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AUGUST 10, 2023

Rising Chinese brand MG could have a direct rival for the Tesla Model Y Performance SUV and Kia EV6 GT super SUVs on-sale in Australia as soon as 2024. Known as the IM Motors LS6 in China, the medium SUV with up to 579kW/800Nm, a 252km/h top speed and a 3.5 2024 MG IM Motors LS6. “I 2024 MG IM Motors LS6.

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EV Central

MARCH 27, 2024

Voracious Chinese auto giant Geely has announced the all-new 2024 Galaxy E5 electric SUV will spearhead its fledgling new brand’s global expansion including to Australia. They’ll join established Geely group brands Volvo and Polestar in Australia. 2025 Galaxy E5 SUV. 2025 Galaxy E5 SUV.

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EV Central

APRIL 24, 2024

Mini has unveiled its new Aceman electric-only wagon at the Beijing auto show and immediately confirmed it will go on-sale in Australia before the end of 2024. The Aceman E will be power its front wheels via a 135kW/280Nm e-motor fed by a 42.5kWh battery pack. metre-long, 1.75m wide and 1.5m metre-long, 1.75m wide and 1.5m

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EV Central

JULY 14, 2024

Prices and full specification for the Australia market have yet to be disclosed, but it’s been predicted all models will be subject to a price rise of a least a couple of grand, that means we expect the new mid-size MG HS to be priced from around $35,000 drive-away. The post First look at Australia-bound 2024 MG HS!

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EV Central

MAY 1, 2024

Stand by Australia, Chinese giant GWM could soon unleash a plug-in hybrid attack on our market through its Haval, Tank and Cannon (ute) brands. And, when you consider the inevitable boost in performance an electric motor or two brings when allied with a combustion engine, any long-held PHEV iciness you have may thaw a touch.

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EV Central

AUGUST 21, 2023

While either model is rapid – the 230kW RWD will clip 100km/h in just 5.9s – it’s the AWD version that will steal the headlines, with its 390kW dual-motor setup capable of knocking off the sprint to 100km/h in just 3.8

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EV Central

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

GWM Australia has announced it has pulled the trigger on a raft of all-new vehicles to arrive in 2025 including at least two new advanced plug-in hybrids. Chinese-spec H6s with the plug-in hybrid are said to produce a thumping 240kW and 530Nm of torque. 2025 Haval H6. With the battery exhausted, the 2.0L 2025 Haval H7.

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EV Central

APRIL 29, 2024

The sleek electric sedan that is a big chance to lead Chinese-Swedish premium Lynk & Co’s Australian launch has been revealed in official teaser photography. A tyre-shredding quad motor version with around 900kW and a 2.0 Brands already established in Australia such as BYD also have plans to introduce spin-offs.

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EV Central

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The outrageous BYD Yangwang U8 luxury SUV is headed for Australia. A far cry from the affordable battery electric vehicles led by the Atto 3 with which BYD has established in Australia, the plug-in hybrid Yangwang’s Chinese price converts to about $240,000 here. The Yangwang isn’t the next BYD headed for Australia.

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EV Central

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The EV utes coming soon LDV Australia general manager Dinesh Chinnappa also confirmed it will be offered in two- and four-wheel drive guises, the latter playing into the sweet spot of the ute market. That’s the beauty of Australia – we’re open to new brands. Australia could also play a role in the naming of the upcoming LDV ute.

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Baua Electric

MAY 8, 2024

SAIC Motor, China’s largest carmaker, plans to invest up to $2 billion in India by this decade’s end and produce and sell over a million vehicles annually along with its joint venture partner JSW Group by then, a top executive told Autocar Professional. “We And the Chinese automaker’s ties with JSW Group could get deeper.

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EV Central

MAY 5, 2024

Stellantis-backed Aussie-bound Chinese electrified car brand Leapmotor has revealed the three-row C16 SUV at the Beijing auto show. The sort of vehicle that would shape as a logical model for Leapmotor to bring to Australia, it shapes as a cut-price family SUV alternative to the Kia EV9. 2025 Leapmotor C16 interior.

