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2024 Subaru Solterra updated version
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How’s that for a haircut! Subaru slashes $8000 off Solterra electric car, but it’s still more expensive than Tesla Model Y

February 26, 2024February 26, 2024 John Mahoney 3137 Views BZ4X, id.4, solterra, Subaru, Toyota, Volkswagen

The price of the 2024 Subaru Solterra electric SUV has been slashed just days before first examples reach Aussie owners.

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Software generation 3.0 for the Volkswagen ID family
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Is the electric vehicle wave beginning to crash? VW Group’s global EV order bank halves after super-strong start to the year

November 4, 2023November 4, 2023 John Mahoney 3214 Views EVs, id.4, ID.5, VW Group

The Volkswagen Group is celebrating a huge uplift in the number of EVs it has sold in the first nine

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Volkswagen global boss Herbert Diess
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Volkswagen: We loves EVs, but ICE age continues

February 23, 2021March 5, 2021 EV Central team 2085 Views Diess, id.3, id.4, Tesla, Volkswagen

The global boss of electric vehicle evangelist the Volkswagen Group has refused to give a deadline for the production of

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Volkswagen ID.4
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ID.4 electric SUV most important VW ‘since the Beetle’

September 24, 2020October 2, 2020 John Carey 8822 Views ev, id.4, Volkswagen, VW

How big a deal is the new ID.4 electric car for Volkswagen? Massive… “This is the most important launch for

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Tesla chief Elon Musk getting out of a Volkswagen ID.3
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Power brokers: Tesla, Volkswagen bosses trade EVs and compliments – but still rivals

September 8, 2020September 18, 2020 Toby Hagon 2074 Views electric car, electric vehicles, elon musk, EVs, herbert diess, id.3, id.4, model y, Tesla, Volkswagen

Elon Musk and Herbert Diess are two of the most influential people in electric cars and last week the pair

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VW ID.4 EV
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VW ID.4 to target Toyota RAV4, not Tesla

September 2, 2020September 8, 2020 EV Central team 3191 Views id.4, Toyota, VW

Volkswagen’s all-electric SUV, the ID.4, will offer “a lot of what Tesla offers at a much lower price point”, but

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2020 Skoda Enyaq iV battery electric vehicle
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Skoda Enyaq iV has 5 models, up to 510km EV range

September 2, 2020September 10, 2020 Toby Hagon 10373 Views Enyaq iV, id.4, Skoda, skoda enyaq, skoday enyaq iv, volkswagen meb

Skoda has revealed its first electric car, the Enyaq iV – and the brand’s first EV is all about choice.

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Range record: Volkswagen ID.3 makes the journey from Zwickau to Switzerland
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Volkswagen’s ID.3 hatchback cracks 500km EV range

August 28, 2020September 2, 2020 Iain Curry 7338 Views id.3, id.4, Volkswagen, VW

Volkswagen’s ID.3 electric car has travelled 531 kilometres on a single charge, exceeding its official WLTP range by more than

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New EVs coming soon

Happy electric new year! Every EV coming to Australia in 2025
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Happy electric new year! Every EV coming to Australia in 2025

January 4, 2025 Toby Hagon 9
EV ute overload: The electric pickups coming in 2024
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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
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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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