EV Central

JULY 28, 2022

Chery will be the next Chinese brand to attempt to disrupt the Australian auto market, with the car maker following established brands like MG and Great Wall – as well as newcomers like BYD – to our market with the Chery Omoda 5 PHEV. The post Chinese brand Chery to launch Omoda 5 PHEV in Australia appeared first on EV Central.

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EV Central

MAY 3, 2024

My 2024 Beijing Motor Show gets off to an inauspicious start. The transfer bus takes three hours to move 50km, finding our entry gate adds another 60 minutes, I’m asked for my passport before being allowed near a much needed toilet, and why the hell are riot police with perspex shields at a motor show? Chinese ones.

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EV Central

MAY 8, 2024

Priced from $59,990 (plus on-roads), the first 1500 examples of the EX30 pre-sold even before customer deliveries began this week. Connor batted away the EV headwinds, including the significant Tesla price cuts and Peugeot’s slash and burn. I’m also not worried about Tesla when they keep on dropping prices. 2024 Volvo EX30.

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EV Central

MARCH 14, 2024

That’s the goal of little known Chinese electric car specialist Leapmotor, which could launch in Australia as soon as late 2024. But while ambitions are laudable if not always achievable, the potential for Leapmotor in Australia will be strengthened with the backing of auto giant Stellantis and its local market knowledge.

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EV Central

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

The ambitious Chinese Chery brand will launch its first electric vehicle in Australia when the Omoda E5 SUV arrives mid-year. While no pricing has been announced, it would be logical to suggest it would be priced above the Omoda 5 ICE range that tops out at $41,490 drive-away. The two SUVs are both ICE-powered.

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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. READ MORE: $11,000 price hack! metre-long, 1.75m wide and 1.5m

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EV Central

APRIL 18, 2024

A family of brutal 4x4s including a Toyota LandCruiser rival along with a radical supercar have been added to Chinese electrified mega-brand BYD’s rapidly expanding new vehicle armoury and are wanted in Australia. When it arrives the Bao 3 will be priced from around 200,000 Chinese Yuan which equates to around $43,000 in our money.

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EV Central

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

MAY 18, 2024

Firstly, it lands the Chinese maker in Australia’s biggest sales segment and, as a plug-in hybrid , it is BYD’s first ICE-powered , CO2-emitting vehicle to go on sale here following the launch of three BEVs since 2022 – the Atto 3 , Dolphin and Shark. It’s a significant arrival for a couple of reasons. 2024 BYD Sealion 6 cockpit.

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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 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

MAY 15, 2024

Pricing for the highly-anticipated BYD Sealion 6 plug-in hybrid medium SUV will start at $48,990 plus on-road costs for the entry-level front-wheel drive Dynamic. The flagship Premium all-wheel drive will be priced from $52,990 plus ORCs. “At the moment the EV segment is nine per cent of sales in Australia.

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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

JUNE 13, 2024

Pre-orders for the 2024 MG Cyberster are now being taken in Australia ahead of the electric sports car’s fourth quarter arrival – but it won’t be cheap. An official WLTP range figure has yet to be released but on the more lenient Chinese CLTC test cycle the MG roadster can cover up to 579km on a single charge.

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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. Including Australia?

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EV Central

MAY 23, 2024

Looking every inch a baby EV9 , it’s set to be priced around $50,000 to challenge the Tesla Model 3 , BYD Atto 3 , MG4 and ever-expanding electric opposition. Kia Australia would only confirm it would “launch in Australia in 2025,” but the above timings hint it would be early next year.

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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

APRIL 17, 2024

That’s the task BYD’s rival Chinese brand Chery has set its incoming Omoda E5 electric compact SUV. On-sale from July, the Omoda E5 will be the first battery electric model brought into Australia by Chery since it launched here in early 2023. Give the BYD Atto 3 something to think about! READ MORE: Chery on top? Both get a 12.3-inch

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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

JUNE 20, 2024

Two years after its local release the 2024 BYD Atto 3 has been updated with enhanced tech, better tyres, new colour options and lower prices as the Chinese brand attempts to reverse its sales decline Down Under. The price cut accompanies the arrival of a new 15.6-inch But more aggressively priced opponents are imminent.

