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SUV reviews

EV SUV reviews

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 6696 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 5036 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 10576 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 15420 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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2024 Peugeot e-2008 GT
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Seven-day test: 2024 Peugeot e-2008 GT review. Can it really challenge a Tesla Model Y or BYD Atto 3?

January 20, 2024February 26, 2024 Iain Curry 14326 Views e-2008, Peugeot e-2008, peugeot electric, peugeot EV, review

French cars have frustrated the living hell out of me this past decade, and the Peugeot e-2008 GT is another

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Hyundai Kona Electric review
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2024 Hyundai Kona Electric review: Is this the sweet spot between the BYD Atto 3 and Tesla Model Y?

January 19, 2024January 19, 2024 Andrew Chesterton 8587 Views Hyundai Kona Electric review

The new-generation Hyundai Kona Electric has arrived in Australia, and it’s found itself in a very different world to the

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2024 Mercedes-Benz EQE 300 SUV.
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2024 Mercedes-Benz EQE 300 SUV review: This five-door five-seat electric SUV is right in the zone … until you get to the price

January 6, 2024December 26, 2023 Bruce Newton 7403 Views EQE, ev, Mercedes-Benz, SUV

2024 Mercedes-Benz EQE 300 SUV review: The 2024 Mercedes-Benz EQE SUV is the latest battery electric model to arrive from

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2024 Hyundai Ioniq 5 N
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2024 Hyundai Ioniq 5 N: road and track review of a Kia EV6 GT and Tesla Model 3 Performance killer

November 22, 2023November 22, 2023 Iain Curry 9623 Views Hyundai Ioniq 5 N, ioniq 5 n review, ioniq 5 n track test

Hyundai’s Ioniq 5 N is here to challenge everything you once thought about electric cars. Boring, silent, and soulless? No

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Kia EV9 Hero
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2024 Kia EV9 review: This big, boxy electric SUV is an absolute game-changer in Australia

November 11, 2023November 11, 2023 Andrew Chesterton 5696 Views Kia EV9 review

The long-awaited Kia EV9 has at last landed in Australia, with the sizeable three-row, seven-seat SUV putting family friendly electric

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2024 Audi Q8 55 e-tron Launch Edition
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2024 Audi Q8 55 e-tron review: Is Audi’s electric SUV flagship a worthy rival to the Mercedes EQE and BMW iX?

October 19, 2023October 19, 2023 Iain Curry 5722 Views Audi, etron, q8 etron, qudi q8 etron

Audi’s simply named e-tron SUV was the luxury brand’s first EV toe in the water, but what to do when

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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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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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