Teslarati

MAY 8, 2024

Chinese automaker BYD plans to debut its new energy pickup truck, Shark, in Mexico this month. The Chinese automaker was initially rumored to unveil it at the Beijing Auto Show in April 2024. The Chinese automaker has been reportedly looking at sites in the area for an electric vehicle manufacturing plant.

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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. The big news is that BYD isn’t bothering with a diesel version, preferring to introduce aa plug-in hybrid powertrains that blend a 1.5-litre

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EV Central

APRIL 11, 2024

Australia finally gets a petrol-electric hybrid 4×4 dual-cab ute mid-year when the GWM Cannon Alpha launches. The Chinese plugless series/parallel hybrid will boast more torque than the Ford Ranger Raptor super-ute and – crucially – a full 3500kg braked towing capacity. The post Electrified utes get serious in Australia!

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Teslarati

APRIL 22, 2024

The Chinese automaker revealed a few details about its first pickup truck to pique people’s interest before the unveiling. Pictures from the tests conducted in Mexico hint that the BYD Shark will go to right-hand-drive markets first, like Australia and South Africa.

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EV Central

APRIL 21, 2024

BYD has outlined a stunningly ambitious new model roll-out and sales growth plan in Australia. Essentially, the Chinese electrified vehicle specialist wants double sales each year to reach 100,000 sales per annum in 2026 in Australia on the back of up to five new model launches each year. BYD Seal U. BYD Atto 3.

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EV Central

JUNE 17, 2024

An updated GWM Haval Jolion has reset the entry bar for hybrid SUVs in Australia with a $32,990 drive-away price. China’s GWM set to launch raft of PHEV Haval, Tank and Cannon models in Australia. Since launching in Australia three years ago, a total of 29,417 Jolions have sold here. Give us a plug!

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EV Central

DECEMBER 4, 2023

BYD has announced that it has become the first car-maker to build more than six-million New Energy Vehicles (NEVs) beating US car-maker Tesla who isn’t set to hit the production milestone until early 2024. NEVs is the Chinese category of cars that consist of plug-in hybrid (PHEVs), range-extender hybrids and pure-electric cars (EVs).

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 11, 2024

1 is the first Chinese-made ship designed to carry domestic EVs overseas. First BYD ship sets sights on Europe to deliver EVs Marking a “new era” for Chinese vehicles, BYD’s first ship designed to carry EVs arrived at Yantai Port on January 9. It’s also growing in Mexico, Australia, India, and several others.

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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.

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EV Central

MARCH 14, 2023

Up to seven of those BEV and hybrid models – including the ute – could come to Australia based on Mitsubishi’s presentation of its Challenge 2025 business plan in Tokyo last week. No details of any of the new electrified models were offered or if they are specifically destined for Australia.

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EV Central

OCTOBER 17, 2022

The Chinese manufacturer GWM (Great Wall Motors) has announced an aggressive rollout of electric , plug-in hybrid and hybrid vehicles. And Australian buyers seem set to get the chance to consider buying a fair chunk of the models on the rollout list because Australia is considered a strategic market for the auto giant.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 22, 2024

More recently, BYD’s highly anticipated right-hand drive model was spotted testing in Australia as the brand kicks its overseas expansion into overdrive. BYD Shark electric pickup (Source: BYD) BYD teases new Shark electric pickup ahead of its debut In its latest teaser, BYD confirmed the electric pickup will go by the name “Shark.”

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EV Central

DECEMBER 18, 2022

An all-new battery electric and plug-in hybrid ute benchmarked against the Rivian R1T will be one of the headline acts when China’s JAC Motors unleashes a comprehensive attack on the Australian market around mid-decade. We will be bringing [to Australia] whatever vehicles go through the R&D centre for mature markets,” he added.

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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.

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EV Central

MAY 9, 2024

It’s shaping up to be a Geely-fest as Zeekr will go on-sale in Australia this year while Lynk & Co is also expected in 2025. All-up, by 2025, the brand says it will have four PHEVs and three EVs on sale in its home country. Geely Galaxy E5 interior. Geely Galaxy also offers the E8 and L6 sedans in China.

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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. Fang Cheng Bao 3. It’s being worked on. But right now my main focus is the BYD brand.” Fang Cheng Bao 8.

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EV Central

MAY 15, 2024

The Sealion 6 is the first ICE -powered and CO2-emitting vehicle to be sold by the Chinese brand in Australia and is expected to be its top seller. China’s plug-in hybrid ute set to maul the Ford Ranger and Toyota HiLux – and it’s coming to Australia! “At the moment the EV segment is nine per cent of sales in Australia.

