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News

2025 Honda Prelude concept.
Honda LATEST News Prelude TOP STORIES 

2026 Honda Prelude returning to Australia: After 24 years hybrid coupe is back to terrorise the Toyota GR86

August 6, 2025September 6, 2025 John Mahoney 17536 Views Honda, Prelude

Honda Australia has confirmed that it will launch its all-new 2026 Honda Prelude petrol-electric sports coupe Down Under from mid-2026

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2026 Geely Galaxy M9.
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2026 Geely Galaxy M9 three-row PHEV SUV priced: This thing is a luxurious and cheap rival for the Mercedes-Benz GLS and BMW X7

August 6, 2025August 6, 2025 John Mahoney 11197 Views Galaxy M9, geely

Geely Automobile has shocked even Chinese buyers by offering its luxurious flagship 2026 Geely Galaxy M9 with a price tag

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2025 BYD Shark 6 in Australia.
BYD LATEST News Shark 6 TOP STORIES 

“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 13530 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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2026 Toyota Grand Highlander.
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2026 Toyota Kluger coming with EV power! Kia EV9 and Hyundai Ioniq 9 are going to have some serious competition

August 5, 2025August 5, 2025 John Mahoney 14311 Views Highlander EV, Kluger, Kluger EV, Toyota

Toyota is readying an all-new battery-powered seven-seater EV that will share looks and its nameplate with the all-new fifth-generation 2026

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2023 Hyundai Ioniq 6 Epiq.
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Hyundai’s damning self-assessment: “We do a terrible job with our EVs,” declares local boss, as Tesla, BYD and Kia sprint away in electric sales race

August 5, 2025August 4, 2025 Bruce Newton 7104 Views Elexio, ev, Hyundai, Ioniq 9, Romano

The local boss of Hyundai has lambasted his own company’s efforts to sell EVs in this country. Hyundai Australia CEO

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2025 Jeep Avenger Summit
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Australia needs public EV charging standards! Follow the Pommy lead to eliminate unreliability and EV trash talk, urges Polestar boss

August 4, 2025August 4, 2025 Iain Curry 8839 Views ev charging, poor ev charging, public ev charging, tritium fail

Australia should follow the British lead and introduce service standards for public charging networks, the leader of the premium EV

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IM5 and IM6, part of the new IM Presented by MG brand.
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2025 IM5 and IM6 Presented by MG lands in Australia: Our first very brief drive of an ambitious Chinese EV brand aimed at Audi, BMW, Tesla and BYD

August 4, 2025August 3, 2025 Toby Hagon 10556 Views IM, IM Presented By MG, IM5, IM6, mg

The latest new brand to infiltrate the Australian market – IM – offers EVs with a magnetic dashboard, that use

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2026 Mercedes-Benz GLC.
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2026 Mercedes-Benz GLC previewed ahead of September reveal: Electric SUV set for Benz’s most advanced EV tech yet!

August 3, 2025August 3, 2025 John Mahoney 8994 Views GLC, Mercedes-Benz, Mercedes-Benz GLC with EQ Technology

Ahead of its public unwrapping on September 8 at the Munich motor show and its Australian on-sale in the second

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2025 VinFast VF9 update.
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Vietnam’s VinFast closes on Aussie launch: Local patents filed for VF9 battery-powered three-row SUV

August 1, 2025August 1, 2025 John Mahoney 10412 Views Lang Lang, VF9, Vinfast

Vietnam’s VinFast has been caught patenting its 2026 VinFast VF9 with the Australian intellectual property office as it shapes up

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2026 Kia EV4 GT-LIne hatchback.
EV6 Kia LATEST News 

Kia doubles up on EV4! Hatchback set to join sedan in Australia to battle Tesla Model 3. But Kia EV6 range to be reduced

August 1, 2025September 3, 2025 Bruce Newton 11566 Views Air, EV4, EV6, Hatch, Kia, sedan

Kia is set to launch both the electric EV4 medium sedan and hatch in Australia in 2026 as a double-pronged

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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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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
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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 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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