EV Central

MAY 23, 2024

Kia has unveiled its EV3 compact SUV ahead of a confirmed Australian arrival in 2025. Kia Australia would only confirm it would “launch in Australia in 2025,” but the above timings hint it would be early next year. 2024 Kia EV3 GT-Line – similar in size to Kia’s popular Seltos small SUV.

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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?

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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. So it is more realistically a Range Rover and Benz rival.

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EV Central

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The never-ending roll-out of new Chinese electric vehicles continues. Some of them are whacky, some impressive, but all are of potential interest to Australia as Chinese manufacturers consider sales programs down under. Top of the line-up is the AWD dual motor C01 that offers 400kW and 720Nm and a 3.66 Chery GENE.

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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

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

It’s one of two examples of the Chinese compact five-door hatch that are currently in Australia being evaluated ahead of the brand’s launch under the GWM Ora banner around April 2023. It’s evidence on World EV Day that Australia is an emerging part of the electric car scene with more electric models expected to launch here in 2023.

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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

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

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

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

That good EV news came after electric car sales declined in April for the first time since November 2020 and as Tesla continued price-cutting and Peugeot piled in with a massive $25,000 discount on its run-out e-2008 electric SUV. Volvo’s next EVs will be the brand’s delayed flagship, the seven-seat EX90 large SUV. 2024 Volvo EX30.

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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

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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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

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Delightfully and quirkily styled, good value and with excellent passenger space, it stood out like a shining, extrovert beacon next to the sea of homogenised, vanilla small SUVs. 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.

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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. Later in the year the Indian-built Fronx sub-compact crossover will be introduced with petrol-electric power at the same time as the ICE-only Ignis mini-SUV is being phased out. When the NVES decision came though this suited Australia.

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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?

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EV Central

JANUARY 6, 2024

The 250kW/679Nm dual-motor all-wheel drive e-Tron 55 Quattro is pricier, at $108,500 plus on-roads. 4, the Q4 e-Tron will be available in a regular SUV body style or a sleeker Sportback, each with a 77kWh battery. There’s already a single motor option with a dual-motor version in the works. BYD Seal U BYD Seal U.

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EV Central

JANUARY 31, 2024

The Polestar 4 electric SUV is now officially on sale in Australia and targeting the top-selling Tesla Model Y with aggressive pricing in the premium electric vehicle segment. Last year in Australia 36 per cent of the 168,213 prestige and luxury models sold were powered purely by electricity. inch central touchscreen and 10.2-inch

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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

MARCH 25, 2023

Peugeot will enter the highly competitive Australian battery electric SUV segment in the third quarter of 2023. The e-2008 is fitted with a 100kW/260Nm electric motor fed by a 50kWh battery. The 408 coupe-cross-over is also due in Australia in electrified form. A 345km range is claimed according to WLTP testing.

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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

JANUARY 7, 2024

Chinese electronics giant, Xiaomi, has unwrapped its first-ever production car, the Xiaomi SU7 sedan and the omens are not good for its closest rival, the Porsche Taycan. With another 70 billion Chinese yuan ($14.1 Both the V6 and V6S e-motors have been designed to spin up to 21,000rpm. 2024 Xiaomi SU7. 2024 Xiaomi SU7.

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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

MARCH 20, 2023

Kia has staged the surprise reveal of a medium-sized electric SUV dubbed the Concept EV5. Rolled out at the brand’s Chinese EV Day, it comes just days after the production version of the large Kia EV9 SUV was revealed. In Australia, we could see the production EV5 as soon as 2024. 2023 Kia EV5 Concept.

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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. The recently-arrived X1 compact SUV will soon spawn an EV sibling in the form of the BMW iX1.

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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. architecture.

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EV Central

APRIL 17, 2023

EV brand Polestar has unveiled its new 4 mid-sized SUV that arrives in Australia in the first half of 2024. But the five-seat Polestar 4 doesn’t have a traditional SUV profile, instead adopting a coupe-inspired roofline. The Polestar 4 will be available in two motor configurations, each adopting the Long Range tag.

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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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AUGUST 13, 2018

Ford has released the first images of the new Territory, a mid-size SUV targeted at new buyers in emerging cities in China. Ford developed the Territory together with its joint venture partner, Jiangling Motors Corporation (JMC). For these buyers, the midsize SUVs such as Ford Territory is a highly popular choice.

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EV Central

MAY 9, 2024

Ambitious start-up XPeng is the latest Chinese electric car company to confirm its arrival in Australia. To be imported, distributed and retailed here by Sydney-based TrueEV, the timetable revealed this week calls for the mid-size Xpeng G6 SUV to be on-sale in the fourth quarter of 2024. 2024 XPeng G6 interior.

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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

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

MARCH 22, 2023

Here’s a list of every EV on sale today in Australia, how far they’ll go and how much they cost to buy before on-road charges, or before any rebates, discounts or incentives are applied. 625km: BMW i7 xDrive60, $297,900 Australia’s reigning range champion with a price to match. Prices are correct at time of writing.

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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

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

JANUARY 24, 2024

Kia’s cheapest EV-branded electric vehicle has been confirmed for a mid-year launch in Australia, with the EV5 to sit below the EV6 and EV9 in the brand’s lineup. That would significantly undercut its key competitor, the Tesla Model Y, which starts in Australia at $65,400. Single- and twin-motor variants are expected.

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