EV Central

OCTOBER 20, 2024

The 2025 MG Cyberster electric sports car has been priced from $115,000 plus on-road costs. That pricing means the first electric two-door convertible sports car to go on-sale in Australia will go up against some pretty strong petrol-powered opposition including the BMW Z4, new Ford Mustang, Nissan Z, Toyota Supra and Porsche Boxster.

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Australia’s mania for SUVs and utes is threatening the chances of the handsome new Mazda EZ-6 large sedan coming to Australia. While that doesn’t even seem to offer a glimmer of hope for the EZ-6 down under, the reality is Mazda Australia is sticking with the Mazda6 as long as production lasts, even if sales are declining.

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Even though it’s stuck at the back of the sales pack, Toyota Australia continues to insist there will be no price cuts to boost interest in the bZ4X. The first battery electric vehicle sold by Toyota in Australia is priced above the entry-point for mid-size electric SUVs and is paying for it with slow sales.

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EV Central

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

The 2025 MG ZS Hybrid+ has been unwrapped with more tech, a fresh new look and an advanced, efficient petrol-electric hybrid powertrain ahead of its arrival Down Under in late 2024. The post 2025 MG ZS Hybrid+ on its way to Australia appeared first on EV Central.

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EV Central

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Razor-edged pricing for Kia’s electric EV5 medium SUV will continue with the incoming EV3 and EV4 , but the policy could also end the Kia Niro electric vehicle’s time in Australia. Kia arrived at the price, which is permanent, only after both it and its dealers agreed to cut profit margins to the bone.

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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

JANUARY 31, 2024

Used electric vehicles take longer to sell in Australia than petrol and diesel cars and have below average retained value, a new report has found. Unsurprisingly, new EV market leader Tesla was found to be the biggest used EV sales brand, with 4377 examples of its model range changing hands in Australia in 2023. per cent share.

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EV Central

MAY 7, 2024

The emergence of the Atto 3 and Model 3 contrasts with previous data released by AutoGrab that used EVs were taking longer to sell in Australia than petrol and diesel cars. per cent of their recommended retail price (or retained value) in February 2023, but had fallen 15.6 READ MORE: It’s a buyers’ market! per cent to an 82.8

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MAY 2, 2024

That’s cheaper than a petrol Corolla! continued] The post Two EVs For The Price Of One! Recently at a Coffee, Cake and EVs morning, a friend told me how he had just bought a Great Wall ORA Cat for only AU$30,000! Mind you, the AU$6,000 government rebate helped. The ORA Cat was launched a year ago for $46,000 as the.

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EV Central

APRIL 16, 2024

While demand growth for EVs outstrips traditional petrol and diesel vehicles, buyers still have the upper hand in an Australian used electric vehicle market dominated by Tesla. EV sales grew more than 13 per cent in March, which was substantially faster than petrol, diesel and hybrid vehicles. READ MORE: We buy a used Porsche Taycan!

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EV Central

JULY 20, 2022

Cupra will sell a single highly-specified version of the Born electric hatchback in Australia from early 2023. Visiting executives from the Volkswagen-owned brand have also confirmed Australia will get the upcoming Tavascan and UrbanRebel EVs as the company looks to snare a 5 percent share of the growing electric car market.

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EV Central

JUNE 4, 2024

The RAV4, Corolla, Corolla Cross, Yaris Cross and Kluger will soon drop their petrol-only drivetrain options and instead be offered solely with petrol-electric hybrid systems. From today our dealers will no longer offer petrol-only variants of any Toyota model where a hybrid-electric alternative is available.”

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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

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Pricing of the selected Hyundai Tucson Hybrid models has been slashed as it takes the fight to the Toyota RAV4. Since its mid-year launch the petrol-electric Hyundai medium SUV has made no dent in the Toyota’s sales dominance. Well, judging by the price cuts they’ve given him an answer. HMCA COO John Kett. litre hybrid.

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EV Central

JULY 23, 2023

The plug-in hybrid version of its new Tonale small SUV has gone on sale in Australia, priced from a chunky $77,500 before on-roads for the Alfa Romeo Tonale PHEV. The price puts the Alfa Romeo Tonale PHEV Q4 in line with full electric small SUV rivals such as the Volvo XC40 Pure Electric ($73,990) or Mercedes-Benz EQA 250 ($81,700).

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JUNE 5, 2024

By: HT Auto Desk | Updated on: 06 Jun 2024, 10:49 AM Suzuki Australia has confirmed that it plans to launch the Fronx in early 2025. Just like the Baleno hatch back which was discontinued in Australia two years back, the Fronx too will be exported from India. Interestingly, Australia will get the Fronx exclusively as a mild-hybrid.

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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. All pricing quoted is drive-away. The post Hybrid SUV price attack! Give us a plug!

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EV Central

JULY 17, 2023

The electric van segment is lighting up in Australia and the French brand Peugeot is throwing accelerant on the fire. No pricing or spec details for the e-Expert have been released as yet by Peugeot Australia, but if the e-Partner is any guide then it’s going to be the priciest model by some margin.

