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

OCTOBER 16, 2024

BYD might still be chasing down Tesla in Australia in terms of sales, but it seems the Chinese brand is already equal with (if not ahead of) its American rival when it comes to making big, bold Musk-like promises that don’t always come true. 2025 BYD Shark 6 Premium. 2025 BYD Shark 6 Premium.

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EV Central

OCTOBER 19, 2024

BYD is the only brand currently giving Tesla some serious competition in the EV market. Between the two brands they account for more than 60 percent of EV sales in Australia. And the upcoming BYD Sealion 7 is the car that goes for the jugular of Tesla: the Model Y. There’s also a 15.6-inch

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Baua Electric

OCTOBER 4, 2024

04 October 2024 Read next BYD Seagull sales soar in China’s EV market 03 October 2024 Read next Monthly Market Update: Used car RVs forecast to fall further by end of 2024 02 October 2024 Read next Is Europe’s EV decline impacting market forecasts? However, Spain also saw big declines in petrol and diesel registrations.

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EV Central

OCTOBER 29, 2024

The BYD Tang seven-seat SUV and Seal 06 GT electric hot hatch are surprise candidates to join the Sealion 7 SUV as BYD’s Australian distributor plans at last five new model launches in 2025. 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.

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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. BYD isn’t saying what the Shark 6 will cost yet, instead repeating it will be “competitive” in a market dominated by the Ford Ranger and Toyota Hilux. READ MORE: BYD Shark attack!

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EV Central

OCTOBER 8, 2024

The days of diesel being a force in Australia’s always-booming dual-cab ute market appear to be coming to an end, with two household-name utes to switch to plug-in hybrid petrol power in their next generations, joining the top-selling Ford Ranger in the switch to electrified power. per cent from the 5776 it managed in September 2023.

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

In October 2024, a delighted MG reported that 1486 MG4s found homes Down Under, almost doubling its previous monthly sales record of 835 deliveries, which was set back in November 2023. Fuelling the MG4’s big sales were recent price cuts, which saw as much as $10,000 lopped off its sticker. Sales of petrol models is down by 12.3

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

While Chinese brands BYD and GWM are readying plug-in hybrids electric (PHEV) utes and Ford plans to roll out a PHEV Ranger around the middle of 2025, the legendary Toyota Hilux could beat them all to a zero emissions dual-cab that can also tackle the tracks and trails Aussies expect a ute to conquer.

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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

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

The 2025 BYD Shark 6 is now just weeks away from launching in Australia, when it will become the first plug-in hybrid ute available in our market when it’s goes on sale next month on October 29. That’s a big deal in the diesel-dominated world of utes, which means the plug-in petrol load lugger has its work cut out for it.

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EV Central

APRIL 3, 2024

For instance, up to three current Toyota Yaris petrol-hybrid small hatch models are more expensive to drive-away, depending on the state you live in. The MG4 is now the second cheapest EV on-sale in Australia alongside the MG ZS Excite SUV, which is also $39,990 drive-away.

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

The Suzuki Vitara is being reinvented in 2025 as an all-electric rival to the BYD Atto3, MG ZS EV and the Hyundai Kona Electric. Measuring 4275mm long, the latest eVitara is 100mm lengthier than the current petrol-powered Vitara. Watch out MG ZS EV, Hyundai Kona Electric and BYD Atto 3 if it gets the green light for Australia!

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EV Central

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The new year has welcomed a new electric-vehicle heavyweight, with Chinese brand BYD outselling EV giant Tesla in Australia for the first time in January. But BYD claimed the crown in January, fuelled by the arrival of the Seal, and supported by its Atto 3 and Dolphin EVs. BYD calls the technology DM-i, or Dual Motor Intelligence.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 14, 2024

BYD ’s new upmarket Yangwang brand has revealed its third production car: a 1,000hp plus luxury saloon aimed at performance variants of the BMW i5 and Mercedes-Benz EQE. BYD U7 styling The styling of the U7 adopts cues already seen on the U9, including C-shaped headlamp graphics, structured flanks and full-width tail-lights.

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Plug In India

AUGUST 1, 2022

It's market share, which in July reached only 1.82% 3,10,802 petrol, deisel, CNG, LPG cars were sold, out of which 44,426 are EV's. Electric cars accounted for about 1.17 % of the total car sales in India so far this calendar year. Noteworthy is the entry of the Chinese electric car behemoth, BYD - 42 units were registered last month.

