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Tesla

2025 Tesla Model 3+
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Ultra-long range Tesla Model 3+ revealed: 800km range on full charge is the target, beating the latest Mercedes CLA’s 792km

July 22, 2025July 21, 2025 John Mahoney 18579 Views Model 3+, Tesla

Tesla has been caught developing a new 2026 Tesla Model 3+ that will combine a single motor and a larger

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The Tesla Model Y Rear-Wheel Drive and BYD Shark 6 have been banned for P-platers in some parts of the country
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Banned! Popular EVs from Tesla, BYD caught out by power restrictions in Australia

June 12, 2025June 13, 2025 Toby Hagon 72972 Views BYD, model y, P-plate, P-plater, Shark 6, Tesla

Batteries and electric motors are making electrified vehicles too fast for novice drivers, at least in some parts of the

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2025 Tesla Model Y Junipers lined up to be delivered.
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“It is influencing the sales figures”: External factors are impacting local Tesla sales as China’s BYD Sealion 7 takes the lead

May 22, 2025May 22, 2025 Andrew Chesterton 7315 Views Cybertruck, elon musk, model 3, model y, Tesla

Tesla’s local management says “a lot of things going on in the world that are outside of our control” have

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2025 Tesla Model 3.
LATEST News 

2025 Tesla Model 3 RWD updated! More range for the same price as EV icon aims to hold on to ‘best-seller’ title in Australia

May 21, 2025May 21, 2025 John Mahoney 9261 Views model 3, Tesla

The best-selling and most popular member of the 2025 Tesla Model 3 line-up can now travel further on a single

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2025 Tesla Model Y.
EV LATEST News 

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 8654 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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The VE Commodore of 2006 is recognised as one of the greatest Holden designs throughout its 69 years of making cars (1948-2017)
LATEST Opinion 

Should we be encouraging EVs or discouraging old smoking cars that are the most polluting? | Opinion

May 11, 2025May 11, 2025 Stephen Corby 8340 Views ev, Tesla

As an EV buyer, or at least an electric vehicle considerer – hell, even if you’re someone who thinks it’s

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2025 Tesla Model Y Rear-Wheel Drive
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The Tesla fightback begins! Model Y deliveries underway as EV leader faces fierce challenges from BYD, Kia and MG

May 9, 2025May 9, 2025 Toby Hagon 12132 Views ev sales, Juniper, model y, Tesla

The heavily updated 2025 Tesla Model Y starts getting delivered to customers this week, marking a turning point for the

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BYD Sealion 7
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April 2025 EV sales: Tesla sales tank in crazy month that saw hybrids drop, BYD boom

May 7, 2025May 6, 2025 Toby Hagon 10242 Views BYD, ev sales, hybrid sales, Tesla

Sales of EVs dropped again in April off the back of a disastrous month for Tesla on the local sales

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2025 Tesla Cybertruck.
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“That’s their opinion”: Tesla boss confident Cybertruck can comply for Aussie sale, less confident it will actually be sold here

April 16, 2025April 16, 2025 Bruce Newton 14451 Views Cybertruck, Tesla

Commentary on social media that the gargantuan Tesla Cybertruck could not be made compliant with Australian Design Rules [ADRs] and

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2025 Tesla Model Y Long Range
LATEST News 

Rejected! EV makers Tesla and Polestar lash reported Coalition plan to wind back Australia’s CO2 reduction scheme

April 10, 2025April 11, 2025 Bruce Newton 7221 Views NVES, polestar, Tesla

Outspoken electric vehicle makers Tesla and Polestar have reacted strongly to a newspaper report forecasting a Dutton Coalition federal government

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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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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

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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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