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EV Central

JULY 4, 2024

Leapmotor has revealed full detail of its new flagship 2025 Leapmotor C16 family SUV that could offer a cut-price seven-seat SUV option for budget-conscious Australian buyers if its co-owner Stellantis decides to import it. But the tech is unlikely to be offered in Australia without a change of regulation. READ MORE: Confirmed!

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EV Central

APRIL 3, 2024

The electric car pricing war is well and truly underway! The GWM Ora is now clearly the cheapest and most affordable new electric car sold in Australia thanks to $35,990 drive-away pricing announced this morning for the Standard Range model. MG4 was the price leader before the GWM Ora undercut it by $4000.

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EV Central

JUNE 26, 2024

The German giant has joined Toyota and Hyundai in testing the hydrogen waters in Australia by sending two of its iX5 Hydrogen models Down Under for evaluation and a promotional tour to drum up interest in the clean fuel. Australia has all the ingredients,” he adds. “If BMW iX5 Hydrogen fuel cell EV (FCEV) in Australia.

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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. Car brands, GWM included, are acutely aware of next year’s introduction of strict NVES emissions regulations coming to Australia. There are reasons here. So what’s on the cards?

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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. Starting with the launch of the mild hybrid Swift Hybrid compact passenger car on June 15, the Japanese blue collar brand will swap most of its range to petrol-electric hybrid by late 2025. 2024 Suzuki Swift Hybrid. “I 2023 Suzuki Fronx.

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

In a press release that never named the Shark 6 by name, Ford extolled the Ranger PHEV as the “right kind of electrified ute for Australia”. The Shark 6 went on-sale on October 29 as single highly-specified model dubbed Premium, priced at $57,900 plus on-road costs. The Shark 6 has a 1.5-litre Ford Ranger PHEV Wildtrak.

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

While its predecessor made its name as a cut-price alternative to the Hyundai Kona, the all-new 2025 MG Hybrid+ has been priced upward by as much as $13,000. The salve is both of those prices are drive-away. litre four-cylinder petrol with a 100kW/250Nm electric motor and a 1.83kWh battery pack, plus a three-speed transmission.

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EV Central

OCTOBER 29, 2024

The latest update to one of BYD’s most long-standing names, the Tang SUV, is a strong candidate to be the seven-seat SUV coming to Australia. Seven seat electric SUVs are rare in Australia, with the expensive Kia EV9 and Mercedes-Benz EQB and EQS prominent among them. 2025 BYD Tang DM-i. I would love to have a seven-seater.”

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EV Central

JULY 28, 2022

Chery has been in Australia before, with the brand launching several years ago under a local distribution agreement, attempting to make a name for itself with cut-price petrol-powered cars, including what was then this country’s cheapest new car.

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EV Central

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Mazda’s new three-row SUV, the premium-buyer-focused CX-90, will land in Australia without a plug-in hybrid option, with the brand instead opting for a pair of six-cylinder engines – one petrol and one diesel – instead of the Mazda CX-90 PHEV, at launch. “We will add that powertrain probably in 2024 or beyond.

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EV Central

JUNE 29, 2023

Ampol is the first petrol station-based charging supplier to leave the fuel forecourt, with the brand to install its high-speed charging stations at shopping centres across the country, meaning that charging an electric vehicle in Australia is about to get easier.

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

A new-generation petrol-electric hybrid powertrain will be the first step beyond traditional diesel taken by the highly-anticipated new Kia Tasman ute. But it won’t succeed diesel any time soon and a plug-in hybrid or all-electric Tasman still appears years away from sale in Australia. READ MORE: Kia attacks EV pricing!

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

At this stage, BYD Australia is yet to confirm if its first local petrol-fuelled model will be joined by a pure electric version as well. BYD Seal pricing undercuts Tesla Model 3 by more than $10k! Todd expressed typical confidence BYD’s move from pure electric to PHEV in Australia would be greeted positively by buyers.

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EV Central

APRIL 17, 2023

The Ford Puma EV will be coming to Australia in 2024, adding a new compact SUV to the affordable end of the electric car market. No word on pricing, although clearly it will play at the more affordable end of the EV market. The post Ford Puma EV coming to Australia in 2024 as new affordable electric SUV appeared first on EV Central.

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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

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 HR-V was overhauled in 2022 and includes a hybrid option, while an all-new CR-V is expected as soon as late 2023 and will also include a petrol-electric option.

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EV Central

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

EVCentral’s Korean Casper test Developed to an ultra-low price of “less than €20,000” ($A33,000), Hyundai hopes the Casper EV will democratise electric cars in Europe, while fending off the new wave of cheap electric cars from the likes of MG and BYD. Read more: An electric Hyundai Casper? Just build it!

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EV Central

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Australia’s EV options are ever-increasing, not least in the talent-packed sub-$100,000 arena. Telsa Model Y Performance – $91,400 Tesla Model Y Performance – not pretty, but a superb all-rounder Australia’s best-selling EV – by miles – for good reason.

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EV Central

MAY 24, 2023

The eighth-generation BMW 5 Series will touch down in Australia with two all-electric variants — and just a single petrol-powered model — with the German brand literally doubling-down on its EV future.

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