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2025 BYD Sealion 8.
BYD LATEST Reviews Sealion 8 SUV reviews 

2025 BYD Sealion 8 Premium Review: It’s super-fast and handles like a sports car. Does a seven-seat family SUV really need to behave this way?

November 3, 2025November 5, 2025 Bruce Newton 5557 Views BYD, BYD Sealion 8, Sealion 8

BYD is opening a new front in its war on, well, everyone else who sells cars in Australia, with the

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MG HS Hybrid+.
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2025 MG HS Hybrid+ Review: New mid-sized SUV brings EV-heavy hybrid system to take the fight to the Toyota RAV4

November 2, 2025November 1, 2025 Toby Hagon 2987 Views HS, Hybrid+, mg

The MG HS has the Toyota RAV4 squarely in its crosshairs. And it’s the Hybrid+ variant that MG thinks could

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Alfa Romeo Tonale Q4 PHEV
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2026 Alfa Romeo Tonale PHEV Review: Italian brand promises a small SUV antidote to “computers with four wheels”

November 1, 2025November 1, 2025 Andrew Chesterton 2218 Views Alfa Romeo Tonale

The Alfa Romeo Tonale is back for 2026, and it’s packing a promise under its undeniably pretty sheet metal that

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Leapmotor B10 range.
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2026 Leapmotor B10 Review: The cut-price Chinese EV that doesn’t drive like a Chinese EV

October 29, 2025October 29, 2025 Andrew Chesterton 4310 Views Leapmotor B10

If I had a dollar for every time a carmaker said they’d borrowed expertise from another brand to give its

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2026 Denza B5.
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2026 Denza B5 Leopard Review: Toyota should be worried, this plug-in hybrid could redefine the Australian 4×4 wagon market

October 27, 2025October 27, 2025 Bruce Newton 7742 Views B5, Denza, Denza B5

The Denza B5 can reset the balance of power in the 4×4 wagon segment in Australia. It’s that simple. To

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2025 BYD Atto 2 Premium.
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2025 BYD Atto 2 Premium Review: Australia’s cheapest compact electric SUV is going to be tough competition for both EVs and ICE … and not just because of the price

October 26, 2025October 25, 2025 Bruce Newton 8498 Views Atto 2, BYD, BYD Atto 2, Cheap EVs

BYD Australia is going to make a big statement when it comes to electric vehicle pricing when it launches the

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Omoda 9.
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2025 Omoda 9 Review: New premium plug-in hybrid takes the fight to Tesla, BYD, Zeekr, Mazda, Volvo – and more

October 25, 2025October 24, 2025 Toby Hagon 4132 Views Chery, Omoda, Omoda 9, PHEV

First things first: Omoda was previously a model within the Chery family. Along with sister brand Jaecoo it’s now been

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2025 MG HS Super Hybrid Essence.
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2025 MG HS Super Hybrid Essence Long Term Review #4: A bunch of things we love – and don’t – about MG’s plug-in hybrid medium SUV

October 19, 2025October 18, 2025 Bruce Newton 3079 Views MG HS Super Hybrid

The 2025 MG HS Super Hybrid has been hanging out at the southern HQ of EV Central (the Newton household)

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2026 Volvo XC60 with a 1980s Volvo 240 wagon
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2026 Volvo XC60 T8 Ultra PHEV Review: Let Scandi-cool convince you away from German plug-ins

October 18, 2025October 18, 2025 Iain Curry 3054 Views Volvo PHEV, Volvo XC60 PHEV, xc60 t8 review

Best-selling Volvo of all time, this XC60 SUV. I’m shocked too. Surely not ahead of those boxy wagons and sedans

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2025 Lexus NX450h+.
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2025 Lexus NX 450h+ F Sport Review: As Chinese plug-in hybrids sweep into Australia does the NX PHEV still justify its $100K price?

October 12, 2025October 12, 2025 Bruce Newton 4888 Views Lexus, Lexus NX450h+, NX450h+

There was a time when the Lexus NX 450h+ was on the cutting edge. Handsome looks and a sophisticated plug-in

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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 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

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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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