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Volkswagen

2025 Volkswagen ID.3.
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2025 Volkswagen ID.3 upgraded again ahead of Aussie launch: Includes more power, faster charging and enhanced tech

May 9, 2024May 8, 2024 John Mahoney 16852 Views electric car, electric vehicle, ev, id.3, Volkswagen

VW has once again upgraded its Volkswagen ID.3 compact electric hatch with a comprehensive range of updates. Included in the

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Volkswagen ID.Buzz GTX
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’Shit-hot’ news! Volkswagen ID.Buzz GTX electric super-van landing in Australia in 2025

May 3, 2024May 2, 2024 Toby Hagon 12551 Views GTX, ID.Buzz, Volkswagen

The Volkswagen ID.Buzz GTX is coming to Australia. Yep, the born-again all-electric version of the Kombi with a healthy dose

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2025 Volkswagen T7 eTransporter.
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VW reveals first details of electric T7 eTransporter: It’s not as sexy as an ID.Buzz but it can carry heaps of stuff

April 19, 2024April 18, 2024 John Mahoney 12568 Views eTransporter, ID.Buzz, T7, Volkswagen

Volkswagen has shown off its next-generation T7 Transporter’s carrying capacities ahead of its official launch this September at Germany’s IAA

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2027 Volkswagen ID.2.
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Volkswagen ID.Roc name registered in Australia. Small electric SUV could be top-seller

April 18, 2024April 17, 2024 John Mahoney 12073 Views ev, ID.Golf, ID.Roc, SUV, Volkswagen

Volkswagen has been caught trademarking the ID.Roc name for its inbound electric small SUV that will eventually replace the popular

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2025 Volkswagen ID.Buzz GTX.
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Still want that boring SUV? Fast all-wheel drive Volkswagen ID.Buzz GTX blends hot hatch pace with retro looks

April 4, 2024April 3, 2024 John Mahoney 12603 Views ev, GTX, ID.Buzz, Volkswagen

With its retro-looks, hot hatch-level of electric acceleration and acres of space for families or those who indulge in active

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Volkswagen ID.2all concept.
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Race to break the $30K barrier: Volkswagen will launch ID.1 budget-buy in 2027

March 26, 2024March 25, 2024 John Mahoney 8776 Views Dacia Spring, ev, ID.1, MG2, Renault Twingo, Volkswagen

Volkswagen has confirmed it is hatching an all-new entry-level replacement for the Up city car that will be priced from

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Volkswagen ID.3 GTX.
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Hotter hatch! Fast new electric Volkswagen ID.3 GTX arrives with better performance than a Golf GTI

March 21, 2024March 20, 2024 John Mahoney 2727 Views GTX, id.3, Volkswagen

Volkswagen has pulled the covers off the closest thing we have to a battery-powered VW Golf GTI and it’s already

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2024 ID.Buzz people-mover serves as the basis for the GTX.
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Express delivery! Volkswagen ID.Buzz GTX hot hauler set for March 21 debut

March 19, 2024April 2, 2024 John Mahoney 2355 Views GTX, ID.Buzz, Volkswagen

A faster, more powerful Volkswagen ID. Buzz GTX has been teased ahead of its launch on March 21.  Shown off

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Volkswagen Scirocco design sketch.
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It’s a cut-price Porsche! VW plots reborn Scirocco electric sports car based on Boxster EV

March 4, 2024March 2, 2024 John Mahoney 3185 Views Boxster, Cayman, porsche, Scirocco, Volkswagen

Volkswagen is plotting to reboot its Volkswagen Scirocco as a fast all-electric coupe that will share much with the incoming

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2024 Subaru Solterra updated version
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How’s that for a haircut! Subaru slashes $8000 off Solterra electric car, but it’s still more expensive than Tesla Model Y

February 26, 2024February 26, 2024 John Mahoney 3138 Views BZ4X, id.4, solterra, Subaru, Toyota, Volkswagen

The price of the 2024 Subaru Solterra electric SUV has been slashed just days before first examples reach Aussie owners.

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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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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

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VIDEO: Kia EV6 GT-Line AWD review

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