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MG4 Excite 51
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Bargain EV! MG4 drive-away deals push Excite 51 below $38k on the road!

November 13, 2025November 12, 2025 EV Central team 8963 Views mg, MG EV, MG4 Excite 51

MG Motor has cut prices across its MG4 EV range, launching a national plate clearance that drops the entry-level Excite

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MG HS Hybrid+.
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2025 MG HS Hybrid+ Review: New mid-sized SUV brings EV-heavy hybrid system to take the fight to the Toyota RAV4

November 2, 2025November 1, 2025 Toby Hagon 2987 Views HS, Hybrid+, mg

The MG HS has the Toyota RAV4 squarely in its crosshairs. And it’s the Hybrid+ variant that MG thinks could

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2026 MG S6 EV.
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All-new MG S6 SUV exposed: European crash test reveals China’s latest Tesla Model Y fighter

October 21, 2025November 18, 2025 John Mahoney 15268 Views mg, S6 EV

Safety authority EuroNCAP has unwittingly given us our first look at the all-new 2026 MG S6 SUV ahead of the

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2024 MG4.
IM IM5 IM6 LATEST MG MG4 News S5 EV 

Charge it! Free Evie top-ups for 12 months on MG 4, MG S5, MG IM5 and IM6… if you drive very, very frugally

October 8, 2025October 10, 2025 John Mahoney 7779 Views Evie, IM 5, mg, MG 4, MG S5

MG Motor Australia has announced its entire range of electric cars is now eligible for free Evie public fast charging.

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2025 MG HS Super Hybrid Essence Long Term Review #3: The quest for 1000km on one charge and one tank of fuel continued and completed

September 7, 2025September 9, 2025 Bruce Newton 3914 Views Essence, HS, mg, MG HS Super Hybrid Essence, super hybrid

Last week we set out on our mission to put the MG HS Super Hybrid Essence’s claim it can drive

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2025 MG HS Super Hybrid Essence.
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2025 MG HS Super Hybrid Essence Long Term Review #2: Can a PHEV actually drive more than 1000km on a single charge and tank of fuel? Only one way to find out…

August 31, 2025October 8, 2025 Bruce Newton 12655 Views 1000km range, HS Super Hybrid, mg

It’s often claimed that the ultimate range of a petrol-electric plug-in hybrid – if you exhaust the battery and drain

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2025 MG4 Urban.
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MG4 More: MG4 Urban EV locked in for Australia. It’s bigger and cheaper than existing MG4, but won’t replace it

August 13, 2025August 12, 2025 John Mahoney 12940 Views mg, MG4, MG4 Urban

This could get confusing. MG Motor Australia has confirmed it will offer the all-new MG4 all-electric hatch, but it won’t

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IM5 and IM6, part of the new IM Presented by MG brand.
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2025 IM5 and IM6 Presented by MG lands in Australia: Our first very brief drive of an ambitious Chinese EV brand aimed at Audi, BMW, Tesla and BYD

August 4, 2025August 3, 2025 Toby Hagon 11055 Views IM, IM Presented By MG, IM5, IM6, mg

The latest new brand to infiltrate the Australian market – IM – offers EVs with a magnetic dashboard, that use

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MG S5
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2025 MG S5 Essence Review: Look out BYD and Tesla! This could be the new small electric SUV benchmark

August 2, 2025August 4, 2025 Toby Hagon 7845 Views mg, MG S5

The MG S5 is the latest compact electric SUV to take on the heavy hitters of the market. The five-seater

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2026 MG4.
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New MG4 to feature BYD-crushing battery tech: Incoming cheap Chinese small car will include semi-solid-state batteries that even luxury cars don’t yet get!

July 28, 2025July 27, 2025 John Mahoney 12468 Views mg, MG4, semi-solid-state-battery

MG is aiming for outright annihilation of its opposition with the all-new 2026 MG4 hatch by introducing some of its

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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

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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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New EV electric car calendar

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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
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
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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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