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Comment and opinion

Peter Dutton.
LATEST Opinion 

Peter Dutton is determined to make EVs more expensive for all as climate charade goes up in coal smoke | Opinion

PharmacySydney.com
April 27, 2025April 27, 2025
Stephen Corby 6776 Views FBT exemption, LCT, Peter Dutton

It must be tricky being Peter Dutton, and not just because he currently has to spend an hour in front

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Nissan Leaf charging In Japan.
LATEST Opinion 

Japan and China have massively different views on EVs. I think my money is now on Japan | Opinion

MJDHealthPharmacy.com
April 20, 2025April 18, 2025
Stephen Corby 13822 Views ev, Japan

It’s not a question that gets raised a lot in high-school history classes, but perhaps it should, and it’s certainly

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IM Motors IM5.
LATEST Opinion 

Why the massive influx of Chinese EVs will end in tears | Opinion

April 5, 2025April 4, 2025 Iain Curry 20410 Views australia chinese cars, Australia chinese evs, cheap EV, Chinese EVs

I’ve been writing about cars and motoring for 25 years, and never known a time like it. New brands and

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Geely shipping vehicles to Peru.
LATEST Opinion 

Hating on Chinese EVs from MG, BYD, Leapmotor, Geely and Xpeng? You might be a car-racist | Opinion

March 10, 2025March 10, 2025 Stephen Corby 8796 Views BYD, Leapmotor, mg, Xpeng

Would you buy an electric vehicle from someone with a gun to your head? You’ll think I’m being overly dramatic,

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BYD Shark 6
BYD LATEST Opinion PHEV 

Electric ute shock! The BYD Shark 6 really is as good as everyone says – in fact, it’s better | Opinion

February 19, 2025February 20, 2025 Stephen Corby 56846 Views

Being avowedly and even professionally cynical can be exhausting work, but it’s satisfying, too, because you’re so often proven to

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Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers.
LATEST Opinion 

Don’t do it Jim! Stupid road user charge will be a disaster for the EV market in Australia | Opinion

February 11, 2025February 11, 2025 Stephen Corby 8130 Views EV road tax, Jim Chalmers

All forms of Government operate with a combination of carrots and sticks (in President Trump’s case his approach is to

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Elon Musk.
LATEST Opinion 

Forget broken promises or a stale model lineup, Tesla’s biggest company-threatening risk is actually Elon Musk | Opinion

February 1, 2025January 31, 2025 Stephen Corby 10641 Views

The problem with having a saint-like figure as the very public face of your company – a figure many argue

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2025 Renault 4 E-Tech
LATEST Opinion 

Why the Renault 4 and 5 EVs are going to save the world, not Orange Donald or Annoying Elon  | Opinion

January 30, 2025January 30, 2025 Iain Curry 10987 Views Opinion, Renault 4, renault 5, retro ev

It’s bold to suggest a duo of retro-styled small electric cars are going to save humanity. But that’s what the

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Zeekr X
EV LATEST Opinion 

Stupidity reigns: 2025 Zeekr X has swallowed a cat, a horse and a bicycle | Opinion

January 17, 2025January 18, 2025 Stephen Corby 16510 Views Chinese ev, Zeekr, Zeekr X

Something very frightening is happening with new cars; they seem to have lost their little electronic minds, and the plot,

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2012 Holden Volt plug-in hybrid
LATEST Opinion 

Why a 12 year-old Holden Volt PHEV is the perfect first car. And it’s not because I’m still drunk | Opinion

January 1, 2025January 1, 2025 Iain Curry 4710 Views holden volt, PHEV, Plug in hybrid, used PHEV

With my head fuzzy from a pre-Christmas cocktail, a mate’s question about the old, over-priced and poor selling 2012-15 Holden

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Happy electric new year! Every EV coming to Australia in 2025

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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
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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
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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