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2023 Peugeot e-Partner.
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2023 Peugeot e-Partner review: New electric van arrives to help green your fleet – at a price…

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July 27, 2023August 5, 2023
Bruce Newton 5530 Views e-Partner, Peugeot

EV Central’s 2023 Peugeot e-Partner review: The Peugeot e-Partner compact electric van adds another contender to the small but growing

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2024 Polestar 2
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2024 Polestar 2 review: Single motor Long range –  Major updates take the electric vehicle fight to Tesla 

July 26, 2023July 26, 2023
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Andrew Chesterton 6334 Views australia, polestar 2, review, Tesla Model 3

What’s new in the 2024 Polestar 2? 2024 Polestar 2 review: The bigger question, I think, is what isn’t? Almost

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MG4
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MG4 2023 review: Excite 51 – battle of the budget electric vehicles as GWM Ora and BYD Atto 3 rival steps up

July 22, 2023July 23, 2023 Toby Hagon 10792 Views mg, MG4

The MG4 is the first electric car from the value-focused brand to be built on a dedicated EV architecture. The

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Welcome to the Rolls-Royce Spectre
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The $1 million Rolls-Royce Spectre reviewed: Is this the best electric vehicle ever made?

July 19, 2023July 19, 2023 Stephen Corby 3737 Views australia, ev, review, rolls-royce, Spectre

It is strangely and disturbingly common for people to believe that Elon Musk actually invented the electric car when he

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2023 BMW iX1 M Sport
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2023 BMW iX1 review: How does this premium electric SUV stack up against Tesla, Mercedes-Benz and Volvo in Australia?

July 8, 2023July 21, 2023 Bruce Newton 14422 Views

EV Central’s BMW iX1 review: It’s drifting into ancient history now but BMW was a real battery electric vehicle trendsetter

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Cruise self-driving robo-taxi at work in San Francisco
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“Insanely frightening and incredibly cool”: What it is really like to catch a self-driving robo-taxi

July 6, 2023July 6, 2023 Stephen Corby 4583 Views Chevrolet Bolt, ev, review, robotaxi, Waymo

I have an almost disturbing and possibly dangerous love of speed – skiing, driving, roller coasters; the faster it is

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The Kia EV9
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2023 Kia EV9 review: What do you get if you mix a Mazda CX-90 with a Toyota LandCruiser and a Nissan Pathfinder? This electric SUV might just be better than all of them | review

July 3, 2023July 23, 2023 Toby Hagon 8615 Views australia, charging, Kia EV9, Price and features, review

The Kia EV9 electric SUV is the latest in the expanding EV-branded family of electric cars. It’s also by far

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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 8190 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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Driven: Abarth 500e EV

May 27, 2023May 27, 2023 John Carey 6829 Views Abarth 500e, ev

The Abarth 500e is a faster, louder Fiat 500e that comes in brighter colours. It’s due in Australia three or

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Lexus RZ450e
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Lexus RZ450e review

May 25, 2023May 25, 2023 Toby Hagon 7183 Views Lexus

The Lexus RZ450e is the second electric car from the Japanese luxury brand. However, whereas the UX300e was adapted from

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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

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
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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

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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