterton’s best electric car of 2025: Hyundai Ioniq 9

December 28, 2025December 29, 2025 Andrew Chesterton 3707 Views 0 Comments Best EV of 2025, hyundai ioniq 9

Don’t you just hate motoring journalists? While the rest of the car-buying world has to worry about things like finance

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Tesla Model 3 Long Range Rear-Wheel Drive.
LATEST Model 3 Opinion Tesla 

Toby Hagon’s best electric car of 2025: Tesla Model 3 Long Range Rear-Wheel Drive

December 27, 2025December 26, 2025 Toby Hagon 4021 Views 1 Comment Best EV of 2025, Tesla Model 3

It was tempting to choose the fastest car I’ve ever driven (by far – EV, V8, V12 or whatever is

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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

January 4, 2025 Toby Hagon 9
EV ute overload: The electric pickups coming in 2024
NEW EVs News 

EV ute overload: The electric pickups coming in 2024

May 1, 2024 EV Central team 2
New EV electric car calendar
EV HEV NEW EVs PHEV 

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

January 3, 2023 Toby Hagon 2

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

July 26, 2019 Stephen Corby Comments Off on 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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