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News

2025 Polestar line-up.
LATEST News 

Are the tough times over? Polestar sales on the up in Australia as Polestar 4 makes an impact

July 10, 2025July 9, 2025
PharmacySydney.com
Bruce Newton 9452 Views polestar, polestar 2, polestar 3, polestar 4, Polestar 7

Has Polestar turned a corner in the right direction in Australia? While the Sino-Swedish electric vehicle specialist isn’t dominating Aussie

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2025 XPeng G9 and G6.
LATEST News TOP STORIES 

The future of XPeng in Australia is changing. Factory set to have bigger say in Chinese EV brand’s local plans

July 9, 2025August 16, 2025
MJDHealthPharmacy.com
Bruce Newton 18504 Views G6, TrueEV, Xpeng

Strong signs are emerging Chinese EV specialist XPeng could take a higher degree of control over the import and distribution

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MG HS Super Hybrid.
LATEST News 

Slash and burn less fuel! Price cuts for MG3, MG ZS, MG HS and MG HS Super Hybrid all rolled out

July 9, 2025July 8, 2025 John Mahoney 7048 Views mg, mg hs, MG ZS, MG3

MG Australia has rolled out price cuts for all its petrol-electric models. The action includes new drive-away prices on the

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Polestar 7 teaser. Chat GPT
LATEST News 

2028 Polestar 7 SUV previewed! EV maker gears up for the launch of its next best-seller and its next-gen EV tech

July 8, 2025July 10, 2025 John Mahoney 10541 Views

The first picture of the all-new 2028 Polestar 7 has been teased, building the anticipation for an advanced all-new SUV

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2026 Hyundai Ioniq 6 N teaser.
LATEST News 

Crazy Hyundai IONIQ 6 N teased ahead of this week’s launch. And it’s promised to be even wilder than the IONIQ 5 N!

July 8, 2025July 7, 2025 Bruce Newton 6152 Views 6 N, Hyundai, Ioniq

Hyundai’s high-performance division has released teasers of its inbound 2026 Hyundai Ioniq 6 N and announced it will unwrap its

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2025 Nissan X-Trail.
LATEST News 

Nissan X-Trail reacts to incoming Toyota RAV4 PHEV. Permanent discounts up to $3000 for e-Power Hybrid!

July 7, 2025July 7, 2025 John Mahoney 5504 Views nissan, X-Trail

Nissan Australia has slashed the price of its popular 2025 Nissan X-TRAIL with its advanced e-Power hybrid attracting discounts of

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2025 Ford Mustang.
LATEST News 

V8 burn-out? Australia’s new NVES CO2 reduction scheme drives huge price rises for iconic Ford Mustang muscle car

July 7, 2025July 6, 2025 Bruce Newton 5909 Views ford, Mustang, NVES, V8

Australia’s most affordable new V8 has gone up $5000 and Ford Australia says the New Vehicle Efficiency Standard (NVES) is

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2026 Hyundai Elexio.
LATEST News 

It’s official: Hyundai Elexio medium electric SUV headed to Australia from China as BYD Sealion 7 and Tesla Model Y rival

July 5, 2025October 30, 2025 Bruce Newton 11772 Views Elexio, Hyundai

Updated 30/10/2025: Hyundai Australia has issued an official statement confirming the Elexio will go on-sale in early 2026. Today’s announceemnt

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2025 Mercedes-Benz EQB 250+ City Edition.
LATEST News 

Join the Q! Mercedes-Benz EQA and EQB 250+ get $4000 cheaper to rival Audi Q4 e-tron and the BMW iX1

July 4, 2025July 4, 2025 John Mahoney 5613 Views City Edition, EQA, EQB, Mercedes-Benz

Mercedes-Benz has introduced a new City Edition version of its 2025 Mercedes-Benz EQA and Mercedes-Benz EQB that adds more kit and

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2026 GWM Haval H6.
LATEST News 

Overhauled! 2025 GWM Haval H6 medium SUV lays down the challenge to 2026 Toyota RAV4 PHEV with advanced plug-in hybrid tech

July 4, 2025July 22, 2025 John Mahoney 8912 Views GWM, Haval H6, PHEV, plug-in

Aspiring Chinese auto giant GWM has laid down the pricing challenge to the 2026 Toyota RAV4 PHEV with its incoming

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New EVs coming soon

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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