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BMW Australia and EcoBatt battery recycling.
BMW LATEST News 

BMW launches EV battery recycling initiative in Australia:  Up to 90 per cent of raw material to be recovered

November 7, 2025November 7, 2025 John Mahoney 10311 Views 0 Comments battery recycling, bmw, Ecobatt

BMW Group Australia has teamed up with Australian battery recycler EcoBatt as part of plans to roll out a new

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2026 BMW eDrive35.
BMW i4 LATEST News 

BMW i4 range trimmed in Australia: Popular LCT-busting eDrive35 updated, but more expensive models follow ICE 4 Series out the door

October 9, 2025October 10, 2025 EV Central team 11222 Views bmw, i4

The BMW i4 EV range in Australia is being refocused on its most popular model, an updated version of the

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2028 BMW iX5 Hydrogen prototype on-test.
BMW iX5 LATEST News 

2028 BMW iX5 Hydrogen confirmed: German luxury brand’s first production fuel cell model will sit alongside ICE, PHEV and BEV powertrains

September 30, 2025September 28, 2025 John Mahoney 11830 Views bmw, iX5 Hydrogen

BMW has confirmed the next-generation X5 luxury SUV due in 2028 will offer a production hydrogen fuel cell powertrain as

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2026 BMW iX3 right-hand drive.
BMW iX3 LATEST News 

Right-hand drive Neue Klasse BMW iX3 debuts; rear-drive electric SUV could be priced below $80,000 as BMW claims huge savings through “simplicity”

September 15, 2025September 23, 2025 Bruce Newton 15502 Views 40 sDrive, 40 xDrive, 50 xDrive, bmw, iX3

The right-hand drive BMW iX3 has made its global debut as more variants are confirmed and BMW talks up just

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2026 BMW iX3.
BMW iX3 LATEST Make Model List News Uncategorized 

BMW’s mind-boggling spend on Neue Klasse EV: $17 BILLION Aussie dollars is a bigger budget than some small countries

September 11, 2025September 11, 2025 Bruce Newton 13150 Views bmw, iX3

More than 10 billion Euros or $17 billion Aussie dollars. That’s the mind boggling record investment BMW has made in

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2026 BMW iX3 and i3.
BMW iX3 LATEST News 

“Everything depends on you, don’t mess it up!” BMW design chief reveals the extraordinary pressure developing the make-or-break Neue Klasse EV

September 8, 2025September 11, 2025 Bruce Newton 7881 Views bmw, i3, iX3, Neue Klasse

BMW Group’s design chief Adrian van Hooydonk says the pressure developing the design language for BMW’s critical 10 billion euro

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2026 BMW i3.
BMW i3 LATEST News 

2026 BMW i3 make shock public debut! Second Neue Klasse model is an electric version of iconic sedan, headed for Australia by 2027

September 7, 2025September 11, 2025 Bruce Newton 7824 Views bmw, i3, Neue Klasse

The new electric version of the BMW 3 Series sedan has made a surprise guest appearance at the global launch

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2026 BMW iX3.
LATEST Technology 

Revolutionary! The ‘Neue Klasse’ 2026 BMW iX3 slashes the CO2 gap to ICE. All-new EV will be cleaner and greener far sooner

August 26, 2025September 12, 2025 John Mahoney 130433 Views bmw, CO2 emissions, iX3, Neue Klasse

Ahead of its global debut at the Munich  motor show on September 8, BMW has detailed why its new iX3

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2025 BMW i5 M60 xDrive Touring.
BMW Car reviews LATEST Reviews 

2025 BMW i5 M60 xDrive Touring Review: A great car with relevance deprivation disorder

July 27, 2025July 28, 2025 Bruce Newton 5061 Views bmw, BMW EV, i5 M60 xDrive Touring

You want everyman relevance? Well, you’ve come to the wrong place! The 2025 BMW i5 M60 xDrive Touring is a

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2025 BMW iX.
LATEST News 

How BMW stole Australia’s premium electric vehicle market from Audi and Mercedes-Benz | Analysis

March 27, 2025March 28, 2025 Stephen Corby 10137 Views Audi, bmw, Mercedes-Benz, Tesla

Amid all the doom and Boomer gloom about EV sales (as I’ve mentioned before, a shocking proportion of Boomers/Old People

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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
NEW EVs News 

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
LATEST News Videos 

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
Videos 

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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