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2026 BYD Sealion 5 Premium.
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2026 BYD Sealion 5 Premium Review: This PHEV SUV is the Mitsubishi Lancer wagon of its generation. That’s a compliment, by the way…

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November 29, 2025November 28, 2025
Bruce Newton 4692 Views BYD, BYD Sealion 5, BYD Sealion 5 review

The latest model in BYD’s Aussie model rush is the Sealion 5 plug-in hybrid compact SUV. As much aimed at

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Left-hand drive Mazda 6e at the Lang Lang Proving Ground.
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2026 Mazda 6e Review: Is this Chinese-built newcomer with a famous name a viable alternative to the Tesla Model 3 and BYD Seal?

November 23, 2025November 24, 2025
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Toby Hagon 3787 Views 6e, mazda

The Mazda6 was once a popular alternative to the likes of the Holden Commodore and Ford Falcon. Now Mazda is

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2026 BYD Atto 2.
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2026 BYD Atto 2 Dynamic Review: Cheap and surprisingly cheerful compact electric SUV makes ICE rivals redundant

November 22, 2025November 22, 2025 Stephen Corby 4547 Views Atto 2, BYD, BYD Atto 2

BYD’s new Atto 2 might not look remarkable from a distance – indeed it looks like a design that might

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Ford Mustang Mach-E Premium
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2026 Ford Mustang Mach-E Review: Updated electric SUV aims to stand out from the Tesla crowd

November 16, 2025November 14, 2025 Toby Hagon 3125 Views ford, Mach-E, Mustang

If exclusivity is a priority for you with cars, then the original Ford Mustang Mach-E was a great way to

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2025 Audi Q4 55 e-tron quattro.
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Audi Q4 55 e-tron quattro Review: Perfectly nice, but is that gonna cut it against a vast number of cheaper and more interesting rivals?

November 15, 2025November 14, 2025 Stephen Corby 3025 Views Audi, Audi Q4 e-tron 55, Q4 e-tron 55

The problem with Audi’s curvaceous, attractive and non-threatening, Boomer-friendly new EV, the Audi Q4 55 e-tron quattro, is not the

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2025 GWM Cannon Alpha Ultra PHEV
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GWM Cannon Alpha Ultra PHEV Seven-Day Test: The plug-in BYD Shark alternative for proper off-roaders.

November 9, 2025November 9, 2025 Iain Curry 4262 Views alpha ultra phev, cannon alpha PHEV, gwm cannon alpha phev review, review

The BYD Shark may steal headlines and sales numbers, but GWM’s huge Cannon Alpha dual cab is the plug-in for

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2025 Ford E-Transit Custom Trend.
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2025 Ford E-Transit Custom Trend Review: This electric delivery van has a lot going for it, so why don’t we rate it higher?

November 7, 2025November 14, 2025 Bruce Newton 3211 Views E-Transit Custom, ford, Ford E-Transit Custom, transit electric, transit EV

At the moment most of the EV focus in Australia is on passenger vehicles. But we need a hell of

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2025 Hyundai Palisade Calligraphy.
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2026 Hyundai Palisade Calligraphy HEV Review: Can Hyundai’s new hybrid system really turn this huge SUV into a fuel-miser? Corby is sceptical

November 6, 2025November 6, 2025 Stephen Corby 3458 Views Hyundai, Hyundai Palisade Calligraphy HEV, Palisade Calligraphy HEV

Truly, you don’t need to dive into the demographics or scrape through the sales figures to know that sentiment is

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2025 BYD Sealion 8.
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2025 BYD Sealion 8 Premium Review: It’s super-fast and handles like a sports car. Does a seven-seat family SUV really need to behave this way?

November 3, 2025November 5, 2025 Bruce Newton 6664 Views BYD, BYD Sealion 8, Sealion 8

BYD is opening a new front in its war on, well, everyone else who sells cars in Australia, with the

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MG HS Hybrid+.
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2025 MG HS Hybrid+ Review: New mid-sized SUV brings EV-heavy hybrid system to take the fight to the Toyota RAV4

November 2, 2025November 1, 2025 Toby Hagon 3254 Views HS, Hybrid+, mg

The MG HS has the Toyota RAV4 squarely in its crosshairs. And it’s the Hybrid+ variant that MG thinks could

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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

PHEV: Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle
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PHEV: Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle

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Hybrid vehicle

July 26, 2019 Stephen Corby Comments Off on Hybrid 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

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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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