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2025 Hyundai Inster
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2025 Hyundai Inster review: the $40k city SUV challenge to the MG4, GWM Ora and BYD Dolphin

August 22, 2024August 30, 2024 Iain Curry 10855 Views city ev, hyundai inster, inster, inster ev

It’s about bloody time. Finally – belatedly – we have one of Australia’s top five car brands delivering a budget

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2024 BMW ix1 eDrive20.
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2024 BMW iX1 eDrive20 review: We understand why BMW’s cheapest EV exists, but should it?

August 11, 2024August 11, 2024 Stephen Corby 16174 Views bmw, ev, iX1, SUV

If you want to understand why the single e-motor front-wheel drive BMW iX1 eDrive20 exists look no further than the

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Mini Cooper SE
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2024 Mini Cooper EV review: the tiny Tesla antidote that’s super fun to drive

August 4, 2024August 3, 2024 Toby Hagon 5172 Views Cooper, Mini

It’s the Chinese-made Mini with lashings of loveable British charm and innovative modern materials blended with the latest tech (and

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Rolls-Royce Spectre
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2024 Rolls-Royce Spectre: 8 things you need to know about a car that is and isn’t an EV benchmark

July 27, 2024July 27, 2024 Toby Hagon 3562 Views rolls-royce, Spectre

It’s long been the pinnacle of luxury and now Rolls-Royce has begun its journey shunning petrol in favour of electricity.

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2024 MG4 XPower.
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2024 MG MG4 XPower review: Australia’s first EV hot hatch offers unmatchable bang for buck. But is it any good?

July 21, 2024July 24, 2024 Bruce Newton 5042 Views mg, MG4, XPower

2024 MG MG4 XPower review:  In all the hoo-hah about the Hyundai Ioniq 5 N, Tesla Model 3 Performance and

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BYD Seal Performance
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2024 BYD Seal Performance review: Does the high-performance sedan have what it takes to tackle the Tesla Model 3?

July 14, 2024July 14, 2024 Toby Hagon 16952 Views BYD, BYD Seal, Seal

The BYD Seal is the EV newcomer’s weapon for tackling the success of the Tesla Model 3. The mid-sized four-door

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Polestar 4 Long Range Dual Motor with Performance Pack
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2024 Polestar 4 review: Electric SUV steps up performance to take on Tesla Model Y, Porsche Macan EV

July 7, 2024July 7, 2024 Toby Hagon 5881 Views polestar, polestar 4

Things are about to get serious for Polestar with the imminent arrival of the Polestar 4. The mid-sized SUV is

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2024 Lexus LBX.
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2024 Lexus LBX Sports Luxury Review: The expensive youth market hybrid that’s missed its calling

July 6, 2024July 6, 2024 Bruce Newton 4592 Views hybrid, LBX, Lexus

If your mind equates luxury cars with size and exclusivity then the Lexus LBX hybrid is gonna do your head

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The McLaren Artura Spider
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2024 McLaren Artura Spider review: Electrification boosts excitement in this Ferrari-baiting plug-in powerhouse

June 30, 2024June 29, 2024 Andrew Chesterton 3105 Views McLaren Artura Spider

Electrification has arrived in the world of supercars, where the world’s most mad-hatter manufacturers are now using electric motors not

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Ford E-Tourneo Titanium X
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2024 Ford E-Tourneo review: Can this all-electric people mover tempt families out of the Kia Carnival and Volkswagen Multivan?

June 29, 2024June 29, 2024 Toby Hagon 4013 Views E-Tourneo, ford, Ford E-Tourneo

Ford’s upcoming new Tourneo plans to carve itself a slice of the Aussie people mover market. But it’s the all-electric

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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
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Hybrid vehicle

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The best electric cars in Australia in 2024 between $80,000 and $100,000
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The best electric cars in Australia in 2024 between $80,000 and $100,000

February 11, 2024 Iain Curry Comments Off on The best electric cars in Australia in 2024 between $80,000 and $100,000
The five best family EVs under $100K: From Tesla and Hyundai to Kia and Mercedes-Benz
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The five best family EVs under $100K: From Tesla and Hyundai to Kia and Mercedes-Benz

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