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VW ID Buggy
News 

Bye bye, buggy: VW’s epic EV heartbreakingly scrapped

December 17, 2020December 27, 2020 EV Central team 1890 Views electric vehicle, Volkswagen, volkswagen meb

One of the coolest EV options has now officially hit the scrapheap, with the epic, off-road VW ID Buggy cancelled

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Nissan Leaf being charged
News 

Proposed bill aims to “neutralise” state EV taxes

December 16, 2020December 23, 2020 Toby Hagon 3213 Views australian ev tax, electric car, electric vehicle, ev, greens, proposed bill, tax, taxes

Controversial state taxes targeting electric cars could be effectively stopped by the Federal Government with a bill to “prevent the

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MG ZS EV electric SUV
EV News 

Zero-interest loans and free rego to boost EV sales in the ACT

November 18, 2020November 18, 2020 EV Central team 1970 Views Canberra, electric car subsidies, electric vehicle, ev news

The ACT Government will be the first in Australia to offer a loan-based incentive program for EV buyers, confirming an

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Volvo XC40 Recharge PHEV being charged
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Diesels dead, Volvo targets 20 percent PHEV share with ‘Recharge’

October 24, 2020October 24, 2020 Toby Hagon 3249 Views electric vehicle, ev, volvo

Volvo’s plug-in hybrid electric car (PHEV) family is now complete – and the company is targeting 20 percent share for

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SLRV concept
News 

BEV and fuel cell: German SLRV concept tries EV both ways

October 16, 2020October 20, 2020 EV Central team 2164 Views electric car, electric vehicle, ev, SLRV

The accepted wisdom is small electric vehicles should use batteries and large ones hydrogen fuel cells. But a German project

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Hyundai's vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) charging technology
News Technology 

V2V tech coming: Electric cars to provide EV top-up charges

October 13, 2020October 17, 2020 Toby Hagon 41026 Views electric vehicle, ev charging, Hyundai, Lucid, nissan, vehicle-to-vehicle

Electric cars will soon be able to provide top-up charges to other EVs. As car makers such as Nissan rush

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2020 Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV Exceed being charged
EV charging News 

V2G charging tech for Mitsubishi Outlander PHEVs back to MY17

October 9, 2020October 9, 2020 Toby Hagon 11313 Views electric vehicle, ev, Mitsubishi

Vehicle-to-grid charging technology will soon be available for the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV, which now includes a sporty new GSR variant

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The Ford F-150 is the world's top selling vehicle
Opinion 

Electric cars: Where Australia (sadly) lags America

September 27, 2020October 6, 2020 Stephen Corby 2023 Views america, electric vehicle, ev, government policy, Tesla

Does anyone enjoy being beaten senseless by someone weaker and more pathetic than them? I guess Gandhi might have, because

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Hyundai Ioniq Concept Cabin
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Hyundai’s super-modern Ioniq interior – with robots

September 25, 2020September 26, 2020 Stephen Corby 1979 Views electric vehicle, ev, Hyundai, Ioniq

Hyundai is throwing all of its considerable design smarts at its Ioniq EV range, and has attempted to reimagine what

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California Governor Gavin Newsom signs an order banning the sale of gasoline-powered cars in California by 2035
EV News 

California flicks the switch to EVs, banning the sale of ICE cars by 2035

September 25, 2020September 29, 2020 Stephen Corby 3526 Views california, electric car, electric vehicle

As Australian EV sales struggle to hit one percent of our total car market, we are increasingly looking like the

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Types of EVs

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

July 27, 2019 Stephen Corby Comments Off on PHEV: Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle
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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