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Mini

2025 Mini Aceman.
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2025 Mini Aceman Review: Goldilocks-sized Mini for families is not very mini, but still five-door fun

March 23, 2025March 22, 2025 Stephen Corby 2838 Views Aceman, Mini

It’s helpful to think of Mini as being a bit like Taylor Swift, only less awesome. The world-conquering songstress of

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2025 John Cooper Works Mini Hatch
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Electrifying debut! Aussie pricing and timing revealed for first hot JCW EV Mini hatch and JCW Aceman SUV

December 20, 2024May 7, 2025 Iain Curry 20742 Views Aceman, Hatch, JCW, Mini

The first all-electric John Cooper Works Minis arrive in Australia in the first quarter of 2025 with the hot hatchback

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2024 XPeng G6.
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Chinese insurgents Zeekr and XPeng debut in Australia at Melbourne EV Expo

August 9, 2024August 9, 2024 Bruce Newton 14288 Views Mini, polestar, Xpeng, Zeekr

The Chinese EV invasion has kicked up a notch with the formal debut of XPeng and Zeekr in Australia. The

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Mini Cooper SE
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2024 Mini Cooper EV review: the tiny Tesla antidote that’s super fun to drive

August 4, 2024August 3, 2024 Toby Hagon 5407 Views Cooper, Mini

It’s the Chinese-made Mini with lashings of loveable British charm and innovative modern materials blended with the latest tech (and

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The Mini family: Cooper, EV-only Aceman and Countryman
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Confused by the Mini EV range? We’re here to help, from Cooper and Aceman to the biggest Mini ever, the Countryman

July 25, 2024August 14, 2024 Toby Hagon 11182 Views Aceman, Cooper, Countryman, Mini

Remember when a Mini was just that? A small car that was pretty simple to get your head around. Now

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Mini John Cooper Works E PROtotype
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Hot hatched: Mini John Cooper Works E PROtotype previews quickest-ever electric hot to rival the Abarth 500e and Alpine A290

July 10, 2024July 8, 2024 John Mahoney 9234 Views JCW, Mini, Mini JCW Works E PROtotype

The white hot 2025 Mini John Cooper Works E PROtotype electric hot hatch has been teased – and it’s shaping

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2024 Mini Cooper S.
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$11,000 price hack! But MINI Cooper E still can’t match the BYD Dolphin, MG4 and GWM Ora on dollars

April 2, 2024April 3, 2024 John Mahoney 12175 Views Cooper, E, ev, Mini, SE

MINI Australia has announced that when it introduces the all-new next-generation electric MINI it will be priced from an incredible

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2025 Renault 5.
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Meet the cute, capable and affordable Renault 5 E-Tech. Will this reborn icon make Europe relevant in the electric car era?

March 5, 2024March 22, 2024 John Mahoney 4173 Views 5, BYD, Cooper, Dolphin, e-tech, electric, Mini, renault

The 2025 Renault 5 E-Tech Electric has been unwrapped at the Geneva motor show and from our first look at

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2025 Alpine A290.
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Snow go! Alpine A290 hot hatch revealed; Aussie launch expected for Abarth 500e and Mini Cooper SE rival

March 1, 2024February 28, 2024 John Mahoney 2372 Views 500e, A290, abarth, alpine, Cooper, Mini, SE

Fresh details and all-new pics of the incoming fast Alpine A290 hot hatch have emerged in the build-up to the

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2024 Mini Aceman.
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MINI goes big on small electric SUVs. New Aceman all set for April 24 debut

February 7, 2024February 5, 2024 John Mahoney 2592 Views bmw, Countryman, Mini

MINI has previewed its incoming Aceman small electric SUV that it has created to bridge the gap between the Cooper

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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 five best family EVs under $100K: From Tesla and Hyundai to Kia and Mercedes-Benz
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