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2025 BYD Sealion 7 Review: Chinese giant unleashes its alternative to the Tesla Model Y Juniper in Australia

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The Sealion 7 can draw up to 11kW AC charging, or 150kW DC fast charging. It’s cheaper, travels further between charges, gets most of the same kit, and while not as fast, it’s hardly a slow-poke, at least on paper. BYD Sealion 7 boot. The Sealion 7 is just over 4.8m wide and 1.6m BYD Sealion 7 side profile.

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2025 Leapmotor C10 Design Review: Pricing and equipment are big selling points for China’s latest Tesla Model Y fighter, but how does the rest of the package hold up?

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But missing from the kit are Apple CarPlay and Android Auto smartphone mirroring. Leapmotor tries to compensate for that absence with high-end computing power, Bluetooth, wireless smartphone charging, wifi, over the air updates, four USB ports and its own QD Link phone mirroring system. Nor if they fancy fast charging times.

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Thoughts on the Kit and Belktronix System

Open Source Civic EV Kit

Before I forget all the stuff I've learned, I'd like to capture some thoughts about the Open-Source kit and my experience with the Belktronix system. Good points about the open-source Civic-Kit: I really appreciate keeping the clutch. With 350 EV miles on the car, I'm ramping down on fixing things and ramping up on commuting.

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2025 Smart #3 Brabus Review: Look out Mini! The loveable micro car brand has grown up with Mercedes-Benz DNA and an electric SUV line-up

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The Premium is another $4000 and brings a Beats sound system, head-up display, leather trim, matrix LED headlights and faster AC charging capability (the base model can charge at up to 7.4kW whereas the Premium charges at 22kW; both can do DC fast charging at up to 150kW). Smart #3 Brabus 12.8-inch Score: 3.5/5

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Special 2024 MG 4 XPower review: Brand’s first homegrown hero scores local upgrades that deliver China’s most scorching electric hot hatch

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Now safely, and very suddenly, ensconced within the sales top 10, it has sent its MG 4 XPower hot hatch off to undergo some localisation treatment, scoring new wheels and springs, a new body kit and spoilers, and a generally tougher, more menacing look. When it comes time to charge, the XPower will take 140kW DC charging.

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2025 Mazda CX-80 plug-in hybrid review: A true replacement for the CX-8 and CX-9?

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But, I guess in keeping with Mazda’s move upmarket, they do throw a whole bunch of kit at each trim level. inch screen for the driver, leather seats that are heated up front, sunshades, an auto-opening boot and wireless device charging. The safety kit across the board is pretty strong, too. The Touring gets a 10.25-inch

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Seven day test: 2025 XPeng G6 Long Range — “I think I want one”

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READ MORE: 2025 XPeng G6 Long Range Review: Why the latest Tesla Model Y rival to land in Australia is more than a copy and paste imitation Xpeng G6 Day 1: What the hell is that? The kit on offer in the XPeng is wild if this was wearing a German badge, it would be carrying you into six-figure territory. Franky, I didnt need to.

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