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Toyota

2024 Toyota bZ4X AWD
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Brave or bonkers? Toyota won’t be cutting the price of its bZ4X electric car, even as Tesla and BYD’s prices plummet

June 20, 2024June 19, 2024 Bruce Newton 11172 Views BZ4X, ev, Model, SUV, Toyota, Y

Toyota is ignoring the downward plunge in electric vehicle pricing and keeping the bZ4X SUV at its launch price. However,

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2024 Suzuki Swift Hybrid.
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New 2024 Suzuki Swift Hybrid undercuts MG3 to be Australia’s cheapest electrified car: But should it actually be called a hybrid?

June 14, 2024June 14, 2024 Bruce Newton 11498 Views hybrid, MG3, suzuki, Swift, Toyota, yaris

The 2024 Suzuki Swift Hybrid mini-car has claimed the crown as Australia’s cheapest electrified new vehicle, undercutting the equally new

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The new 2025 Subaru Crosstrek will use a new generation internal combustion engine for its hybrid system. The engine was developed in conjunction with Toyota and Mazda
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ICE powers on: Toyota and Subaru debut new compact engines that will underpin next generation hybrids

June 12, 2024June 11, 2024 John Mahoney 12748 Views mazda, Subaru, Toyota

Toyota and Subaru have released details of their state-of-the-art combustion engines that have been designed for their next-generation hybrid technology

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Toyota RAV4 PHEV plug-in hybrid is available overseas but in Australia there is only the regular hybrid
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Toyota hybrid onslaught: RAV4, Corolla, Corolla Cross, Yaris Cross and Kluger to drop petrol engines and join C-HR, Yaris and new Camry with only petrol-electric drivetrains

June 5, 2024June 5, 2024 Toby Hagon 13750 Views Corolla, hybrid, Kluger, Prado, RAV4 hybrid, Toyota, yaris

Some of Toyota’s most popular models will soon be available exclusively with hybrid power. The RAV4, Corolla, Corolla Cross, Yaris

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2023 Toyota HiLux Revo BEV concept.
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Look out Ford Maverick and Hyundai Santa Cruz! Toyota plotting affordable all-electric baby HiLux  

May 31, 2024May 31, 2024 John Mahoney 14572 Views HiLux, Toyota

Toyota’s USA boss has sparked rumours that the world’s largest car-maker might be secretly readying a production version of its

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2024 BYD Sealion 6.
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2024 BYD Sealion 6 PHEV review: Is this the new Chinese medium SUV that knocks over the Toyota RAV4 hybrid?

May 19, 2024May 18, 2024 Bruce Newton 19506 Views 6, BYD, hybrid, Outlander, PHEV, rav4, Toyota

The whirlwind that is BYD’s Australian journey has dropped yet another model on local shores, the Sealion 6 medium SUV.

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The BYD Shark
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BYD Shark attack! China’s plug-in hybrid ute set to maul the Ford Ranger and Toyota HiLux – and it’s coming to Australia!

May 15, 2024May 15, 2024 John Mahoney 14867 Views BYD, ford, HiLux, PHEV, ranger, Shark, Toyota

The 2024 BYD Shark has been launched at an event in Mexico City, with full details released on how the

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2025 BYD Shark tease.
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Shark bites: BYD continues teasing roll-out of Aussie-bound dual-cab ute

April 29, 2024April 29, 2024 John Mahoney 16696 Views BYD, ford, HiLux, PHEV, ranger, Shark, Toyota

The 2024 BYD Shark was a surprise no show at the Beijing motor show but the Chinese car-maker has dropped

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MEVCO Rivian R1T.
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Rivian arrives in Australia! New deal will supply all-electric R1T utes to Australian mines

April 26, 2024April 25, 2024 John Mahoney 17195 Views HiLux, landcruiser, MEVCO, R1T, Rivian, Toyota

Australian miners will soon take deliveries of Rivian R1T utes as part of a global partnership between both the US

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2024 Toyota bZ4X.
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Toyota bZ4X GR Sport under consideration: Could this mild-mannered electric SUV turn into an off-road superhero?

April 17, 2024April 16, 2024 Bruce Newton 10960 Views BZ4X, ev, GR Sport, SUV, Toyota

In a transition reminiscent of a superhero movie, the mild-mannered Toyota bZ4X electric medium SUV could become a rip-snorting off-road

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Happy electric new year! Every EV coming to Australia in 2025

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EV ute overload: The electric pickups coming in 2024
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EV ute overload: The electric pickups coming in 2024

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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
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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

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 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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