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EV Central

APRIL 25, 2024

Toyota has revealed two new production EVs at the Beijing Motor Show, set to go on sale in China “within a year.” The EVs have been jointly developed with Toyota’s Chinese partners, and likely use Chinese BYD batteries, but that shouldn’t necessarily rule the vehicles out as global potentials, including for Australia.

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EV Central

OCTOBER 30, 2023

BYD says it respects, but doesn’t fear, dual-cab stalwarts like the Toyota Hilux and Ford Ranger as the Chinese brand readies its “best-in-class” ute for launch in Australia. “It is the best of both worlds, 100kms range on pure electric, and then switch over to the dual-motor technology. .

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EV Central

JULY 31, 2024

Australia has a new cheapest EV, with MG announcing seriously competitive pricing for its MG ZS Excite that undercuts its core Chinese rivals in the BYD Dolphin and GWM Ora. READ MORE: The 2025 MG Cyberster lands in Australia! There is a catch, however, with the pricing in place only for the month of August at this point.

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EV Central

APRIL 4, 2024

Chinese car-making giant BYD has released its first official pictures of the all-new mid-size ute that will challenge the best-selling Toyota HiLux and Ford Ranger when it lands in Australia later this year. When it arrived in Australia the advanced plug-in BYD ute is tipped to be priced from $50,000-$70,000. metres long and 1.9

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EV Central

JUNE 5, 2024

In just 18 months Suzuki Australia is planning to reposition itself from electric zero to hero. In fact, Pachota confirmed, the intention is for the Swift, Vitara, S-Cross and Fronx to be exclusively hybrid in much the same way as Toyota has just announced its passenger cars and light duty SUV now are in Australia. “As It was great.”

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EV Central

MAY 15, 2024

The expansion by BYD in Australia from pure electric vehicles into CO2-emitting internal combustion engined plug-ins led by the Sealion 6 SUV will not trigger a major backlash from the Chinese company’s growing band of existing EV owners or put off potential EV buyers. They claim 1.1L/100km 100km and 1.4L/100km 2024 BYD Shark.

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EV Central

JULY 18, 2024

When Smart returns to Australia this September, the brand’s Smart #1 and Smart #3 vehicles will be priced below both the BMW iX1 and Volvo EX30 with which it has much in common. The Chinese-made Smart #1 small SUV will be priced from $54,900 plus on-roads, while the slightly larger and sleeker Smart #3 starts from $57,900 (plus ORCs).

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EV Central

AUGUST 18, 2024

Named the MG S5 in China, the new small SUV is not thought to be a replacement for the all-new second-gen MG ZS EV , instead it will sit above that car in the Chinese-owned British brand’s line-up. READ MORE: MG4 and MG ZS EVs score industry-leading 10-year warranty READ MORE: Australia’s cheapest electric car!

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EV Central

APRIL 10, 2023

Tesla has added the Model Y Long Range dual motor all-wheel drive to its Australian line-up and reduced the price of the Rear-Wheel Drive in the mid-sized SUV range. Priced from $81,900 plus on-road costs, the mid-spec version of Australia’s top-selling electric SUV is available for delivery from May to June.

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EV Central

MAY 14, 2024

The 2024 BYD Shark has been launched at an event in Mexico City, with full details released on how the Chinese car giant plans to beat the likes of the Ford Ranger, Toyota HiLux and Isuzu D-MAX. litre turbo four-cylinder engine with an electric motor driving the rear axle. Both are recorded on the more lenient Chinese NEDC test cycle.

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EV Central

OCTOBER 23, 2022

Renault’s coming small EVs will deliver European style at Chinese prices… and they’re likely to make it to Australia. Renault 5 Prototype was revealed at 2021 IAA Munich motor show. Renault 5 Prototype was revealed at 2021 IAA Munich motor show. “We see potential for both concepts in Australia.”

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EV Central

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

Orders for the BYD Shark 6 will open in Australia on October 29 – and the plug-in hybrid electric ute looks set to undercut its dual-cab rivals. Plug-in hybrid ute set to maul the Ford Ranger and Toyota Hilux READ MORE: Why electric car-maker BYD is adding ICE in Australia with the 2024 BYD Sealion 6 READ MORE: Beware HiLux and Ranger!

