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Volkswagen

Volkswagen platform cutaway showing solid-state batteries
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After more than 1000 charges Volkswagen’s solid-state electric car battery cells retained 95 percent of the original capacity

January 11, 2024January 9, 2024 John Mahoney 365717 Views solid-state, Volkswagen

Volkswagen has announced that laboratory testing of its next-generation solid-state batteries has revealed that they will be capable of providing

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2024 Tesla Model 3 Rear-Wheel Drive
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2023 electric car sales record led by Tesla, BYD and MG – but luxury brands are also doing plenty of EV heavy lifting

January 10, 2024January 11, 2024 Toby Hagon 7984 Views BYD, Hyundai, mg, polestar, Subaru, Tesla, Toyota, Volkswagen

BYD, Tesla and MG accounted for 74 percent of a record 87,217 EVs sold in Australia in 2023. Sales figures

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EVs of 2024: Polestar 4, Hyundai Ioniq 5 N, Kia EV5, Volvo EX30 and BYD ute
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Every new electric vehicle coming to Australia in 2024

January 7, 2024January 16, 2024 Toby Hagon 20993 Views BYD, Chery, ford, GWM, Hyundai, jeep, Kia, mg, nissan, polestar, renault, Skoda, Subaru, Tesla, Toyota, Volkswagen, volvo

Sales of electric cars almost tripled in 2023 and Aussies had more models than ever to choose from. Excitingly, 2024

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2026 Volkswagen ID.2 GTI hot hatch.
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Electric Volkswagen ID. GTI hot hatch gets the green light for 2026 launch

January 5, 2024January 1, 2024 John Mahoney 5495 Views Cupra, GTI, ID., Raval, Volkswagen

Volkswagen’s design boss Andreas Mindt has undone months, if not years, of choreographed marketing and PR by using his Instagram

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The Volkswagen ID.5 is one of the reasons the brand is rated highly on the electric vehicle winners and losers list.
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Electric vehicle winners and losers: Volkswagen steps up as Toyota, Honda, Mazda and Nissan drop the ball – and Tesla and BYD run away with it | Opinion

June 24, 2023June 23, 2023 Stephen Corby 4998 Views australia, BYD, electric vehicles, Tesla, Volkswagen

The Volkswagen ID.5 is one of the reasons the brand is rated highly on the electric vehicle winners and losers list.

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Volkswagen ID.2all concept
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Volkswagen ID.2all concept previews sub-$40,000 electric hatchback for 2025

March 16, 2023March 18, 2023 Toby Hagon 3757 Views Volkswagen

Volkswagen has shown how it plans to make EVs affordable for the masses with the ID.2all prototype. The compact five-door

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2023 Volkswagen ID.3.
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Troubled Volkswagen ID.3 upgrades ahead of Aussie launch

March 7, 2023March 18, 2023 EV Central team 3153 Views Volkswagen

The updated Volkswagen Golf ID.3 small electric hatchback that is schedule to launch in Australia in early 2024 has been

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Volkswagen ID.Buzz and ID.Buzz Cargo
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Volkswagen ID.Buzz on track for Australia in 2024; EV to overtake ICE locally by 2028

December 14, 2022December 14, 2022 Toby Hagon 5590 Views Volkswagen

The electric version of the Volkswagen Kombi is coming to Australia in 2024 – and two examples have already hit

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2023 Volkswagen Amarok Aventura.
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Volkswagen Amarok PHEV coming as soon as 2025

December 12, 2022December 12, 2022 EV Central team 6312 Views Volkswagen

If you can’t wait for the 2027 Volkswagen Amarok battery electric ute then maybe the petrol-electric version potentially due as

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The Volkswagen Amarok ute is set to go electric around 2027
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Volkswagen Amarok EV ute slated for 2027

December 7, 2022December 7, 2022 Toby Hagon 5473 Views Volkswagen

The new Volkswagen Amarok ute is set to go electric – but it will take a few years to make

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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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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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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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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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