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Features culled as 2025 Polestar 3 SUV single motor and dual motor pricing announced

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The electric luxury brand Polestar has revealed pricing of a cheaper rear-wheel drive 2025 3 SUV at the same time as it has announced a reduction in value of the recently-launched dual motor versions. Polestar Australia chief Scott Maynard defended the deletion of standard features from the Polestar 3 for 2025.

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Toyota a winner as CO2 reduction plan introduced to parliament with less pressure on SUVs and utes

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Australia is on schedule to have a CO2 reduction scheme for motor vehicle in place by January 1 2025. Aussie CO2 standard tough on Toyota, SUVs and utes READ MORE: Get out of the way diesel! The long overdue initiative starts the process of ratification into law today with the introduction of legislation to federal parliament.

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New million-kilometre 50-year Geely battery headed for Australia in 2025 Galaxy E5

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And it could be in Australia soon because the first vehicle it will be fitted to is the new Geely Galaxy E5 SUV that is expected to be on-sale here as soon as 2025. The Geely Galaxy E5 SUV is a Tesla Model Y fighter that makes its debut with the new Short Blade battery in August. 2025 Geely Galaxy E5. per cent.

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2025 Hyundai Inster review: the $40k city SUV challenge to the MG4, GWM Ora and BYD Dolphin

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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. It’s about bloody time.

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Australia introduces its first exhaust rule but makes all the mistakes the US did

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Photo by Marcus Reubenstein on Unsplash Australia will introduce a bill to parliament this week containing its first-ever vehicle emissions rule, a huge step forward for the country. Australia doesn’t have its own fuel efficiency standards, making it one of only two advanced countries without such a rule, alongside Russia.

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2024 Cupra Tavascan pricing revealed – “between mass and prestige”

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Cupra has almost, kind of announced indicative pricing for its new all electric SUV, the Tavascan, ahead of its Australian debut later this year. At present, in Australia, the Luxury Car Tax threshold for fuel-efficient vehicles is $91,387.

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Audi to add Q5 PHEV in Australia mid-2023

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Audi is re-introducing a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) to its Australian line-up from mid-2023 in the form of the Q5 55 TFSI e luxury medium SUV. Quattro all-wheel drive is standard. This is the third PHEV to be sold by Audi in Australia following on from the 2015-16 A3 e-tron and Q7 e-tron in 2017-18. 100km (WLTP).

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