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Cupra Born
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Cupra Born review: Spanish hatch adds to the EV fun factor for $60K

May 4, 2023May 4, 2023 Toby Hagon 5816 Views Cupra, Cupra Born

The Born is the first EV from fledgling car maker Cupra. The Spanish manufacturer that is part of the Volkswagen

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Cupra Tavascan
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Cupra Tavascan EV coming to Australia in 2025

April 22, 2023April 22, 2023 John Carey 6607 Views Cupra, Cupra EV, Cupra Tavascan

Though it won’t reach Australia for two years, Cupra unveiled the production-ready version of its new Tavascan EV in Berlin

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2023 Cupra Born.
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Cupra Born review: High five for Spanish compact hatch

December 20, 2022December 21, 2022 Bruce Newton 7259 Views Born, Cupra

The arrival of the Cupra Born in Australia is pretty significant. Available to order from today (December 20 2022) and

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2023 Cupra Born.
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Cupra Born Australian pricing confirmed

December 16, 2022December 16, 2022 EV Central team 3876 Views Cupra

Spanish newcomer Cupra will price the Born compact battery electric hatchback in Australia from $59,990 plus on-road costs. Orders can

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Cupra Born in the outback
News 

Cupra Born to be priced about $60K; Tavascan, UrbanRebel confirmed for Australia

July 21, 2022August 20, 2022 Toby Hagon 4647 Views Cupra

Cupra will sell a single highly-specified version of the Born electric hatchback in Australia from early 2023. Visiting executives from

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Cupra Terramar, Cupra Tavascan and Cupra UrbanRebel
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Cupra showcases its electrified future with three soon-to-arrive models

June 8, 2022June 25, 2022 EV Central team 3865 Views Cupra

Newcomer brand Cupra has given more details about its medium-term future at a European event that showed off its first

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The first Cupra Born has already arrived in Australia as part of a test program
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Cupra Born EV given official Australian launch date

April 19, 2022May 11, 2022 EV Central team 5031 Views Cupra

The Cupra Born EV will launch in Australia in early 2023, after the new brand‘s first fully electric vehicle’s right-hand-drive

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Cupra Formento e-Hybrid
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Cupra reveals Leon and Formentor plug-in prices

April 8, 2022April 30, 2022 Iain Curry 5610 Views Cupra, cupra plug-in, Formentor VZe, Leon VZe

Cupra’s plug-in hybrid Leon VZe hatchback will cost from $62,990 drive-away and Formentor VZe mid-size SUV from $63,990 drive-away when

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The first Cupra Born has arrived in Australia as part of a test program
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Cupra Born lands in Australia ahead of late 2022 on-sale

January 14, 2022January 29, 2022 Toby Hagon 3515 Views Cupra

The first Cupra Born EV has landed in Australia for local testing and to allow the local Volkswagen Group team

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Best EVs of 2021: collage of Hyundai Ioniq 5, Porsche Taycan Cross Turismo and Cupra Born
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Best EVs of 2021: Our verdict on the new electric cars of the year

December 17, 2021January 4, 2022 EV Central team 6359 Views Cupra, Hyundai, porsche, Tesla, Volkswagen

It’ll go down as the year EVs started to swing towards the mainstream. Tesla is looking to sell so many

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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

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PHEV: Plug-in hybrid electric 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

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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