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2025 Leapmotor C10.
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Leapmotor gets serious! Huge upgrades for 2026 Leapmotor C10 electric SUV make it a serious rival for Tesla Model Y and BYD Sealion 7

May 12, 2025May 11, 2025 John Mahoney 13780 Views 5 Comments C10, ev, Leapmotor, PHEV, SUV

Less than five months since its launch in Australia a heavily updated 2026 Leapmotor C10 has been unveiled. Boasting more

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2025 Leapmotor C10 REEV at the Melbourne motor show.
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Smart solution: Leapmotor C10 Apple and Android smartphone shortfall will be addressed in August

April 8, 2025May 6, 2025 Bruce Newton 5760 Views Apple CarPlay, B10, Leapmotor

If you’ve been turned off the new Leapmotor C10 electric SUV because it lacks Apple CarPlay and Android Auto smartphone

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2025 Leapmotor C10.
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Leapmotor C10 v Tesla Model Y! Power boost coming for Chinese electric SUV newcomer

March 26, 2025March 27, 2025 John Mahoney 7161 Views C10, Leapmotor

Little more than a year after it was first introduced, Stellantis-backed Leapmotor is about to carry out a heart transplant

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Geely shipping vehicles to Peru.
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Hating on Chinese EVs from MG, BYD, Leapmotor, Geely and Xpeng? You might be a car-racist | Opinion

March 10, 2025March 10, 2025 Stephen Corby 6267 Views BYD, Leapmotor, mg, Xpeng

Would you buy an electric vehicle from someone with a gun to your head? You’ll think I’m being overly dramatic,

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2025 Leapmotor C10 REEV.
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Range master: Cut-price new Leapmotor C10 range extender hybrid arrives to fight BYD Sealion 6 and Jaecoo J7

March 6, 2025March 6, 2025 John Mahoney 8431 Views C10, Leapmotor, REEV

Chinese EV start-up Leapmotor has announced its latest range-extender hybrid tech, the new Leapmotor C10 REEV, will arrive in Australia

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2025 Leapmotor C10 Design.
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2025 Leapmotor C10 Design Review: Pricing and equipment are big selling points for China’s latest Tesla Model Y fighter, but how does the rest of the package hold up?

February 2, 2025February 1, 2025 Bruce Newton 5434 Views C10, design, Leapmotor

Another week another Chinese electric SUV designed to tackle the Tesla Model Y. This time it’s the Leapmotor C10. As

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2024 Leapmotor C10.
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Each-way bet! Plug-in hybrid just as important for Leapmotor in Australia as BEVs; C10 and B10 PHEV SUVs on the way!

January 29, 2025January 28, 2025 Bruce Newton 12444 Views B10, C10, C16, Leapmotor, REEV

Rising BYD rival Leapmotor will have an equal focus on battery electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles in its rapidly expanding

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2029 Leapmotor pick-up render.
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Target BYD Shark 6! Leapmotor lands in Australia and declares it is studying a pick-up truck as ambitious global expansion ramps up

January 23, 2025January 22, 2025 Bruce Newton 21240 Views Leapmotor, Leapmotor C10, REEV

The Chinese brand Leapmotor has confirmed it is assessing whether to add a ute to its line-up, while a Toyota

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2025 Leapmotor C10.
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Leap into the unknown! 2025 Leapmotor C10 slashes entry price for medium electric SUVs $10,000 below Tesla Model Y and Kia EV5

October 24, 2024October 23, 2024 Bruce Newton 11938 Views C10, EV5, Kia, Leapmotor, model y, Tesla

The Chinese newcomer Leapmotor has reset the pricing floor in the medium electric SUV segment with the Tesla Model Y-fighting

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2025 Leapmotor C16.
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Jump for joy: New Leapmotor C16 could provide Aussie families with a cut-price seven seat battery-electric SUV

July 5, 2024July 5, 2024 John Mahoney 13215 Views C10, C16, Leapmotor, T03

Leapmotor has revealed full detail of its new flagship 2025 Leapmotor C16 family SUV that could offer a cut-price seven-seat

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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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The best electric cars in Australia in 2024 between $80,000 and $100,000
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The best electric cars in Australia in 2024 between $80,000 and $100,000

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