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2024 Alpine Alpenglow concept.
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Ferrari slayer! Alpine hatching V6 hybrid-powered flagship to hunt hypercars as brand expands at lightning speed

June 5, 2025June 3, 2025 John Mahoney 8561 Views A110, A290, a390, Alpenglow, alpine, hypercar

French sports car-maker Alpine has confirmed that it is hatching a wild hybrid powered supercar that will feature real Formula

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Porsche Cayman killer? The second-generation Alpine A110 is electric, feather-light, hyper-powerful and coming to Australia

June 2, 2025June 2, 2025 John Mahoney 5910 Views A110, alpine, Cayman, porsche

Renault’s re-emerging performance brand Alpine has confirmed the next-generation replacement for the A110 sports car will come with almost twice

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2025 Alpine A390.
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Confirmed for Australia! 2026 Alpine A390 tri-motor terror coming to fight the Porsche Macan

May 30, 2025July 4, 2025 John Mahoney 5757 Views a390, alpine, ev

Hot on the heels of the Xiaomi YU7, the mid-size luxury SUV segment has grown again with the arrival of

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2025 Alpine A390 tease.
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Porsche Macan and Tesla Model Y Performance EV-conqueror teased: Triple motor Alpine A390 could be the best-driving mid-size SUV yet!

February 24, 2025February 24, 2025 John Mahoney 7837 Views a390, alpine

Created to battle it out with the latest Porsche Macan EV and incoming Juniper Tesla Model Y Performance, the production-ready

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2025 Alpine A290.
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Snow go! Alpine A290 hot hatch revealed; Aussie launch expected for Abarth 500e and Mini Cooper SE rival

March 1, 2024February 28, 2024 John Mahoney 2851 Views 500e, A290, abarth, alpine, Cooper, Mini, SE

Fresh details and all-new pics of the incoming fast Alpine A290 hot hatch have emerged in the build-up to the

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As well as the upcoming Evija electric hypercar (right) Lotus has confirmed it is working on three all-new sports cars, one of which is known as the Type 131 and is expected to get a V6 hybrid system
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Lotus Type 131 to usher in new sports car era and V6 hybrid

January 25, 2021February 2, 2021 Toby Hagon 2459 Views alpine, electric car, electric hypercar, evija, geely, lotus, type 131, volvo

Lotus has given a glimpse of its electrified future by confirming it will soon reveal an all-new sports car currently

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2020 Lotus Evija with Lord March at Goodwood SpeedWeek
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Lotus and Alpine to join forces on new EV sports car

January 14, 2021January 18, 2021 EV Central team 2310 Views alpine, electric vehicle, EV performance car, lotus

Two of the world’s most iconic – if small volume – sports car makers have today announced a new partnership

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Alpine A110 Color Edition 2020
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Alpine wants to become ‘mini Ferrari’, focus on electric cars

October 21, 2020October 20, 2020 Toby Hagon 2850 Views alpine, electric cars, EVs, f1, renault

The future of the Alpine brand is becoming clearer – and that future is also looking increasingly electrified. Already Alpine

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New EVs coming soon

Happy electric new year! Every EV coming to Australia in 2025
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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

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

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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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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

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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