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2024 Tesla Model 3 Performance
LATEST Opinion 

Are electric vehicles dangerously fast? From the MG 4 XPower to the Tesla Model 3 Performance, supercar acceleration at Aldi prices is a recipe for disaster

August 25, 2024August 30, 2024 Stephen Corby 4760 Views Tesla Model 3 Performance

Electric vehicles have ruined speed. Recently, at the race track part of the Porsche Taycan launch a colleague of mine

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Genesis Neolun concept
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Pimpmobile interior aside, why I’ll retire driving a Genesis electric SUV, not a BMW, Benz or Audi

July 18, 2024July 18, 2024 Iain Curry 6297 Views Genesis EV, genesis gv90, genesis neolun

Saw the Genesis GV90 at last month’s Busan Mobility Show in Korea, in all its padded purple pimpiness. Okay, it’s

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Tesla Model 3 Performance
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Tesla owners may soon need a special licence to drive a FEV (Fast Electric Vehicle)

July 13, 2024July 16, 2024 Stephen Corby 6710 Views

When you get a boat licence, you are not allowed to pilot a cruise ship, or a Sydney Ferry, nor

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Mercedes-Benz EQC at an EVlink DC fast charging station
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What hope for Tesla, or any other EVs, once Dutton goes full MAGGA? | Opinion

June 19, 2024June 19, 2024 Stephen Corby 5583 Views electric car subsidies, EV policy, EV politics

It is surely only a matter of days until Peter Dutton rains fire and fury upon electric vehicles and their

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A plug-in hybrid
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Time to unplug phoney PHEV fuel ratings: Australia’s “electrified” automotive future isn’t all its cracked up to be | Opinion

June 9, 2024June 8, 2024 Stephen Corby 6268 Views NVES, PHEV

Imagine, for one wild moment, that McDonald’s was allowed to promote itself as a purveyor ofhealth foods, just because it

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Tesla Cybercab teaser
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Tesla’s biggest gamble ever: Musk bets the future of electric vehicle giant on “Cybercab” and truly autonomous cars | Opinion

May 25, 2024May 25, 2024 Stephen Corby 3994 Views Cybercab, Tesla

You might think some of Tesla’s past moves – cutting prices, actually building the Cybertruck, Ludicrous Mode – were out

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2024 Tesla Moderl 3.
LATEST Make Model List Opinion Tesla 

Don’t believe the haters: Why rumours of Tesla’s impending death have been greatly exaggerated

May 13, 2024May 12, 2024 Toby Hagon 3693 Views model 3, model y, Tesla

Rely on the headlines and you’d be forgiven for thinking Tesla is about to fizzle out in an electrified puff

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2024 Beijing Motor Show
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EVs, influencers and riot police: Our man Iain Curry on the ground at the Beijing Motor Show

May 4, 2024June 18, 2024 Iain Curry 3787 Views 2024 beijing motor show, beijing motor show, china ev, Chinese ev

My 2024 Beijing Motor Show gets off to an inauspicious start. The transfer bus takes three hours to move 50km,

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Hyundai Ioniq 5 N.
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Sounds off – Will electric cars ever sound any good? | Opinion

March 20, 2024March 19, 2024 Stephen Corby 3482 Views bmw, BMW i4, BMW M, BMW M Performance, Car sounds, cars, Christopher Nolan, Dune, Dune 2, electric car, electric cars, ev, Fake sounds, Ferrari, Film score, hans zimmer, Hyundai, Hyundai Ioniq 5 N, Lion King, Tesla

Walking around the coolest work space I have ever seen, with my jaw either hanging slack or loudly whispering things

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A stack of lies you could drive a Toyota HiLux through | Opinion

February 13, 2024March 18, 2024 Stephen Corby 7661 Views Anthony Albanese, cars, Efficiency Standards, EVs, fcai, Fuel efficiency, Liars, mazda, Peter Dutton, Politicians, stephen corby, Toyota

It’s been a big couple of weeks for liars and lying, with Anthony Albanese distracting people from his “my word

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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

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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
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PHEV: Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle

July 27, 2019 Stephen Corby Comments Off on PHEV: Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle
Hybrid vehicle
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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
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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, 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
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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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