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Toyota Prius
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Toyota Prius could return to Australia! But it would be as a plug-in to rival Tesla and BYD

May 27, 2025May 27, 2025 Toby Hagon 1158 Views 0 Comments prius, Toyota

The Toyota Prius could make a return to Australia as a plug-in hybrid to tackle the increasing electrified interest in

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2026 Toyota RAV4
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New Toyota RAV4 PHEV confirmed for 2026 with 100km EV range: Look out BYD, GWM!

May 21, 2025May 21, 2025 Toby Hagon 6037 Views 0 Comments PHEV, rav4, Toyota

Toyota has added a plug-in hybrid EV (PHEV) drivetrain to its all-new 2026 RAV4, unveiled today ahead of its arrival

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Toyota bZ4X Touring.
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Toyota’s second Aussie EV revealed … and it’s a bigger bZ4X! Powerful new Touring model will help tackle Tesla and BYD

May 16, 2025May 15, 2025 Toby Hagon 7737 Views 1 Comment BZ4X Touring, Toyota

Toyota is expanding its bZ4X electric SUV line-up with the bZ4X Touring, a bigger, more practical flagship that also happens

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Toyota bZ7
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Large electric Toyota bZ7 sedan confirmed for China, but we’re still waiting

April 30, 2025May 27, 2025 John Mahoney 8225 Views bZ7, Toyota

While Toyota drags its its heels when it comes to EVs in Australia, in China it’s about to welcome a

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Federal opposition leader Peter Dutton.
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Wrong! Coalition’s decision to axe NVES penalties is based on outdated research

April 22, 2025April 21, 2025 Toby Hagon 5174 Views fcai, NVES, Toyota

The justification used by the federal opposition to axe penalties for excessive new vehicle CO2 emissions if elected to government

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2025 Toyota C-HR+.
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Toyota reveals super-sized compact electric SUV: 2025 Toyota C-HR+ EV is bigger than BYD Atto 3, Hyundai Kona Electric and Kia EV3 and has 600km range!

March 17, 2025March 16, 2025 John Mahoney 8271 Views C-HR+, Toyota

The 2025 Toyota C-HR+ compact electric SUV has been unveiled in Europe and there’s every chance it will come to

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Toyota EPU concept is an electric four-door ute
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Toyota locks-in futuristic electric HiLux and LandCruiser EV for 2026 debut in Europe, but will battery-powered ute and rugged SUV make in Down Under?

March 15, 2025March 14, 2025 John Mahoney 8051 Views EPU, LandCruiser Se, Toyota

Toyota has teased what’s hotly tipped to be an all-new battery-electric dual-cab Toyota ute and what looks like an all-electric

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2025 Toyota bZ4X.
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Toyota bZ4X updated! Slow-selling Tesla Model Y rival gets more power, extra range and smooth styling. Arriving in Australia in 2025

March 14, 2025March 16, 2025 John Mahoney 7386 Views BZ4X, ev, Toyota

Just a year after it first landed in Australian dealers the 2026 Toyota bZ4X has been subjected to a substantial

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2025 Ford Everest.
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No Ford Everest PHEV! Hybrid Toyota Prado packaging compromises explain why top-selling large SUV won’t go plug-in

March 4, 2025March 3, 2025 Bruce Newton 7771 Views Everest, ford, mild hybrid, PHEV, Prado, ranger, Toyota

Having axed its cheapest and cleanest Everest large SUVs last week because of the New Vehicle Efficiency Standard, Ford says

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2025 Toyota Urban Cruiser.
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Meet the cut-price EV Toyota Australia desperately needs! But will it be over-priced like the bZ4X and flop Down Under?

December 19, 2024December 18, 2024 John Mahoney 21909 Views Cruiser, Toyota, Urban

The 2025 Toyota Urban Cruiser has been unwrapped in Europe and has already been confirmed for right-hand drive markets like

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FCEV: Fuel cell hydrogen electric vehicle

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Hydrogen electric vehicles, often called hydrogen fuel cells vehicles (FCEV), drive the same as regular EVs. They can have one

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