EV Central

APRIL 5, 2025

Chinese electrified brand BYD has sold its 40,000th vehicle in Australia after less than three years on-sale. It’s the latter that is expected to see BYD hit unprecedented volumes, already gaining a valuable head start on the Ford Ranger PHEV in the ute market.

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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. litre four-cylinder petrol engine and an 18.3kWh BYD ‘Blade’ LFP battery.

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EV Central

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Well you’re in luck, my friend, for not only are we getting the Ford Ranger and BYD Shark utes in PHEV form in a couple of months, GWM has locked in a plug-in version of its Cannon Alpha pickup for Australia, complete with 110km of EV range. 2024 GWM Cannon Alpha PHEV. 2024 GWM Cannon Alpha PHEV.

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EV Central

DECEMBER 10, 2024

The exemption will continue on for EVs indefinitely, but the April1 2025 cut-off for PHEVs seems destined to stay in place. Chinese rival Jaecoo J7 PHEV confirmed for March 2025 launch in Australia READ MORE: Axed! Those utes include the BYD Shark 6, GWM Cannon Alpha Hi4T and Ford Ranger PHEV. 2024 BYD Sealion 6.

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EV Central

APRIL 18, 2025

The new generation has gone for a much more sophisticated pitch (read more expensive) and made itself a whole lot more relevant to a whole bunch of new car buyers in Australia by adding a petrol-electric hybrid powertrain to its line-up. litre petrol motor for repowering the 1.83kWh battery pack. It changes a lot. MG ZS Hybrid+ Excite.

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EV Central

MAY 1, 2024

Stand by Australia, Chinese giant GWM could soon unleash a plug-in hybrid attack on our market through its Haval, Tank and Cannon (ute) brands. Stop that eye-rolling and tutting at the back, those who regard PHEVs as a sad halfway house on the way to battery electric. A PHEV onslaught is also likely simply due to availability.

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EV Central

JUNE 1, 2024

This Chinese luxury 4×4 weighs in at a morbidly obese 3110kg, is longer than a Toyota LandCruiser 300 Series, and, thanks to its twin-turbo V6 petrol/electric motor combo, delivers a beastly 386kW and 800Nm. China’s GWM set to launch raft of PHEV Haval, Tank and Cannon models in Australia. READ MORE: Give us a plug!

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 10, 2013

more than half of auto executives involved in the survey feel that battery electric vehicles will have the same driving range as their petrol-fueled equivalents within 6 years.”. There are four Chinese manufacturers in the top 10. —“14 th Annual Global Automotive Executive Survey”. Winners and losers.

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EV Central

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Instead, it has announced an increased swing toward plug-in hybrids , confirming this morning in a media statement that the Transit Custom PHEV will be coming to Australia in 2025. It will join the much-anticipated PHEV version of the Ranger ute in Ford Australia’s 2025 line-up. 2025 Ford Transit Custom PHEV.

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EV Central

JANUARY 23, 2025

Smart has responded to the global slowdown of EV sales by announcing that it will roll out a petrol-electric plug-in hybrid version of its inbound flagship Smart#5 SUV that has been confirmed for Australia. When it arrives, the Smart #5 will be powered by a plug-in hybrid powertrain that’s already used by other Geely owned car-makers.

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EV Central

MAY 7, 2024

The 2024 BYD Shark has been revealed without camouflage, with the plug-in petrol dual cab’s launch timing now officially revealed. But in the lead-up to that event, BYD has given us our first proper look at its PHEV ute, with the Shark pictured off-road as part of the promotion for its launch.

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EV Central

MARCH 28, 2025

Jaecoo is yet another new brand to add to the mix of mostly Chinese newcomers trying to carve itself a slice of the new-car market. While its available with pure petrol propulsion, a new plug-in hybrid EV (PHEV) version – marketed as SHS, or super hybrid system – allows EV-only running. Theres also an 18.3

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EV Central

MAY 9, 2024

litre turbo-petrol engine and a permanent magnet e-motor to offer 287kW/535Nm. All-up, by 2025, the brand says it will have four PHEVs and three EVs on sale in its home country. The post 2025 Geely Galaxy E5 revealed: Meet the latest electric Chinese Tesla Model Y fighter coming to Australia appeared first on EV Central.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

By 2022, the Chinese market is expected to account for half of global sales—almost 1.5 LMC Automotive also estimates that the biggest winners will be PHEVs, with sales jumping 195% from 2016 to 2019 before reaching 3.3 As a result PHEVs will represent around 60% of combined global sales for PHEVs, BEVs and EREVs.

