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2025 Jeep Compass.
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2026 Jeep Compass debuts: Aussie-bound compact SUV broadens its appeal with EV, PHEV and mild hybrid choices

May 12, 2025May 11, 2025 John Mahoney 9845 Views 4x4, Compass, jeep

The all-new third-generation 2026 Jeep Compass has been unwrapped ahead of its expected launch Down Under early next year. Available

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Jeep Magneto EV concept revealed for the 2021 Jeep Safari in Moab
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Jeep goes electric with Wrangler-based Magneto concept

March 23, 2021March 31, 2021 Toby Hagon 3279 Views 4WD, 4x4, electric car, jeep, Magneto, wrangler

Jeep has expressed its desire to go electric – in concept form at least. The classic American off-road specialist has

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An electric-powered Toyota LandCruiser 70-Series EV being used as part of a trial with mining giant BHP
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Toyota’s LandCruiser 70-Series to go electric

January 8, 2021July 1, 2021 Toby Hagon 7306 Views 4WD, 4x4, 70-series, 70-Series EV, 70-series LandCruiser, bhp, electric 4wd, electric 4x4, electric car, electric LandCruiser, electric suv, LandCruiser EV, off-road, Toyota LandCruiser

An electric Toyota LandCruiser 70-Series is on the cards, giving the brand that sells more off-roaders than any other a

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Toyota FJ-E electric concept car created by Art Center College of Design (Pasadena) student Sean Hadley to imagine what a 2030 version of the Toyota FJ could look like
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Toyota FJ LandCruiser goes electric … as a 2030 concept

January 2, 2021January 8, 2021 Toby Hagon 6650 Views 4WD, 4x4, electric car, electric off-roader, electric suv, ev, FJ Cruiser, FJ-E, ford bronco, landcruiser, off-road, Toyota FJ Cruiser, Toyota LandCruiser

Imagine what a 2030 version of the legendary Toyota FJ would look like running purely on electricity. That’s what one

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News 

V8s for now, but Jeep planning EV ‘green’ attack

November 23, 2020December 4, 2020 Toby Hagon 1497 Views 4x4, ev, jeep

Jeep plans to leverage the resources of the newly formed Stellantis group it is now part of as it pursues

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2021 INEOS Grenadier
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INEOS Grenadier revealed

July 1, 2020July 1, 2020 Toby Hagon 4175 Views 4x4, fcev, fuel cell electric vehicle, grenadier, hydrogen, ineos, ineos grenadier

Radical Land Rover Defender-inspired 4×4 is set to adopt hydrogen power in future. Read the full story on how the

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2021 INEOS Grenadier
HEV News 

INEOS Grenadier to add hydrogen fuel cell tech

July 1, 2020July 18, 2020 Toby Hagon 6248 Views 4x4, fcev, fuel cell, grenadier, hydrogen, ineos, ineos grenadier, land rover defender

A rugged new British 4×4 called the INEOS Grenadier has been revealed – and it’s set to go electric. What

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New EVs coming soon

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

January 4, 2025 Toby Hagon 9
EV ute overload: The electric pickups coming in 2024
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EV ute overload: The electric pickups coming in 2024

May 1, 2024 EV Central team 2
New EV electric car calendar
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New EV electric car calendar

December 5, 2023 EV Central team Comments Off on New EV electric car calendar
The electric year ahead: Every EV coming to Australia in 2023
LATEST NEW EVs News 

The electric year ahead: Every EV coming to Australia in 2023

January 3, 2023 Toby Hagon 2

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
EV advice EV types 

PHEV: Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle

July 27, 2019 Stephen Corby Comments Off on PHEV: Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle
Hybrid vehicle
EV advice EV types 

Hybrid vehicle

July 26, 2019 Stephen Corby Comments Off on Hybrid vehicle
EV or BEV: Electric vehicle or battery electric vehicle
EV advice EV types 

EV or BEV: Electric vehicle or battery electric vehicle

July 26, 2019 Stephen Corby Comments Off on 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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