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2024 GWM Tank 700 Hi4-T PHEV
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2024 GWM Tank 700 PHEV review: 385kW/800Nm 4×4 is a rapid plug-in Toyota LandCruiser and Nissan Patrol rival

June 2, 2024June 3, 2024 Iain Curry 19882 Views GWM Tank 700 PHEV

The GWM Tank 700 Hi4-T may be a plug-in hybrid, but it’s hardly a poster child for green motoring. This

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Jeep Avenger 4xe hybrid
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Australia’s toughest hybrid? Full details of most rugged all-wheel-drive Jeep Avenger 4xe hybrid released

May 28, 2024May 27, 2024 John Mahoney 14822 Views Avenger 4xe, jeep

Jeep has released full details of its most rugged and capable Jeep Avenger ever, which introduces a new petrol-electric hybrid

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

April 16, 2024April 16, 2024 EV Central team 13418 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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Rivian being recharged with the DRLs showing charging status
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New EV electric car calendar

December 5, 2023December 9, 2023 EV Central team 186798 Views new electric cars, new electric vehicles, new ev calendar, new evs coming soon

All the new electric cars, electric SUVs and electric utes arriving in Australia in 2021, 2022 and 2023. Here is

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Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV
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2023 Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV long-term review: Laziness destroys our fuel savings, but plug-in potential is clear

June 27, 2023June 26, 2023 Stephen Corby 8087 Views australia, Long term review, Mitsubishi outlander phev, Plug in hybrid

In what might be called the normal, or even old world, I would have been very happy to drive alarge,

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Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV
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Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV – Long-termer welcome

January 28, 2023January 27, 2023 Stephen Corby 6774 Views

Having a fabulously fun and funky Hyundai Kona EV in my driveway taught me a lesson that I’ve learned time

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Driven: Alfa Romeo Tonale Plug-in Hybrid Q4

November 23, 2022November 23, 2022 John Carey 7153 Views Alfa Romeo Tonale PHEV, Alfa Romeo Tonale Plug-in Hybrid

Alfa Romeo’s new Tonale Plug-in Hybrid Q4 is the first ever vehicle from the venerable Italian car maker with a

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Driven: Mercedes-AMG GT 63 S E Performance

April 20, 2022April 29, 2022 John Carey 7186 Views Mercedes-AMG

Performance PHEVs are fast becoming a trend. The new GT 63 S E Performance is the most powerful road car

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Mercedes-Benz A250e plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV)
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PHEVs a ‘con’ says pro-EV European campaign group

October 19, 2020October 22, 2020 John Carey 4152 Views

“Plug-in hybrid con” is the attention-grabbing headline of a recent briefing paper from a major European clean transport campaign group.

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2021 Range Rover Velar P400e PHEV
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No Range Rover Velar PHEV for Australia until we get government incentives

October 5, 2020October 6, 2020 Iain Curry 5023 Views

If you want to buy a Range Rover one thing you’re never short of is choice. Unless, of course, you

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

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Types of EVs

FCEV: Fuel cell hydrogen electric vehicle
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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

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PHEV: Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle

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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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