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EV Central

MARCH 21, 2024

The Australian electric car price battle has been supercharged by dramatic permanent MG discounts for the MG4 compact hatch and MG ZS EV compact SUV. MG has effectively excised on-road costs, declaring all models in both ranges national drive-away at their current prices or lower. But MG has since clarified that.

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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. READ MORE: Here comes another one!

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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. You’ve got to get the right product at the right price with the right spec,” he said. He says it’s a matter of getting the product right.

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EV Central

JANUARY 6, 2024

Audi Q4 e-Tron Audi Q4 50 e-tron quattro The Q4 e-Tron is set to become the most affordable EV for the luxury brand, with the 210kW/545Nm rear-wheel drive 45 model priced from $88,300 plus on-road costs. The 250kW/679Nm dual-motor all-wheel drive e-Tron 55 Quattro is pricier, at $108,500 plus on-roads. BYD ute BYD ute patent.

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EV Central

AUGUST 27, 2023

The Renault Megane E-Tech compact hatchback will go on-sale in Australia late in 2023 priced from $64,990 plus on-road costs. Renault’s first ground-up electric vehicle based on its new CMF-EV platform has undercut earlier forecasts for its pricing from Renault Australia. seconds 0-100km/h time. seconds 0-100km/h time.

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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. It is priced from $47,990 plus on-road costs.

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EV Central

JUNE 15, 2024

The worthy counter-argument is it is electrified and as we have already covered separately here , its $24,490 drive-away price means it’s now the cheapest new vehicle sold in Australia that provides any form of electric assistance to its driving wheels. And maybe it’s the logical downsizing limit for Australia.

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EV Central

MARCH 10, 2023

MG has started its campaign to become a big player in the EV space by bringing three MG4 electric hatchbacks to Australia months before the cars arrive in dealerships. The circa-$40,000 Chinese-made MG4 is a potential game changer for MG, which until now has only offered the MG ZS EV in the booming electric car market.

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EV Central

JANUARY 2, 2023

About 30 new EVs will make it to Australia in 2030, widening the choices and technology available to buyers. There are also some big brands that have so far not dabbled in the EV space in Australia readying their first battery electric models. Priced from $82,900 before on-road costs, the iX1 also offers a claimed 438km of WLTP range.

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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

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

We bleated away like blind sheep, buying Ford EcoSports at twice the rate we did Souls in 2019, the last year it was sold in Australia. With that horror show of a Blue Oval mini SUV trouncing the Soul’s 485 sales that year, no wonder Kia Australia pulled it after a decade of trying. second time to 100km/h.

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EV Central

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

The LDV eT60 will become the first electric ute on sale in Australia when it arrives in dealerships in November as part of three-pronged EV attack from the Chinese brand. It’s brand transformational in terms of elevating our status,” says Dinesh Chinnappa, General Manager of LDV Australia. LDV eT60 electric ute.

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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

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

The Tesla Model Y now has a direct rival from Chinese challenger BYD. Revealed at the Guangzhou motor show, the Sea Lion 07 starts cheaper in China than the globe’s top selling battery electric vehicle, with a price range the equivalent of $42,600 to $55,400 (approx) Aussie dollars. Meet the Sea Lion 07. architecture.

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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.

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EV Central

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Europe’s most affordable EV the 2024 Dacia Spring SUV is now available in right-hand drive, which means there’s a chance it could be coming to Australia as a Renault. And what about Australia? Super-cheap Dacia Spring electric SUV is going right-hand drive, but will it come to Australia as a Renault? 2024 Dacia Spring.

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The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Starting this month, the Chinese government requires permits for certain graphite products being exported. It could even be argued that it further advantages Chinese industries while exacerbating environmental concerns by forcing companies to move countless tons of graphite halfway around the world on container ships.

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