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Facelifted 2024 Mercedes-Benz EQB
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2024 Mercedes-Benz EQB 250+ review: The LCT-busting prestige seven-seater to battle Kia’s EV9

April 21, 2024April 20, 2024 Iain Curry 30577 Views eqb 250+, mercedes eqb, seven seat ev

Seven seats, fully electric, Benz badge on the bonnet and, at $89,100, costing below the LCT threshold for you FBT

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2024 MG ZS EV LOng Range.
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MG ZS EV Long Range Review: $10,000 worth of reasons this compact electric SUV should be back on your shopping list

April 14, 2024April 12, 2024 Bruce Newton 12318 Views 3, BYD, electric, ev, Hyundai, kona, Long Range, mg, ZS

Money talks and when it comes to the 2024 MG ZS EV Long Range electric compact SUV, it talks very

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2024 GWM Tank 500 Ultra.
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GWM Tank 500 Ultra review: Is this the electrified 4×4 wagon that signals the end for Toyota’s dirty diesels?

March 31, 2024April 11, 2024 Bruce Newton 9127 Views 500, Prado, Tank, Toyota

So you’re trying to figure out what this chrome-laden Chinese 4×4 is doing here right? Well, yep for many EV

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2024 Ford Mustang Mach-E Premium.
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2024 Ford Mustang Mach-E Premium review: Forget the name, this Tesla Model Y rival is as mild as the V8 Mustang is wild

March 24, 2024March 22, 2024 Bruce Newton 4200 Views ford, Mach-E, Mustang

The old saying goes ‘no publicity is bad publicity’, but whether that applies to the 2024 Ford Mustang Mach-E is

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2024 Toyota bZ4X AWD
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2024 Toyota bZ4X AWD review: Why driving Toyota’s first electric car on dirt is like chucking a Giraffe in a pool … Really

March 16, 2024March 16, 2024 Andrew Chesterton 9370 Views toyota bz4x review

There’s fashionably late, and then there’s whatever the hell you call Toyota’s mega-tardy arrival to Australia’s EV party. But the

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Subaru Solterra
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2024 Subaru Solterra review: Can this electric SUV tackle the Tesla Model Y with some bush bashing nous?

March 10, 2024March 14, 2024 Toby Hagon 4908 Views solterra, Subaru, Subaru Solterra

Subarus are known for being a little bit adventurous – except this one’s an EV. In fact the Subaru Solterra

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2024 Toyota bZ4X FWD
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2024 Toyota BZ4X FWD review: The Captain Sensible alternative to a Tesla Model Y

March 7, 2024March 10, 2024 Iain Curry 6800 Views bz4x fwd review, bz4x review, toyota bz4x, toyota bz4x review

Seen Toyota’s new ad? Barry went electric, didn’t he? Bearded Baz is fair dinkum Aussie. Got his flannel shirt, likes

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Renault Megane E-Tech
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2024 Renault Megane E-Tech review: Can this chic French crossover seriously challenge the Tesla Model Y?

March 3, 2024March 2, 2024 Toby Hagon 5186 Views Megane e-Tech, renault

The 2024 Renault Megane E-Tech takes the design ethos of the Megane hatchback and gives it some high-riding crossover love.

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2024 Polestar 3
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2024 Polestar 3 review: Electric SUV goes above and beyond Tesla Model Y

March 2, 2024January 10, 2025 Stephen Corby 10734 Views

Would a large-ish car company actually attempt to kill off the world’s most respected motoring journalists, and if it did,

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2024 Kia EV9 GT-Line
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2024 Kia EV9 review: why you should buy the Air, not the too-expensive GT-Line

February 18, 2024February 26, 2024 Iain Curry 15822 Views ev9 air, ev9 gt-line, Kia EV9, Kia EV9 review, kia ev9 test

“What’s one of them worth, then?” my neighbour asks, his eyebrow-raised glare locked on my seven-seat Kia EV9 GT-Line. I

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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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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

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