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EV car and SUV reviews

2025 Subaru Forester.
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2025 Subaru Forester Strong Hybrid SUV Review: Well, more of a sneak peek really, but we liked it…

PharmacySydney.com
May 17, 2025May 17, 2025
Stephen Corby 6653 Views Forester, Strong Hybrid, Subaru

If you put a gun to my head and said I had to buy an SUV, I still wouldn’t, but

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2025 JCW Mini E 3-door
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2025 Mini JCW Hatch and Aceman Track Review: Can an electric John Cooper Works Mini live up to that fabulous heritage?

MJDHealthPharmacy.com
May 13, 2025May 13, 2025
Iain Curry 4158 Views electric jcw, john cooper works EV, mini aceman jcw

Blame my English heritage, but I was Sceptic-in Chief ahead of testing the new JCW versions of Mini’s electric line-up.

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Tesla Model Y Rear-Wheel Drive
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2025 Tesla Model Y Rear-Wheel Drive Review: Can the cheapest Model Y hold off the even cheaper Chinese competition?

May 10, 2025November 17, 2025 Andrew Chesterton 18243 Views Tesla Model Y Rear-Wheel Drive

If Tesla is going to climb its way back to the top of the sales charts in Australia (and the

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2025 Zeekr 009
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2025 Zeekr 009 Review: The maddest, fastest people mover on sale, but who’ll actually buy one?

May 4, 2025May 3, 2025 Iain Curry 19611 Views Zeekr 009, zeekr 009 review, zeekr australia

In a motoring writer’s career, some cars come along that simply warp one’s brain. The Zeekr 009 people mover is

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BYD Sealion 7
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2025 BYD Sealion 7 Performance Review: Plenty of surprises as Chinese attempt to bloody Tesla Model Y’s nose

May 3, 2025May 3, 2025 Stephen Corby 24311 Views BYD, Sealion 7

When you fire up a BYD Sealion 7, you are greeted by a Tesla-typical-sized screen that says: “Cool the Earth

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Deepal G318
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2025 Deepal G318 Review: Meet the Toyota Prado’s worst nightmare. This Chinese range extender can shake up the diesel-dominated Aussie 4WD market

April 21, 2025May 2, 2025 Toby Hagon 13946 Views Deepal, G318

Forget diesel engines and big fuel tanks, the new breed of frugal off-roaders rely on electricity and petrol – and

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MG ZS Hybrid+ Excite.
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2025 MG ZS Hybrid+ Excite Review: Updates to this affordable SUV mean the battery now stays charged, but it still left us feeling a little flat

April 19, 2025April 22, 2025 Bruce Newton 9104 Views Excite, mg, ZS Hybrid+

In the old days (last year), the MG ZS compact SUV was cheap and cheerful rental fleet fodder, but now

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Charging a 2025 Leapmotor C10 Design EV
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Seven day test: 2025 Leapmotor C10 Design EV. I’ll check back when you’ve finished it.

April 18, 2025April 17, 2025 Iain Curry 11131 Views C10 Design, Leapmotor C10, Leapmotor C10 Review

Leapmotor is a box fresh Chinese brand on our shores, marketed by auto giant Stellantis (Jeep, Peugeot, RAM, etc.), and

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2025 Volvo EX30 Twin Performance Ultra.
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2025 Volvo EX30 Twin Performance Ultra Review: The fastest production Volvo ever comes with standard sincerity and a dash of devil

April 13, 2025April 12, 2025 Bruce Newton 10285 Views EX30, Twin Performance Ultra, volvo

The folks at Volvo have always seem so … sincere. They are sincere in how they don’t want people to

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Haval H6GT
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2025 GWM Haval H6GT PHEV Review: New plug-in hybrid packs in the value and EV range to make life tough for BYD Sealion 6, Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV

April 12, 2025April 11, 2025 Toby Hagon 25450 Views H6GT, haval, PHEV

The new GWM Haval G6GT has the option of a plug-in hybrid system that takes EV-only motoring to another level.

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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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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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