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2024 GWM Cannon Alpha PHEV
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Plug-in frenzy! GWM announces PHEV Haval H6GT, Cannon Alpha ute and H6 SUV for Australia to target Toyota’s hybrid supremacy

September 18, 2024September 17, 2024 John Mahoney 14315 Views Cannon Alpha, GWM, H6, H6GT, H7, haval, hybrid, Ora, PHEV, Tank 500

GWM Australia has announced it has pulled the trigger on a raft of all-new vehicles to arrive in 2025 including

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Next-gen plug-in hybrid 2026 Toyota Corolla being developed to feature a bladder-busting 2100km range

July 30, 2024July 29, 2024 John Mahoney 25582 Views BYD, Corolla, hybrid, PHEV, Toyota

The all-new 2026 Toyota Corolla will be capable of covering up to 2100km on a full charge and a brimmed

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2025 Bentley Flying Spur teaser.
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High-Flying Spur! Bentley teases its most insanely powerful V8 hybrid luxury saloon yet

July 26, 2024July 26, 2024 John Mahoney 10026 Views Bentley, Flying Spur, hybrid

Efficiency and luxury limos aren’t usually bedfellows but Bentley’s all-new hybrid technology is promising to deliver both in the incoming

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2024 Lexus LBX.
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2024 Lexus LBX Sports Luxury Review: The expensive youth market hybrid that’s missed its calling

July 6, 2024July 6, 2024 Bruce Newton 6414 Views hybrid, LBX, Lexus

If your mind equates luxury cars with size and exclusivity then the Lexus LBX hybrid is gonna do your head

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2025 Bentley Continental GTC Speed PHEV.
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Who needs a W12? Bentley’s most powerful car ever is a fuel-sipping plug-in hybrid

July 4, 2024July 4, 2024 John Mahoney 11158 Views Bentley, Continental, GT Speed, hybrid

German-owned British luxury auto maker Bentley has rewritten its own record book with the the all-new 2025 plug-in hybrid Continental

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2024 Toyota Prado.
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Powertrain doubts and sales concerns: Toyota Prado Hybrid Aussie chances decline

June 28, 2024June 27, 2024 Bruce Newton 13607 Views hybrid, Prado, Toyota

The prospects of the hybrid version of the new 250 Series Toyota Prado coming to Australia any time soon have

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2024 GWM Haval Jolion Hybrid.
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Hybrid SUV price attack! Look out Toyota Corolla Cross, updated GWM Haval Jolion slashed by $4000

June 17, 2024June 17, 2024 Bruce Newton 11510 Views GWM, haval, hybrid, Jolion

An updated GWM Haval Jolion has reset the entry bar for hybrid SUVs in Australia with a $32,990 drive-away price.

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2024 Suzuki Swift Hybrid.
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2024 Suzuki Swift Hybrid review: Meet the cheapest electrified car now on-sale in Australia

June 16, 2024April 21, 2025 Bruce Newton 6825 Views hybrid, mild hybrid, suzuki, Swift

There is a worthy argument EV Central shouldn’t even be reviewing the 2024 Suzuki Swift Hybrid. For a start it’s

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2024 Suzuki Swift Hybrid.
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New 2024 Suzuki Swift Hybrid undercuts MG3 to be Australia’s cheapest electrified car: But should it actually be called a hybrid?

June 14, 2024June 14, 2024 Bruce Newton 11495 Views hybrid, MG3, suzuki, Swift, Toyota, yaris

The 2024 Suzuki Swift Hybrid mini-car has claimed the crown as Australia’s cheapest electrified new vehicle, undercutting the equally new

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Toyota RAV4 PHEV plug-in hybrid is available overseas but in Australia there is only the regular hybrid
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Toyota hybrid onslaught: RAV4, Corolla, Corolla Cross, Yaris Cross and Kluger to drop petrol engines and join C-HR, Yaris and new Camry with only petrol-electric drivetrains

June 5, 2024June 5, 2024 Toby Hagon 13739 Views Corolla, hybrid, Kluger, Prado, RAV4 hybrid, Toyota, yaris

Some of Toyota’s most popular models will soon be available exclusively with hybrid power. The RAV4, Corolla, Corolla Cross, Yaris

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EV ute overload: The electric pickups coming in 2024
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EV ute overload: The electric pickups coming in 2024

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The electric year ahead: Every EV coming to Australia in 2023
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The electric year ahead: Every EV coming to Australia in 2023

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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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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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