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2024 MG4.
IM IM5 IM6 LATEST MG MG4 News S5 EV 

Charge it! Free Evie top-ups for 12 months on MG 4, MG S5, MG IM5 and IM6… if you drive very, very frugally

October 8, 2025October 10, 2025 John Mahoney 7641 Views Evie, IM 5, mg, MG 4, MG S5

MG Motor Australia has announced its entire range of electric cars is now eligible for free Evie public fast charging.

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2025 Ford Mustang Mach-E GT.
Ford LATEST Mustang Mach-E News 

Overhauled Ford Mustang Mach-E arrives in Australia: Can technical and cosmetic changes reboot slow-selling electric SUV?

October 7, 2025October 7, 2025 Bruce Newton 12679 Views ford, mustang mach-e

An updated Ford Mustang Mach-E electric SUV goes on-sale in Australia this  month with cosmetic and technical changes and minor

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Hyundai Ioniq 6 Epiq
Hyundai Inster Ioniq 3 Ioniq 5 Ioniq 6 Kona Kona Electric LATEST News 

Hyundai slashes EV pricing! Massive discounts for Kona, Inster, Ioniq 5 and Ioniq 6

October 7, 2025October 7, 2025 EV Central team 12438 Views Hyundai, IKona, inster, ioniq 5, Ioniq 6, kona

Hyundai Australia has slashed the pricing of much of its slow-selling battery electric vehicle range by up to $34,000. The

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2026 Kia PV5.
Kia LATEST News PV5 

Confirmed: Radical electric Kia PV5 people mover and cargo van coming to Australia. Ford Transit and Toyota HiAce fighter will make local debut this month

October 6, 2025October 6, 2025 John Mahoney 10781 Views Kia, PV5

The radical Kia PV5 battery electric van family is coming to Australia. Local confirmation of the PV5’s arrival in Australia

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2025 GWM Tank 500 Hi4-T.
GWM LATEST News Tank 500 

Plug-in hybrid GWM Tank 500 Hi4-T launched in Australia: And it comes with a Toyota Prado-bashing price tag and 120km EV range

October 6, 2025October 6, 2025 John Mahoney 7816 Views GWM, Hi4-T, Tank 500

The 2026 GWM Tank 500 Hi4-T plug-in hybrid has arrived in Australia to challenge traditional off-road diesel-powered SUVs with pricing

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2025 BYD Atto 1.
Atto 1 Atto 2 BYD LATEST News Sealion 5 Sealion 8 

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 11651 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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2026 Volvo ES60 prototype
ES90 LATEST News Volvo 

First local look: Volvo ES90 land in Australia on a mission to make sedans cool again. Targeting BMW i5 with BMW i4 pricing will help

October 5, 2025October 5, 2025 Iain Curry 13539 Views ES90 AUSTRALIA, volvo electric, VOLVO ES90, Volvo EV

A prototype Volvo ES90 liftback sedan landed on Aussie shores last week, and I think I have a new crush.

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2026 Mercedes-Benz VLE.
LATEST Mercedes-Benz News VLE 

Move aside Kia Carnival and Zeekr 009! Could the electric 2026 Mercedes-Benz VLE be the most advanced people-mover ever launched?

October 3, 2025October 1, 2025 John Mahoney 10755 Views Mercedes-Benz VLE

Competition in the once dormant people-mover segment is about to super-heat with first details of the state-of-the-art 2026 Mercedes-Benz VLE

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2025 Tesla Model 3 Long Range Rear Wheel Drive.
LATEST Model 3 News Tesla 

Range buster! Tesla Model 3 Long Range Rear-Wheel Drive launches in Australia with 750km range, AWD Long Range dropped

October 3, 2025October 3, 2025 Bruce Newton 11806 Views Tesla Model 3 Long Range Rear Wheel Drive

The maximum range claimed by a production battery electric vehicle in Australia has been reset with the launch of the

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2025 Hyundai Palisade Calligraphy.
Hyundai LATEST News Palisade 

All-new flagship Hyundai Palisade SUV switches to hybrid power: New drivetrain also expected to land in Kia Tasman ute

October 3, 2025October 2, 2025 John Mahoney 10623 Views hybrid, Hyundai, Palisade

The all-new 2026 Hyundai Palisade has arrived in Australia, with the second-generation large SUV switching to hybrid power. It will

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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

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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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