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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. Chery withdrew from Australia after an unsuccessful partnership with importer Ateco Automotive between 2011 and 2016 and relaunched with the Omoda 5 in early 2023. The two SUVs are both ICE-powered.

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

All the new electric cars, electric SUVs and electric utes arriving in Australia in 2021, 2022 and 2023. Here is the comprehensive list of every new EV due in the next few years. READ MORE: Every new electric car coming to Australia in 2022. Likely to arrive in Australia late in 2021. Subscribe now!

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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? per cent.

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EV Central

APRIL 25, 2024

The original Mazda6 launched in Australia in 2002 and the current third generation in 2012, with a significant update in 2018. The Mazda6 is currently offered for sale in Australia only with ICE powertrains. The EZ-6 has been developed by Mazda and Chinese partner Chongqing Changan’s joint-venture Changan Mazda Automobile Corporation.

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

The Tesla Model Y now has a direct rival from Chinese challenger BYD. Much else we don’t know about the Sea Lion 07 as yet, including whether it will come to Australia. According to Chinese media reports, the Sea Lion 07 includes Cell to Body battery integration, reducing the pack’s impact on interior vertical space by 10mm.

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EV Central

MAY 13, 2024

Originally, the Seal U was going to be the nameplate here for the plug-in hybrid mid-size SUV rival for the Toyota RAV4 hybrid and Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV. It is known in China as the Song Plus where it is sold as an EV and PHEV and where it will soon be replaced by a new generation. 2024 BYD Sea LIon 7.

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Baua Electric

JUNE 21, 2024

After already becoming an EV leader in overseas markets like Thailand, Israel, and Australia, BYD is rapidly expanding its presence in South America. Chinese vehicles accounted for 40% of the total, as imports surged 450% from Q1 2023. BYD began construction on its manufacturing plant in Brazil earlier this year.

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EV Central

JANUARY 6, 2024

Due in the second quarter, the BYD Seal U is available globally as a plug-in hybrid EV (PHEV) and a fully electric model. While the ute will be sold around the world, it has been undergoing extensive testing and development in Australia with the aim of preparing it for some of the world’s harshest and most challenging conditions.

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Baua Electric

MAY 14, 2024

Each reaches basically the same conclusion: the global non-Chinese automakers will never be able to catch up unless they radically change their corporate mindsets. Bad news from Beijing Kevin Williams, writing in InsideEVs , shares his impressions from a week at the Beijing Auto Show. Williams asks. Hard to imagine?

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

BYD has confirmed its next entrant into the Australian market will be a plug-in hybrid wagon arriving in early 2024 that will enter the huge and lucrative SUV segment to take on the likes of the Toyota RAV4 Hybrid and Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV. The name of the new vehicle also remains unclarified at this point. READ MORE: Denied!

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EV Central

MARCH 25, 2023

READ MORE: The electric year ahead: every EV coming to Australia in 2023 READ MORE: Complete guide to rebates, discounts and incentives when buying an EV in Australia The e-2008 is the second BEV to be confirmed by Peugeot for Australian sale, following on from the e-Partner Van that launches in the second half of 2023.

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Baua Electric

MAY 7, 2024

Chinese car makers can undercut rivals in Europe because their production costs are heavily subsidised. million EVs in 2023 In China, the number of new electric car sales reached 8.1 The main export markets for these vehicles were Europe and countries in the Asia Pacific region, such as Thailand and Australia.

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EV Central

JANUARY 12, 2023

Last year was a record for EV sales in Australia. It means EV set a new record of 3.1 READ MORE: Every EV coming to Australia in 2023 READ MORE: Best EVs of 2022. Tesla’s 19,594 sales alone accounted for 59 percent of all EVs sold in Australia last year. 79% of the EVs sold in Australia were sourced from China.

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

But clearly many of these vehicles are intended for production and some of them will come to Australia. Maybe Tesla and the Chinese aren’t just going to just roll over the rest of the auto industry after all. No longer in Australia, but Daihatsu is still an innovator. Related: Mitsubishi’s new PHEV system.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 18, 2022

the Chinese government also expects to become the undisputed global leader in EVs. In 2014, President Xi Jinping defined China’s intent, stating, “Developing new-energy vehicles is the only way for China to move from a big automobile country to a powerful automobile hub.” Like the U.S., It exported 500,000 EVs in 2021 ,as well.

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

The EX90 is set for production in Volvo’s American factory next year, with later production commencing at its Chinese plant. It’s likely Australia will receive its EX90s from the latter, probably late in 2024. Such prices comfortably eclipse the $121,990 Volvo Australia currently asks for the XC90 Recharge Ultimate PHEV.

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