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2025 BYD Dolphin.
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$29,990 Dolphin dives in! BYD wins the race to price an EV under $30,000 in Australia. Cuts the price of the Atto 3 as well

January 9, 2025May 13, 2025
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Bruce Newton 18332 Views Atto 3, BYD, Dolphin, Essential

Unless another brand gazumps it, BYD will become the first auto brand to sell a new battery electric vehicle priced

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Tesla Model 3 Long Range
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Slow down! Tesla’s growth finally stutters after 10 years, but 2025 is already shaping up to be a corker for the US EV brand

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January 9, 2025February 2, 2025
John Mahoney 8477 Views 2024 sales, model 3, model y, Tesla

Tesla has announced 2024 was the first year it didn’t deliver back-to-back growth for 10 years. The US firm produced

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Tesla Model 3 Long Range
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Australians bought a record number of EVs in 2024 (just); Tesla still dominates, BYD, MG, BMW, Volvo catching

January 7, 2025January 20, 2025 Toby Hagon 16407 Views ev sales

Australians bought a record 91,292 new electric vehicles in 2024 – and it’s Tesla that continues to dominate. Figures released

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2025 Firefly.
LATEST News TOP STORIES 

Look out MG4 and BYD Dolphin! Distinctive iPhone-eyed Firefly hatch is Chinese luxury brand NIO’s debut budget buy

January 6, 2025February 2, 2025 John Mahoney 7164 Views BYD, Firefly, MG4, Nio

NIO has revealed the first model in its new Firefly budget brand that will spearhead the sub-brand’s expansion into new

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2025 XPeng G6 Long Range.
LATEST Reviews SUV reviews TOP STORIES 

2025 XPeng G6 Long Range Review: Why the latest Tesla Model Y rival to land in Australia is more than a copy and paste imitation

January 5, 2025February 25, 2025 Bruce Newton 25464 Views Long Range, Xpeng, Xpeng G6

Like a dam wall cracking and then bursting, rivals for the Tesla Model Y are now flooding into Australia. This

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2026 Renault 5 Turbo 3E.
LATEST News TOP STORIES 

Merry Christmas! Wild Renault 5 Turbo 3E locked in for Australia as $250K hot hatch supercar slayer

December 24, 2024February 2, 2025 Toby Hagon 19615 Views R5, renault, Turbo 3E

The wild Renault 5 Turbo 3E is coming to Australia as a race-inspired hot hatch rival to purebred supercars. Renault

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2026 Jaguar Type 00.
LATEST News TOP STORIES 

WTF! Mind-blowing Jaguar Type 00 concept reveals luxury all-electric Rolls-Royce Spectre rival as dramatic brand reboot accelerates

December 5, 2024January 10, 2025 John Mahoney 11948 Views Jaguar, Rolls-Royce Spectre, Type 00

Jaguar has doubled down on its bold rebranding strategy with the launch of the futuristic Jaguar Type 00 coupe. The

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2025 Ford Puma Gen-E.
LATEST News TOP STORIES 

Axed! Ford abandons plan to sell Puma Gen-E compact electric SUV in Australia, opts for PHEV van instead

December 4, 2024January 10, 2025 Bruce Newton 12528 Views ford, Gen-E, PHEV, Puma, Transit Custom

Ford has axed plans to bring the battery electric Puma Gen-E compact SUV to Australia. Instead, it has announced an

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Ford Ranger PHEV Sport.
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Cop that BYD Shark 6! Ford fires up Ranger PHEV towing and off-road credentials as plug-in war of words breaks out

November 28, 2024January 3, 2025 Bruce Newton 14556 Views BYD Shark 6, ford ranger, PHEV

Ford has attempted to spear BYD Shark 6 mania with a reminder its forthcoming Ranger plug-in-hybrid dual cab ute offers

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Toyota bZ4X
bZ4X LATEST News TOP STORIES Toyota 

Toyota leaves bZ4X in the sales slow lane as Tesla Model Y dominates and Chinese newcomers BYD, XPeng, Leapmotor, Deepal and Geely undercut it on price

November 27, 2024September 1, 2025 Bruce Newton 15470 Views BZ4X, Model, Tesla, Toyota, Y

Even though it’s stuck at the back of the sales pack, Toyota Australia continues to insist there will be no

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Happy electric new year! Every EV coming to Australia in 2025
LATEST NEW EVs News 

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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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
EV advice EV types 

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

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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