EV Central

MAY 15, 2024

The expansion by BYD in Australia from pure electric vehicles into CO2-emitting internal combustion engined plug-ins led by the Sealion 6 SUV will not trigger a major backlash from the Chinese company’s growing band of existing EV owners or put off potential EV buyers. The passion of the BYD owners is immense,” he added.

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EV Central

APRIL 2, 2024

Local executives say the numbers don’t currently add up on the Ora Sport that was expected to sell from about $60,000, popping it squarely in the crosshairs of the hot-selling Tesla Model 3 and its closest rival, the BYD Seal. The company says it plans to grow EV sales in coming years from their small base.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

A look at the LTA’s August 2024 vehicle sales data shows that Tesla sold a total of 186 Model 3 sedans in Singapore during the month. This is extremely impressive considering that the Model 3 is still a premium-priced midsized sedan. And as could be seen in Singapore’s August 2024 sales, the Model 3 resonates a lot with consumers.

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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. Just build it! litre and slotted in a battery-electric powertrain.

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EV Central

MAY 8, 2023

The hotly anticipated MG4 all-electric hatchback will be priced from $44,990 in Australia when it arrives around August or September 2023. However, the MG4 appears to be arriving in Australia with a price premium compared with other parts of the world, including Europe. It is priced from $47,990 plus on-road costs.

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EV Central

JANUARY 31, 2023

But rather than the version of the car that is already on sale overseas, the Toyota bZ4X that will arrive late in the year will be an updated model that is yet to be revealed. The only clue to how expensive the bZ4X could be was in Toyota Australia suggesting it could be double the price of a RAV4.

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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. That translates to 37.6

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JANUARY 5, 2023

BEVs saw pull-forward sales, with volume around 2.5x Petrol vehicles also saw a relative sales surge ahead of increased emissions taxes. PHEV’s relatively low share was not due to their fall in volume, rather that the volume of BEVs and petrol vehicles were much higher than usual. Pull forward ahead of tax changes.

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APRIL 8, 2023

Overall auto volume was 19,366 units, up some 19% YoY, and the highest March sales since at least 2016 (though compensating from a hangover earlier in Q1). The Tesla Model Y broke all records, with the highest monthly sales of any vehicle in Norway’s history, with 7,445 units registered, and over 38% of the entire auto market.

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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. READ MORE: Now that’s a price cut! LDV has had the 4×2 battery electric eT60 on-sale since 2022 but it is super-expensive and low on range. The Raptor puts out 292kW/583Nm from its V6 turbo-petrol engine.

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Chinese automakers are disappointed with the sales figures of hybrid and electric vehicles, according to a report in the Global Times. Due to its poor sales volume, Changan Auto said that its hybrid vehicle Jiexun HEV has gone out of production for one year.

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Electric Vehicles India

MARCH 4, 2023

The sale of electric vehicles surpassed 100,000 units in February for the fifth month in a row Electric vehicle (EV) sales in India have passed the 100,000 milestone for the fifth consecutive month. It has seven others with four-digit sales. Ather Energy was third with 9,949 units, the highest monthly sales since launch.

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EV Central

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

READ MORE: Hybrid SUV price attack! MY22 Haval H6 GT The GWM Haval H6GT will rival the BYD Sealion 6 plug-in hybrid when it arrives in the first quarter of 2025. Also arriving in early 2025, the GWM Cannon Alpha Hi4T is a rival for both the inbound BYD Shark and Ford Ranger plug-in hybrids. With sales up 21.8

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EV Central

JUNE 16, 2024

50,000 price hack! Although it should be put into context that is takes just two minutes to fill a fast Porsche Panamera with enough petrol to cover 310km, which means the Lotus takes five times longer to top-up. Already on sale in China since March 2024, the Lotus Emeya’s debut Down Under should take place later in 2024.

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EV Central

JULY 31, 2024

EV sales tell an interesting story about the car market, which has adjusted its pace of growth in 2024. Sales of electric cars continue to grow, but not in the triple-digit numbers we experienced throughout 2022 and 2023. We’ve delved through the sales figures to look for the trends and changes. And the top seller in the class?

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EV Central

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

litre four-cylinder petrol engine with an electric motor and a battery pack. Clearly it will carry a price premium, although exactly how much that premium will be remains to be seen. Ford is in the final stages of developing the PHEV system, which will pair a 2.3-litre

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EV Central

APRIL 17, 2023

Ford Australia president and CEO Andrew Birkic confirmed the upcoming Puma EV would join the E-Transit , E-Transit Custom and Mustang Mach-E as the fourth of five promised electrified models to go on sale in Australia by the end of next year. No word on pricing, although clearly it will play at the more affordable end of the EV market.

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EV Central

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The Australian arm of the Korean auto giant wants increased reward for selling zero emissions vehicles in the form of ‘super credits’ so it can keep cheaper C02-emitting petrol and hybrid models in its showrooms longer. READ MORE: Could a tiny $30,000 2024 Hyundai Casper electric SUV challenge the BYD Dolphin and MG4 in Australia? “So

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Baua Electric

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

After eight months, BYD (100%), Peugeot (13.3%), Nissan (13.0%) and Maxus (12.7%) were the only manufacturers on track to meet the minimum 10% sales share target under the 2024 ZEV mandate. The average selling price fell by more than 5% over the month and by more than 15% compared with August 2023. of sales, up 0.6%

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 12, 2024

Currently, Suzuki Motor has set up a battery joint venture plant with Denso and Toshiba for its hybrids and tied up with BYD for supply of blade cells for its upcoming eVX-based mid-size electric SUV, but it is not clear who the battery supplier will be for K-EV.

