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2025 Kia PV5 van.
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Look out Toyota HiAce! Kia PV5 electric van business case looking “positive” for Australia

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Bruce Newton 11600 Views Kia, PBV, PV5, Toyota HiAce

The prospects of Kia launching into the local van market with the groundbreaking electric PV5 are looking positive. Officially unveiled

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Kia EV ute concept. Courtesy ChatGPT.
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Confirmed! Kia locks in an all-new electric ute, but for now it’s only headed to the US

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John Mahoney 8125 Views EV ute, Kia, Tasman

Kia has announced that is well underway to developing an all-new battery-powered mid-size ute. But it’s bound for the US

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2025 Kia Sportage.
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Toyota targeted! Cheaper hybrids coming as Kia plans dramatic Aussie petrol-electric expansion

April 14, 2025May 12, 2025 Bruce Newton 8629 Views Carnival, hybrid, K4, Kia, Sorento, Sportage

Hybrid affordability in the Kia Australia line-up will be dramatically improved in 2025 as part of a strategy to ensure

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2025 Kia EV3 GT-Line
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Staying positive! Kia aims for huge EV sales growth and hybrid expansion in Australia in 2025 to avoid CO2 emissions penalties

April 8, 2025April 7, 2025 Bruce Newton 5266 Views EV3, EV9 GT, Kia

Kia has declared its ambition to claim a vastly larger chunk of Australia’s slow-growth EV market in 2025 and place

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Kia Niro EV GT-Line
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Too expensive! Kia Niro EV axed in Australia as cheaper and newer Kia EV3 and Kia EV5 bite into its sales

April 3, 2025April 3, 2025 Bruce Newton 8721 Views EV3, EV5, Kia, niro

Kia’s trail-blazing Niro electric SUV has been axed in Australia. Its hybrid sibling continues on for now, but is expected

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2026 Kia PV5.
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Diesel Doom! 2026 Kia PV5 means the end is in sight for traditional turbo-diesel delivery vans

March 10, 2025April 3, 2025 John Mahoney 9809 Views Kia, PV5

Vale Hi-Ace? The debut of the battery electric 2026 Kia PV5 is more evidence the ubiquitous Toyota delivery van and

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Kia EV5 Snowy Drive.
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Kia EV5 Earth Long Range Review: To the top of Australia and down the other side in an EV

March 9, 2025October 7, 2025 Bruce Newton 25378 Views Earth Long Range, EV5, Kia

It sounded like a good idea at the time. Drive a Kia EV5 Earth Long Range from Sydney to Melbourne

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2026 Kia EV4 sedan.
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Confirmed! Everything we know about the Kia EV4 coming to Australia in 2026 to tackle the Tesla Model 3 and MG4

March 5, 2025March 5, 2025 John Mahoney 10941 Views EV2, EV3, EV4, Kia, MG4, model 3, Tesla

The all-new 2026 Kia EV4 has been revealed and locked in for an Australian launch next year with the Tesla

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2025 Kia EV2 Concept.
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Denied! The Kia EV2 could have been one of the cheapest EVs on-sale in Australia, instead tariffs and logistics mean we’re almost certain to miss out

March 4, 2025March 4, 2025 John Mahoney 8471 Views EV2, EV3, EV4, Kia

Kia’s smallest, cheapest EV has been previewed by the Kia Concept EV2 at the 2025 Kia EV Day ahead of

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2025 Kia PV5 people-mover.
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First look! Futuristic new electric Kia PV5 van and people-mover shapes up and gets radical to tackle Volkswagen ID. Buzz

February 25, 2025February 25, 2025 John Mahoney 9524 Views id. buzz, Kia, PBV, Poeple-mover, PV5, ute, Van

While the Kombi-aping Volkswagen ID. Buzz looks back to the swinging ’60s, the all-futuristic all-new Kia PV5 looks forward and

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What is a PHEV? Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles explained

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Like hybrids, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (or PHEVs) have an internal-combustion engine and an electric motor. Plug-in vehicles take the

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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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