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BYD

2024 BYD Sealion 6.
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PHEV fortunes! BYD cuts pricing of Sealion 6 AGAIN, while Mitsubishi is forced to pull the plug on Eclipse Cross PHEV

January 22, 2025January 22, 2025 Bruce Newton 25523 Views BYD, BYD Sealion 6 Essential, Mitsubishi, Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross PHEV, PHEV, plug-in hybrid

While BYD is doubling down on plug-in hybrids in Australia, its primary PHEV rival Mitsubishi is pulling the plug. BYD

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BYD Sealion 7.
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How low can they go? Sub $60,000 price promised for 2025 BYD Sealion 7 SUV as Chinese firm’s latest Aussie arrival  squares up to Tesla Model Y

January 14, 2025January 13, 2025 John Mahoney 23408 Views BYD, Sealion 7, Tesla Model Y

The 2025 BYD Sealion 7 will feature highly competitive pricing that’s been promised to start below $60,000 as the Chinese

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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 Bruce Newton 17439 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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BYD Seal Performance
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On the rise! BYD sold 4.27 million EVs and PHEVs in 2024, overtaking Ford and Honda – but Tesla still has the edge for EV sales

January 8, 2025January 7, 2025 John Mahoney 10244 Views BYD, EV sales 2024, PHEV sales 2024, Tesla

BYD has announced it sold an incredible 4.27 million cars globally in 2024, representing a massive 41.3 per cent increase

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2025 Firefly.
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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 6847 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 BYD Shark 6.
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Bruce Newton’s best electrified car of 2024: BYD Shark 6

December 31, 2024December 30, 2024 Bruce Newton 11504 Views BMW iX3, BYD, Neue Klasse, polestar 3, Shark 6

I wrestled with this one for a while because the BYD Shark 6 was the vehicle that impressed me most

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2025 Sealion 7 EV.
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Cheaper EVs! Government announces scheme to slash the cost of buying new and used electric vehicles. But there are conditions…

December 19, 2024December 20, 2024 Bruce Newton 25346 Views BYD, chris bowen, ev, loan, low interest

The federal government has moved to make the purchase of new and used electric vehicles more affordable. It is backing

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BYD Shark 6 Premium in the outback
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BYD Shark 6 and Hyundai Ioniq 5 N the big winners as Aussie new car awards season turns electric!

December 16, 2024December 17, 2024 Bruce Newton 12556 Views BYD, ev, Hyundai, PHEV, Shark 6

Electrified vehicles have swept two major Australian automotive media best car awards announced in recent days. The BYD Shark 6

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2025 BYD Dolphin.
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Revealed! The new look for the 2025 BYD Dolphin EV that is intended to take the fight to the MG4 and GWM Ora

December 16, 2024December 14, 2024 Bruce Newton 20697 Views BYD, Dolphin, GWM Ora, MG4

A little more than three years after it was first launched in China it’s time for the 2025 BYD Dolphin

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2025 BYD Yuan Up - aka BYD Atto 3 Up.
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Looking Up! BYD Atto 3 Up patent in Australia signals the 2025 arrival of baby electric SUV to fight the MG ZS EV

December 12, 2024December 12, 2024 John Mahoney 18721 Views Atto 3 Up, BYD, Yuan Up

BYD is secretly planning to launch yet another battery-electric SUV Down Under following an Australian and New Zealand patent for

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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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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

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