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EV Central

OCTOBER 27, 2023

BYD ute BYD ute patent shows what the EV ute will look like BYD is the biggest threat to Tesla globally and it’s also shaping up to give the Toyota Hilux and Ford Ranger something to worry about with a new ute. The much-hyped BYD ute is due in 2024 and it’s already been leaked in online patent images.

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JULY 12, 2023

All of the overall auto market’s 9% YoY volume growth came from growth in plugins, leaving combined plugless vehicles with a volume drop, albeit with some shift in weighting from diesel to petrol. The BYD Atto 3 saw its highest volume since the initial big splash in December, with 302 units in June, and 11th place.

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Drive Electric

MAY 1, 2023

Drive Electric analysis done in March showed the reduction in emissions of vehicles imported since the policy came into effect will save more than 2m tonnes of emissions over the lives of those vehicles, and $100m a year in petrol and diesel. This is still just 1.5% of the entire vehicle fleet. This is still just 1.5% There’s more to do.

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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. READ MORE: BYD Shark attack! 2024 BYD Sealion 6. 2024 BYD Sealion 6.

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EV Central

DECEMBER 18, 2022

To be distributed in Australia by independent BLK Auto, JAC has already commenced sales here with the N55EV electric van and will follow with the turbo diesel T9 Hunter dual cab ute in mid-2023. Pricing is one variable that is not comparable as that is a long way from being announced by BLK Auto for the T9 EV. 2023 JAC JS6 SUV.

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MAY 6, 2023

Petrol share however took up some of the slack, and grew to 40.4%, the highest level seen since July 2021! There were no newcomers in the top 20, and most models saw a decline in sales volume compared to the end-of-quarter push in March. Diesel share shrank to a new record low of 10.5% (from 15.8% This is 1.5x

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EV Central

APRIL 17, 2024

Give the BYD Atto 3 something to think about! 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. The post Target BYD Atto 3!

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EV Central

MAY 18, 2024

Firstly, it lands the Chinese maker in Australia’s biggest sales segment and, as a plug-in hybrid , it is BYD’s first ICE-powered , CO2-emitting vehicle to go on sale here following the launch of three BEVs since 2022 – the Atto 3 , Dolphin and Shark. 2024 BYD Sealion 6 cockpit. 2024 BYD Sealion 6 cockpit.

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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. litre petrol-electric hybrid that features both a rear-mounted electric motor and 28.4kWh battery.

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EV Central

MARCH 19, 2024

Skoda has released the first pictures and details of the Skoda Epiq that it will unwrap next year and announced that it will be priced from around €25,000 ($41,500) when it goes on-sale in 2025. 2 and the Cupra Raval. 2025 Skoda Epiq. The concept pictured also has a large 490 litres boot in a bid to attract small families.

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EV Central

JUNE 15, 2024

In other words it can’t actually run on electricity alone, only assist its petrol engine. 2024 Suzuki Swift Hybrid price and equipment There are four models in the fourth-generation Suzuki Swift line-up. So that’s an impressive holding of the line at a time of rampant and often egregious price increases. SCORE: 4.0/5

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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. Like BYD, it is very much a mainstream brand looking to make big sales inroads. litre turbo-petrol engine and a permanent magnet e-motor to offer 287kW/535Nm. Geely Galaxy E5 interior.

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Electric Vehicles India

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

In October, the BYD Company Ltd the world’s leading electric bus manufacturer has announced that it has sold 68,018 battery-electric buses worldwide which helps to eliminate 114,947,040 tons of CO2 emissions, 1,836,432 cars worth of emissions, 80,160 tons of nitrogen oxide, 23,805,600 lbs. Fuel prices boosted sales of electric two-wheelers.

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EV Central

SEPTEMBER 24, 2022

It’s chunky, funky and called Casper; Hyundai’s personality-packed city SUV currently only for sale in the Korean market. The Chevy EV – for now – is the dominant sales force on the Korean small EV market. We had a quick drive of a Casper equipped with a 76kW three-cylinder petrol, and it proved a fun urban partner.

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JANUARY 3, 2023

share of 2022’s sales, up dramatically from 19.1% December’s volume of BEV sales grew by 81% YoY, to a record 18,154 units. Combustion-only powertrains’ (petrol and diesel) share in December fell to a record low of 18.7%, compared to 32.3% BEVs alone gained 33.0% in December 2021.

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EV Central

JANUARY 6, 2024

Sales of electric cars almost tripled in 2023 and Aussies had more models than ever to choose from. As well as new models from heavy EV hitters such as Tesla, BYD, Polestar and Volvo, there will be a raft of traditional brands jumping on board the electric car race. BYD Seal U BYD Seal U. BYD ute BYD ute patent.

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EV Central

JANUARY 2, 2023

But it’s what’s beneath the skin that promises to tempt plenty of people out of the big-powered petrol engines that have dominated at this end of the market. Like the larger iX3, it shares a body and architecture with the petrol-powered models. Priced from $82,900 before on-road costs, the iX1 also offers a claimed 438km of WLTP range.

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