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Volkswagen to introduce the electric SUV coupé ID.5 GTX at the IAA

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Volkwagen’s electric ID.5 5 GTX SUV coupé will make its international exhibition debut on 07 September as a disguised concept at the IAA Munich Motor Show. The first SUV coupé based on the Modular Electric Drive Matrix (MEB) features dual motor four-wheel drive. When the ID.5 When the ID.5

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Game-changing battery tech is coming to Australia: New Zeekr electric car sets 10-80 per cent record with Tesla-taming charging time

EV Central

Chinese car-maker Zeekr has announced its all-new 2025 Zeekr 007 takes just 10.5 minutes to charge from 10-80 percent, thanks to its advanced next-generation lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery pack. In the past, a 1C 80kWh battery is a power pack that can be topped up at just 80kW, so the new Zeekr 5.5C READ MORE: Revealed!

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Jaguar explains why it’s killing off its only electric car to help it transition to an EV brand in 2025

EV Central

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has confirmed it will kill-off its Jaguar I-Pace electric SUV and combustion-powered E-Pace small SUV as part of a radical reinvention as a luxury EV brand next year. When production of the I-Pace winds up, Jaguar will just make and sell just one model globally – the F-Pace SUV.

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Beijing show: Aussie-bound Leapmotor shows off C16 three-row electric family SUV

EV Central

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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How’s that for a haircut! Subaru slashes $8000 off Solterra electric car, but it’s still more expensive than Tesla Model Y

EV Central

The price of the 2024 Subaru Solterra electric SUV has been slashed just days before first examples reach Aussie owners. The Subaru Solterra’s pricing now starts from $69,990 plus on-road costs, instead of the $77,990 the Japanese car-maker was originally planning to charge for its battery-electric mid-size SUV.

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Kia shatters US sales record again with its first three-row electric SUV picking up steam

Baua Electric

Kia just set another US sales record in August, with more cars sold than in any month in company history. As demand for its first three-row electric SUV, the EV9 , continues to build, Kia’s EV sales climbed 27% from last year. Kia credited higher demand for SUVs and EVs for the record-breaking performance.

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Mystery solved? Porsche Macan, Taycan, 718 EVs set to step up tech war on battery health with important feature few others can offer

EV Central

Porsche is working on advanced battery analytics software that could soon provide owners of its electric vehicles with information on the health of the most expensive component of the car. We’ve hardly seen a [Taycan] battery that has lost more than 5 per cent, 8 per cent (of its original capacity),” he said. “We

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