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MG4

2024 MG4 XPower.
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2024 MG MG4 XPower review: Australia’s first EV hot hatch offers unmatchable bang for buck. But is it any good?

July 21, 2024July 24, 2024 Bruce Newton 5375 Views mg, MG4, XPower

2024 MG MG4 XPower review:  In all the hoo-hah about the Hyundai Ioniq 5 N, Tesla Model 3 Performance and

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GWM Ora
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Now that’s a price cut! GWM Ora smashes MG4, BYD Dolphin and threatens entry-level ICE with $35K drive-away pricing

April 4, 2024April 22, 2024 Bruce Newton 15344 Views BYD, Dolphin, GWM, MG4, Ora

The electric car pricing war is well and truly underway! The GWM Ora is now clearly the cheapest and most

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MG4 Excite 51.
LATEST News TOP STORIES 

Price shock! MG declares war on BYD and GWM Ora with permanent MG4 and ZS EV discounts up to $10,000

March 21, 2024April 25, 2024 Bruce Newton 3883 Views BYD, Dolphin, mg, MG4, Ora, ZS

The Australian electric car price battle has been supercharged by dramatic permanent MG discounts for the MG4 compact hatch and

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2025 Ford Electric Explorer.
LATEST News 

Show me the money! Ford targets Tesla Model 2, MG4 and BYD Dolphin with new small electric car line-up

February 21, 2024February 20, 2024 Bruce Newton 3367 Views BYD Dolphin, ev, ford, GWM Ora, MG4, model 2, Tesla

Facing multi-billion dollar annual losses from its electric vehicle product roll-out, Ford has revealed it is going to build its

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MG4
LATEST Opinion 

2024 MG4 Essence 64: this Chinese electric vehicle changes everything | Opinion

February 3, 2024February 1, 2024 Stephen Corby 12544 Views Essence 64, MG4, Tesla

In my “working” life (people get very angry when I call driving new cars work), there are a very few

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Detail image of Hyundai Ioniq 5 N
LATEST Opinion 

The best electric cars of 2023: The EV Central team decides

January 15, 2024January 15, 2024 Toby Hagon 3983 Views Hyundai, mg, MG4, rolls-royce, Tesla, Tesla Model 3

Last year set a new record for electric car sales in Australia, with more models appealing to more Australians. While

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2024 MG4 XPower
LATEST Opinion 

Bruce Newton’s best electric car of 2023: MG4

January 13, 2024January 12, 2024 Bruce Newton 3911 Views audi e-tron, Chery Omoda 5 BEV, Kia EV6 GT, MG4

It’s time for our editors to vent about their electric car experiences and expectations! It isn’t the most gobsmackingly impressive

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2023 MG MG4.
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2024 MG MG4: Essence 77 Long Range review – Chinese brand takes aim at the Tesla Model 3 with new premium play

August 13, 2023November 9, 2023 Bruce Newton 9413 Views 77, Essence, Long Range, mg, MG4

2024 MG MG4 Essence 77 review: All the focus when it comes to the new 2024 MG MG4 electric vehicle

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GWM Ora
EV LATEST Opinion 

The BYD Atto 3 and MG4 are great, but there is one cheap Chinese electric vehicle that’s not quite there yet…. Opinion

August 12, 2023August 12, 2023 Stephen Corby 7712 Views BYD Atto 3, GWM Ora, MG4

Of the many minor miracles that Tesla managed when creating actually desirable electric vehicles – as opposed to the turgid

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MG4
Car reviews LATEST Reviews 

MG4 2023 review: Excite 51 – battle of the budget electric vehicles as GWM Ora and BYD Atto 3 rival steps up

July 22, 2023July 23, 2023 Toby Hagon 9510 Views mg, MG4

The MG4 is the first electric car from the value-focused brand to be built on a dedicated EV architecture. The

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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

February 11, 2024 Iain Curry Comments Off on The best electric cars in Australia in 2024 between $80,000 and $100,000
The five best family EVs under $100K: From Tesla and Hyundai to Kia and Mercedes-Benz
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