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Comment and opinion

Tesla CEO Elon Musk
LATEST Opinion Tesla 

Tesla on course to go broke, just before Elon Musk kills us all | Opinion

October 29, 2025October 29, 2025 Stephen Corby 4029 Views 1 Comment elon musk, Tesla

I really and honestly can’t decide whether to be delighted or desperately worried about this, but a serious heavy hitter

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Hyundai Kona Electric EV
LATEST Opinion 

Worried about climate calamity? Buy an EV. Right now | Opinion

September 21, 2025September 20, 2025 Stephen Corby 7297 Views Climate Crisis, EV purchase

One of the problems with communicating and combatting climate change is that it feels immediate and yet far away at

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Zero e-motorbikes at Pickles Electric Motorcycle Auction September 2025
LATEST Opinion 

Opinion: Why I’ll never buy an EV motorcycle, but 400 Aussies just did in a single day  | Opinion

September 17, 2025September 18, 2025 Iain Curry 24199 Views electric motorbike, ev motorbike, ev motorcycle, zero motorcycles

Fire sale! Nothing gets Aussies reaching for their wallets quite so enthusiastically, especially when it’s a no reserve online auction.

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LATEST Opinion 

Lotus is on life support and I’m blaming you, electric cars  | Opinion

September 13, 2025September 12, 2025 Iain Curry 8442 Views lotus electric, Lotus Eletre, lotus emira, lotus ev, lotus evija, lotus theory 1

Lotus Cars is no stranger to a crisis, but this time I’m not sure I want it to be saved.

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2026 Tesla Model S.
LATEST Model 3 Model Y Opinion Tesla 

Tesla’s Full Self Driving launching in Australia should have you quaking in your car boot | Opinion

September 3, 2025September 3, 2025 Stephen Corby 8106 Views elon musk, full self driving supervised, Tesal

If you’re not a tech bro, an amateur nerd or a Tesla lover, you might find the revelation that the

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Volvo EX90 Plus Twin Motor Driving
LATEST Opinion 

Estate of shock: Driving a Volvo not as bad as feared | Opinion

August 16, 2025August 16, 2025 Stephen Corby 5414 Views Volvo 240 Estate, volvo ex90

This is going to hurt your brain, but try it with me anyway. Imagine a world in which EVs were

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Ford F-150 Lightning EV electric pickup truck
LATEST Opinion 

Can an EV tow a caravan? Hopefully not | Opinion

August 3, 2025August 2, 2025 Stephen Corby 11873 Views Caravan, EV towing

Occasionally, if I don’t see them coming and run away first, I will be confronted by someone who likes caravans

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China. Looks nice.
LATEST Opinion 

You wants facts? I’ll will give you facts! Why China is ruling the world and you’re gonna drive a Chinese EV | Opinion

July 5, 2025July 4, 2025 Stephen Corby 8823 Views

It is vital, I believe, to remind ourselves that this is China’s world, we’re just living in it, and that

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BYD Sealion 7.
LATEST Opinion 

Are Chinese electric cars really spyware on wheels? Or is it all tin-hat conspiracy at its finest? | Opinion

June 8, 2025July 4, 2025 Stephen Corby 9464 Views China, Chinese

Yes, it really does sound like the plot of one of those gosh-awful James Bond films we had to put

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The VE Commodore of 2006 is recognised as one of the greatest Holden designs throughout its 69 years of making cars (1948-2017)
LATEST Opinion 

Should we be encouraging EVs or discouraging old smoking cars that are the most polluting? | Opinion

May 11, 2025May 11, 2025 Stephen Corby 8363 Views ev, Tesla

As an EV buyer, or at least an electric vehicle considerer – hell, even if you’re someone who thinks it’s

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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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