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BYD Atto 8 plug-in hybrid seven-seat electric SUV
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Look out Mazda, look out Ford! Chinese brand BYD plans to double sales again to be top three in Australia in 2026!

October 20, 2025October 20, 2025 Bruce Newton 13975 Views australia, BYD, sales

The big sales talk is back at BYD and the ambitions are huge and immediate. The Chinese brand wants to

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2025 Tesla Model Y.
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Tesla to take on Toyota: The bold push to rumble the RAV4 Hybrid with the new Model Y Juniper

May 15, 2025May 14, 2025 Andrew Chesterton 8655 Views model y juniper, sales, Tesla

Tesla appears unfazed by the brand’s sales slump in Australia – and the rest of the world – suggesting the

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2025 Tesla Model Y.
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Analysis: Cutting through the bull to explain what’s really going on with EV, PHEV, hybrid and Tesla sales

March 13, 2025March 24, 2025 Toby Hagon 9475 Views ev, sales, Tesla

Sales of battery electric vehicles are down, but Aussies have never embraced so many electric motors to power their vehicles.

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Tesla Model Y Rear-Wheel Drive
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Global EV and PHEV sales rocketed in January, but here’s why analysts are gloomy

February 23, 2024February 21, 2024 John Mahoney 3424 Views ev, PHEV, sales

Sales of electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids globally leapt by 69 per cent to an incredible 1.1 million deliveries in

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BYD Seal
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See ya, Tesla: Seal, Dolphin and Atto 3 lift BYD to title of Australia’s best-selling electric vehicle brand in January

February 7, 2024February 7, 2024 Stephen Corby 4004 Views australia, BYD, sales, Tesla

The new year has welcomed a new electric-vehicle heavyweight, with Chinese brand BYD outselling EV giant Tesla in Australia for

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Tesla Model Y Performance and Tesla Model Y Rear-Wheel Drive
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Tesla Model Y and BYD Atto 3 lead the way as Chinese-built electric vehicle sales soar in Australia

August 8, 2023August 8, 2023 Bruce Newton 6319 Views BYD Atto 3, MG S EV, model y, sales, Tesla, Vfacts

The Tesla Model Y continues to lead the electric car surge in Australia, finishing fourth outright on the sales ladder

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Tesla Model Y Rear-Wheel Drive
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This is big! The Tesla Model Y just outsold the Ford Ranger to become Australia’s second best-selling vehicle

July 5, 2023July 5, 2023 Toby Hagon 3713 Views australia, ford ranger, model y, sales, Tesla

The Tesla Model Y continues to dominate sales of premium SUVs – and electric cars – with an unprecedented sales

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EVs to mark the end of cheap cars as market shifts towards ‘new normal’

January 28, 2022February 4, 2022 Toby Hagon 2398 Views sales

Cheap cars could soon be a thing of the past as more EVs muscle into the market, according to the

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2020 Porsche Taycan Turbo S
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EV sales to top 30 million in 2030

July 29, 2020August 1, 2020 EV Central team 3637 Views sales

By the end of this decade, a third of all new car sales worldwide will be electric according to new

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New EVs coming soon

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

January 4, 2025 Toby Hagon 9
EV ute overload: The electric pickups coming in 2024
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EV ute overload: The electric pickups coming in 2024

May 1, 2024 EV Central team 2
New EV electric car calendar
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New EV electric car calendar

December 5, 2023 EV Central team Comments Off on New EV electric car calendar
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

January 3, 2023 Toby Hagon 2

Types of EVs

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

July 26, 2019 Stephen Corby Comments Off on Hybrid vehicle
EV or BEV: Electric vehicle or battery electric vehicle
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EV or BEV: Electric vehicle or battery electric vehicle

July 26, 2019 Stephen Corby Comments Off on 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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