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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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EV Central

MAY 16, 2024

The BYD Shark is odds-on to hit Aussie dealerships late in 2024 and looks set to come with a razor sharp price tag aimed at shaking up the booming ute segment. READ MORE: BYD Shark attack! The CEO of local importer EVDirect, David Smitherman, said it was key BYD presents vehicles that meet Australian customer requirements.

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Plug In India

APRIL 5, 2023

For Tata Motors, 16 % of their passenger car sales is already fully electric! 1 % of the total car sales in India so far this calendar year. and new OEMs like Mahindra and BYD entering the market, we believe the market could hit the infection point of 5% as soon as the second half of 2023. Electric cars accounted for about 2.

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EV Central

OCTOBER 15, 2023

The first images of BYD’s incoming dual-cab ute have appeared in China, with local media digging up new patent images that capture the HiLux and Ranger-fighting ute in all its digital glory. The new, and as-yet unnamed, ute is expected to feature BYD’s DM-i (dual mode) hybrid technology, which will pair a turbocharged 1.5-litre

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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. That’s the findings from the Automotive Insights Report analysing March 2024 used car sales compiled by AutoGrab and the Australian Automotive Dealer Association.

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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. litre and slotted in a battery-electric powertrain.

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Teslarati

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. Other standouts in Singapore’s sedan market in August 2024 were a petrol-powered Toyota, which sold 128 units, and an all-electric sedan from BYD, which also sold 128 units.

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Plug In India

JANUARY 6, 2023

and new OEMs like Mahindra and BYD entering the market, we believe the market could hit the infection point of 5% as soon as the second half of 2023. Electric cars accounted for about 1.8 % of the total car sales in India so far this calendar year. Totally about 28,07,646 cars ware sold in India out of which 50,722 units ware Electric.

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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. litre turbo-diesel engine.

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EV Central

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Stellantis-backed Leapmotor has pulled the drapes off what’s set to become its best-selling model yet, the small Leapmotor B10 SUV that’s set to be on sale globally by late 2025. litre petrol engine as a generator for long range driving. Based on the all-new LEAP 3.5

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Push EVs

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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Plug In India

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

and new OEMs like Mahindra and BYD entering the market, we believe the market could hit the infection point of 5% as soon as the second half of 2023. Electric cars accounted for about 1.43 % of the total car sales in India so far this calendar year. of their passenger car sales is already fully electric. For Tata Motors, 9.5%

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Plug In India

MAY 4, 2023

For Tata Motors, 14 % of their passenger car sales is already fully electric! Electric cars accounted for about 2.3 % of the total car sales in India so far this calendar year. and new OEMs like Mahindra and BYD entering the market, we believe the market could hit the infection point of 5% as soon as the second half of 2023.

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Plug In India

MARCH 7, 2023

1 % of the total car sales in India so far this calendar year. and new OEMs like Mahindra and BYD entering the market, we believe the market could hit the infection point of 5% as soon as the second half of 2023. For Tata Motors, 12.4 % of their passenger car sales is already fully electric! Electric cars accounted for about 2.

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Plug In India

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

and new OEMs like Mahindra and BYD entering the market, we believe the market could hit the infection point of 5% as soon as the second half of 2023. Electric cars accounted for about 1.8 % of the total car sales in India so far this calendar year. Totally about 346,189 cars ware sold in India out of which 4,674 units ware Electric.

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Plug In India

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

With OEMs like Tata motors and MG ramping supply & introducing more new models and new OEMs like Mahindra and BYD entering the market, we believe the market could hit the infection point of 5% as soon as the second half of 2023. Electric cars accounted for about 1.43 % of the total car sales in India so far this calendar year.

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Plug In India

OCTOBER 3, 2022

and new OEMs like Mahindra and BYD entering the market, we believe the market could hit the infection point of 5% as soon as the second half of 2023. Electric cars accounted for about 1.43 % of the total car sales in India so far this calendar year. Which is about 1.30 % of their overall passenger car sales for September.

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My Energi

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Of this total, 72,681 (50%) of cars registered were petrol, 8,961 (6%) were diesel, 19,012 (13%) were hybrid and 43,634 (30%) were plug-in (combining Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) and Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs)). By 2035, and the ban on the sale of all new petrol and diesel cars and vans, this number will have likely doubled.

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Push EVs

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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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

OCTOBER 30, 2024

That’s despite a general downturn in EV sales in the second half of 2024 and Kia’s decision to its slash sales forecast for the EV5 by more than 50 per cent. That suggests a starting price below $50,000 drive-away for the EV3, which is a BYD Atto 3 rival. So that suggest a low $50K drive-away price for the Kia. “It

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