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2027 Volkswagen ID.2.
LATEST News 

Volkswagen ID.Roc name registered in Australia. Small electric SUV could be top-seller

April 18, 2024April 17, 2024 John Mahoney 12216 Views ev, ID.Golf, ID.Roc, SUV, Volkswagen

Volkswagen has been caught trademarking the ID.Roc name for its inbound electric small SUV that will eventually replace the popular

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2024 Chery Omoda E5.
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Target BYD Atto 3! China’s Chery Omoda E5 wants a big slice of the affordable electric SUV action

April 18, 2024April 17, 2024 Toby Hagon 11724 Views 3, Atto, BYD, Chery, E5, ev, Omoda, SUV

Give the BYD Atto 3 something to think about! That’s the task BYD’s rival Chinese brand Chery has set its

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Tesla Model Y Rear-Wheel Drive and Tesla Model 3 Rear-Wheel Drive
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It’s a buyers’ market! Tesla Model 3 and Tesla Model Y dominate  rapidly growing used EV sales in Australia

April 17, 2024April 17, 2024 Bruce Newton 13799 Views

While demand growth for EVs outstrips traditional petrol and diesel vehicles, buyers still have the upper hand in an Australian

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2024 Toyota bZ4X.
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Toyota bZ4X GR Sport under consideration: Could this mild-mannered electric SUV turn into an off-road superhero?

April 17, 2024April 16, 2024 Bruce Newton 10956 Views BZ4X, ev, GR Sport, SUV, Toyota

In a transition reminiscent of a superhero movie, the mild-mannered Toyota bZ4X electric medium SUV could become a rip-snorting off-road

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BYD's new ute
LATEST News PHEV 

Meet BYD’s first ute: Chinese brand’s plug-in hybrid dual-cab caught without camouflage

April 16, 2024April 16, 2024 EV Central team 13445 Views BYD ute

BYD’s incoming ute has been capture without camouflage, giving us our first proper look at what the plug-in hybrid dual-cab

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2025 Alfa Romeo Milano.
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Alfa Bravo! Milano compact SUV is first electric car from Alfa Romeo. Expected here in 2025

April 16, 2024April 16, 2024 John Mahoney 12264 Views Alfa Romeo, Elettrica, ev, Milano, SUV

UPDATE: Just days after its reveal, Alfa Romeo has been forced to change the name of its first electric vehicle

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Tesla Cybertruck
LATEST News Tesla 

2025 Tesla Cybertruck driven: Here’s what you need to know about the giant electric ute for Australia

April 15, 2024May 5, 2024 Stephen Corby 11940 Views

Despite all the obvious risks to our safety and our pride, EV Central recently flew to Los Angeles to drive 

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2024 Ford Mustang Mach-E.
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Giddy up! Slow-selling 2025 Ford Mustang Mach-E gets performance boost and longer range in fresh assault on Tesla Model Y

April 15, 2024April 12, 2024 Bruce Newton 11505 Views ford, Macg-E, model y, Mustang, Tesal

The 2025 Ford Mustang Mach-E will up its efforts to steal sales against the likes of the best-selling Tesla Model

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Ford Supervan 4.2 electric Transit
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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, 2024April 13, 2024 Iain Curry 40874 Views

With acceleration to rip the skin from your cheekbones, Ford’s SuperVan 4.2 is an electric Transit with performance from another

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Renault Group, Volvo Group and CMA CGM Group launch Flexis SAS.
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The Tesla of vans? Renault and Volvo create Flexis to revolutionise electric light commercial vehicles

April 12, 2024April 11, 2024 John Mahoney 12704 Views Flexis, renault, volvo

Renault and the Volvo truck group have announced they are working together to hatch a pioneering new family of electric

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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

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EV ute overload: The electric pickups coming in 2024
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EV ute overload: The electric pickups coming in 2024

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New EV electric car calendar

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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

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
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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
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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