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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 8386 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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2026 BMW iX3.
BMW iX3 LATEST Make Model List News TOP STORIES 

The most important BMW ever? The all-new BMW iX3 electric SUV is a multi-billion dollar fightback against the Chinese onslaught

September 5, 2025October 5, 2025 Bruce Newton 9586 Views

After years of previews and concepts, BMW has entered an all-new battery electric era with the iX3 SUV underpinned by

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2025 Tesla Model Y Performance.
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LCT-busting Australian price revealed for 2026 Tesla Model Y Performance

September 5, 2025September 5, 2025 Iain Curry 10020 Views model y australia, model y performance, Tesla Model Y Performance, tesla price

Tesla’s new Model Y Performance will cost from $89,400 before on-roads when it arrives in Australia, with first deliveries expected

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2026 GWM Haval H6.
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2025 GWM Haval H6 adds more hybrids: Cheaper PHEV and flagship hybrid expand Chinese medium SUV line-up

September 5, 2025September 4, 2025 John Mahoney 8645 Views

The 2025 GWM Haval H6 mid-size SUV line-up has been stretched to include both a new plug-in H6 Lux PHEV

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2026 Toyota RAV4.
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2026 Toyota RAV4 Aussie range detailed: PHEV and hybrid on the way, but so are price rises

September 5, 2025September 4, 2025 John Mahoney 16521 Views

Toyota Australia has revealed more details of its inbound sixth-generation 2026 Toyota RAV4 mid-size SUV ahead of sales commencing between

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2025 Porsche Macan.
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Porsche Macan EV freshens up! But is more tech enough as German brand braces for arrival of advanced BMW iX3 and Mercedes GLC?

September 4, 2025September 4, 2025 John Mahoney 11518 Views Macan, porsche

With the new-generation BMW iX3 and Mercedes-Benz GLC looming, Porsche has given the Macan electric SUV a tickle up. Due

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Dreame Hypercar promo image.
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Can you believe this? Chinese vacuum producer Dreame’s pioneering 200,000rpm e-motor tech to birth Bugatti Chiron hypercar fighter

September 4, 2025September 3, 2025 John Mahoney 8083 Views 200, 200000rpm e-motor, Dreame

Chinese cordless vacuum and robotic mower maker, Dreame Technology, has announced it will branch out into EVs with the launch

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2025 Audi Concept C.
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Munich Motor Show: Radical new Audi Concept C EV previews the return of the Audi TT as an electric sports car in 2027

September 3, 2025September 3, 2025 Bruce Newton 9620 Views Audi, Concept C, TT

A radical Audi electric sports car called the Concept C will makes its global public debut at the Munich Motor

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2025 Mini JCW The Skeg concept.
JCW Electric LATEST Mini News 

Munich Motor Show: Mini EV concept inspired by surfing has a strong Aussie design influence

September 3, 2025September 3, 2025 Bruce Newton 8267 Views electric, JCW, Mini

A surf-inspired Mini John Cooper Works (JCW) Electric concept with a strong Aussie link dubbed The Skeg has been revealed

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2025 GWM Tank 500 PHEV.
GWM LATEST News Tank 500 

Australia’s first mainstream plug-in 4×4 wagon detailed. The GWM Tank 500 PHEV is a real Toyota Prado fighter!

September 3, 2025September 3, 2025 Bruce Newton 7897 Views GWM

GWM has opted for real Toyota Prado-fighting off-road capability rather than ultimate on-road performance for Australia’s first mainstream plug-in hybrid

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Types of EVs

FCEV: Fuel cell hydrogen electric vehicle
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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

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Hybrid vehicle
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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
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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