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EV Central

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

The next stage in BYD’s plan for Australia’s electric vehicle market has been unveiled in Germany overnight, with the European debut of the BYD Seal U giving us our best look yet at the Chinese brand’s new mid-size SUV. architecture), and should arrive in two trim levels, and with two different battery sizes.

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Baua Electric

JULY 22, 2024

The extent to which renewables should dominate Australia’s energy grids is a major issue in science and politics. Others, such as the Coalition, say renewables can’t “keep the lights on” at all and Australia should pursue nuclear energy instead. Solar and wind are clearly now the cheapest form of electricity.

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Baua Electric

JULY 22, 2024

The extent to which renewables should dominate Australia’s energy grids is a major issue in science and politics. Others, such as the Coalition, say renewables can’t “keep the lights on” at all and Australia should pursue nuclear energy instead. Solar and wind are clearly now the cheapest form of electricity.

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EV Central

APRIL 28, 2024

The 2024 BYD Shark was a surprise no show at the Beijing motor show but the Chinese car-maker has dropped four new teases of its electrified dual-cab 4×4 ute ahead of its imminent arrival. The Shark is currently testing in Australia and BYD is pushing to have it on-sale here before the end of 2024. 2025 BYD Shark tease.

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EV Central

MAY 23, 2024

Hot on the heels of the Isuzu D-Max EV, Toyota has now announced it too is pushing its Toyota HiLux REVO BEV into production at its factory in Thailand – and the battery-electric ute could be heading to Australia. “So ‘Is it going to meet the customer’s usage needs?

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EV Central

JULY 15, 2023

The EX4 is a tribute to the Metro 6R4 world rally championship racer of the 1980s (when MG was British rather than Chinese-owned). But while the 6R4 had V6 petrol power the EX4 is powered by a dual motor all-wheel drive system taken from the MG4 XPower that goes on-sale in Australia later this year. Coming to Australia.

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EV Central

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The new year has welcomed a new electric-vehicle heavyweight, with Chinese brand BYD outselling EV giant Tesla in Australia for the first time in January. Australia’s cheapest EV, the Dolphin, sold 256 examples, lifting BYD’s January total to 1310. BYD calls the technology DM-i, or Dual Motor Intelligence.

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EV Central

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Another Chinese electric vehicle brand is talking up its plans to come to Australia. Boding well for Australia, right-hand drive Aiways production begins soon with a UK launch confirmed for 2023. As Australia is such, we for sure think of it [launching Down Under]”. The bigger U7 has been previewed in concept form.

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EV Central

MAY 8, 2023

The hotly anticipated MG4 all-electric hatchback will be priced from $44,990 in Australia when it arrives around August or September 2023. However, the MG4 appears to be arriving in Australia with a price premium compared with other parts of the world, including Europe. The MG4 will be offered in three guises in Australia.

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EV Central

JULY 22, 2024

Chinese smart phone-maker and electronics giant Xiaomi has unleashed almost certainly the fastest-ever four-door sedan to turn a wheel. It’s no surprise the SU7 Ultra is so quick as each V8S motor can produce 425kW and 635Nm of torque, while being able to spin up to a dizzying 27,200rpm. seconds, 0-200km/h in 5.97 of recovery.

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EV Central

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The 2024 LDV eDeliver 7 all-electric delivery van has landed in Australia and instantly become one of the most affordable ways for companies to go electric as it is priced from $59,990 plus on-roads for registered ABN holders. Aimed squarely at the fiercely competitive mid-size (2.5-3.5t) 2024 LDV eDeliver 7. metre-long e-Vito.

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EV Central

AUGUST 21, 2024

Finally – belatedly – we have one of Australia’s top five car brands delivering a budget small EV. Unsurprisingly it’s Hyundai, launching its Inster city crossover SUV into Aussie hands early in 2025 with a target price – Hyundai Australia says – around $40,000. Less great are eco interior bits.

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EV Central

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Will it come to Australia? In some form possibly , especially since Tesla reduced the external dimensions of the Cybertruck, making it more likely for export markets such as Australia. Tesla previously took $150 refundable pre-orders in Australia, but it has since stopped taking them.

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