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2020 Porsche Taycan Turbo S
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Taycan tops Aussie BEV pricing

June 3, 2020July 2, 2020 Bruce Newton 2581 Views battery electric vehicle, bev, electric vehicle, ev, porsche, Taycan

It’s official. The Porsche Taycan is Australia’s most expensive battery electric vehicle. Pricing for the four-door sports sedan will start

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Audi Project Artemis launch
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Audi ‘Artemis’ to create new EV

June 2, 2020September 21, 2023 Toby Hagon 2459 Views Audi, battery electric vehicle, bev, electric vehicle, ev, Project Artemis

A “highly efficient electric car” will go on-sale as soon as 2024 created by a new Audi division tasked with

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2020 Lexus UX 300e
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Lexus 1 million km battery backing

May 28, 2020September 21, 2023 Toby Hagon 7141 Views battery electric vehicle, bev, electric vehicle, ev, Lexus, UX 300e

The Toyota-owned Japanese luxury brand Lexus has announced a landmark 10-year/one million kilometre battery warranty for its first pure electric

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Dyson reveals cancelled EV

May 20, 2020September 21, 2023 Andrew Chesterton 4106 Views battery electric vehicle, bev, Dyson, electric vehicle, ev, N256, solid state battery

Vacuum cleaner billionaire Sir James Dyson has revealed the stunning electric vehicle he axed last October after spending around $1

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Electric MG roadster previewed

May 14, 2020December 21, 2020 Bruce Newton 3232 Views battery electric vehicle, Cyberster, electric vehucle, ev, mg

The famous MG two-door roadster could be reborn as an electric vehicle. Now owned by Chinese automotive giant SAIC, but

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2020 MG ZS EV
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Electric MG off to strong start

May 13, 2020November 23, 2020 Toby Hagon 5274 Views battery electric vehicle, bev, electric car, electric vehicle, ev, mg, mg hs, mg hs ev, saic

Could the MG ZS EV become Australia’s best selling EV? MG Australia says 50 people have placed $1000 deposits on

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2020 Mini Electric EV
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Aussie price for Mini EV announced

May 12, 2020September 21, 2023 Andrew Chesterton 5434 Views battery electric vehicle, bev, electric vehicle, ev, Mini, Mini Electric

The first-ever electric Mini will cost $59,900 drive-away in Australia. Due to launch in August 2020, the initial examples of

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Skoda reveals Aussie-bound Enyaq

May 10, 2020September 21, 2023 Andrew Chesterton 2622 Views battery electric vehicle, bev, eletric vehicle, Enyaq, ev, Skoda

This is the Skoda Enyaq and it’s almost certain to be the first battery electric vehicle sold in Australia by

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706km Xpeng P7 trumps Tesla

May 3, 2020December 21, 2020 Bruce Newton 5167 Views battery electric vehicle, bev, electric vehicle, ev, P7, Tesla Model S, Xpeng

Little-known Chinese brand Xpeng has launched a battery-electric sports sedan with a Tesla-beating claimed 706km range between recharges. Somewhat immodestly,

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Bollinger reveals chassis cab

May 2, 2020September 21, 2023 Andrew Chesterton 3493 Views B2CC, battery electric vehicle, bev, Bollinger, chassis cab, electric vehicle, ev, pick-up, SUV

US Electric vehicle start-up Bollinger has unveiled a chassis cab model to go with its B1 SUV and B2 pick-up.

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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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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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