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Seven-day test: 2024 Audi RS e-tron GT, now with $100,000 price cut?

EV Central

Cheapest is at a Tasmanian Audi dealer showing just 495km – it may have only been charged once in its short life. Considering the typical buying demographic here (we know you Boomers have all the disposable $$) this is a handy test. But as I’ve said before with these ballistic EVs, you’re asking for licence trouble.

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3 Reasons an Electric Vehicle is the Perfect Present

EV Match

As if one partner would buy two new cars – a significant purchase – for her and him as a complete surprise. The fact that car companies air these commercials year-after-year means they’re at least somewhat effective. So if you’re finding yourself persuaded to buy a car this holiday season, let it be electric.

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New Chery Omoda E5 electric SUV locked in for next month but would you buy one over a BYD Atto 3?

EV Central

READ MORE: China’s Chery Omoda E5 wants a big slice of the affordable electric SUV action READ MORE: Omoda E5 SUV to lead Chery brand’s expansive Aussie electric car line-up READ MORE: Australia included in massive Chery EV rollout Both Omoda E5 models will feature a single-motor drivetrain powering the front wheels.

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Chrysler and EPA to partner on hydraulic series hybrid powertrain for light duty vehicles

Green Car Congress

Acting as a pump, the hydraulic drive is used to re-pressurize hydraulic fluid by using the vehicle’s momentum, thereby converting kinetic energy into potential energy. The system produces power with engine torque driving a hydraulic pump that charges the high pressure accumulator of up to 5,000 psi (34.5 Earlier post.)

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Tesla Model Y Rear-Wheel Drive vs Tesla Model Y Performance: Which electric SUV is for you?

EV Central

The Tesla Model Y is already the top-selling prestige SUV on the market, which isn’t a bad effort since until now it has only been available in a single model and only arrived in the country in the second half of 2022. But now there’s another model in the Tesla electric SUV stable, in the form of the Model Y Performance.

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Seven-day test: Living with the 2024 Peugeot e-2008 GT. Can it really challenge a Tesla Model Y or BYD Atto 3?

EV Central

But, this being a French brand, Peugeot’s ensured enough reasons are dialled in to have you question buying one. As tested, our e-2008 GT small SUV is over $67,000 to drive-away in Queensland. You’re a smart little SUV. You’re a smart little SUV. The rear lights are even better.

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Driven: Mercedes-Benz EQE sedan range

EV Central

Its short overhangs, “one-bow line” profile and stretched wheelbase take some getting used to, while a strange shut line from the A-pillar – part of a sealed bonnet – and external flap to re-fill the windscreen washer reservoir don’t help. You can buy the latter for a monumental $15,600 extra.

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