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CN EV Post

MARCH 11, 2024

You charge too much import tariff on Chinese cars. @Dan Christian In reply to Dan Christian. Yeah not happening with the American strong protectism policy.

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EV Central

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

It’s one of two examples of the Chinese compact five-door hatch that are currently in Australia being evaluated ahead of the brand’s launch under the GWM Ora banner around April 2023. litre turbo-petrol hybrid 4×4 drivetrain that’s more powerful than the 1.5-litre 2023 GWM Tank 500 PHEV. 2023 GWM Tank 300 HEV.

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EV Central

MAY 13, 2024

Originally, the Seal U was going to be the nameplate here for the plug-in hybrid mid-size SUV rival for the Toyota RAV4 hybrid and Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV. It is known in China as the Song Plus where it is sold as an EV and PHEV and where it will soon be replaced by a new generation. 2024 BYD Sea LIon 7. 2024 BYD Seal U.

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EV Central

JANUARY 28, 2025

The Chinese brand, in co-operation with partner Stellantis, has just launched in Australia with the C10 electric mid-sized SUV, but it will also add a range extender plug-in hybrid C10 imminently (Leapmotor calls them Range Extender Electric Vehicles or REEVs). per cent in sales in 2024 and PHEVs 100.2 2025 Leapmotor B10.

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Baua Electric

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Hybrids on top September was the first time that hybrid powertrains, made up of HEVs and MHEVs, overtook petrol to lead the new-car market. This came at the expense of petrol, dropping 1pp in market share, and battery-electric vehicles (BEVs), which fell by 2.1pp. Then September saw a bounce back, as petrol and diesel both stagnated.

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Baua Electric

OCTOBER 4, 2024

However, Spain also saw big declines in petrol and diesel registrations. This decline was driven by petrol and diesel powertrains, although there were losses in every category except for full hybrids (HEVs) and mild hybrids (MHEVs). ICE in turmoil In terms of volume loss, petrol was the worst-performing drive technology in September.

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EV Central

MAY 15, 2024

The Sealion 6 is the first ICE -powered and CO2-emitting vehicle to be sold by the Chinese brand in Australia and is expected to be its top seller. Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV: As a fellow plug-in the Outlander shapes as the Sealion 6’s closest technical rival. Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV. litre four-cylinder petrol engine.

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EV Central

MARCH 25, 2025

Leaked via a Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) government filing, the revised Leapmotor C10 will produce 50kW more than the C10 sold in China and a healthy 60kW more than the vehicles currently sold in Australia and Europe. litre four-cylinder petrol engine thats located under the bonnet.

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EV Central

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

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. litre turbocharged petrol engine. Question marks still hang over the pricing for the BYD Shark 6 PHEV but previous reports suggest it will cost around $60,000. READ MORE: Shark attack!

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 18, 2025

The BYD Sealion 6 PHEV is sold in countries such as Australia, with a 1.5-liter liter petrol engine combined with an 18.3 Both of these power sources allow the hybrid SUV to go up to 1,092 km on a full charge and a full refill of its 60-liter fuel tank. --> The BYD Sealion 6 PHEV is sold in countries such as Australia, with a 1.5-liter

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EV Central

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

Pricing for the new Shark 6 – the first of a family of electrified utes from the fast growing Chinese brand – will be announced within weeks and first deliveries are due by the end of 2024. litre four-cylinder turbocharged petrol engine. The Shark 6 also has different thinking beyond its PHEV drivetrain.

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EV Central

OCTOBER 30, 2023

BYD says it respects, but doesn’t fear, dual-cab stalwarts like the Toyota Hilux and Ford Ranger as the Chinese brand readies its “best-in-class” ute for launch in Australia. litre turbo-petrol engine with four electric motors – one at each wheel – to produce 880kW and 1280Nm. The U8 pairs a 2.0-litre

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

BYD has confirmed its next entrant into the Australian market will be a plug-in hybrid wagon arriving in early 2024 that will enter the huge and lucrative SUV segment to take on the likes of the Toyota RAV4 Hybrid and Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV. In Chinese specification the Song Plus DM-i is priced from the equivalent of $33,800 to $40,200.

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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. Maybe its Chinese origins will put some of them off. So think about that for a minute.

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EV Central

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

The H6 SUV will be updated and arrive in quarter two with a hybrid option and almost certainly a PHEV as well. If that’s not enough, the Chinese firm will also roll out a new rugged mid-size SUV that could be called the H7, Dargo or, even, Big Dog, that will sit above the current Haval H6 but below the Tank 300 4×4.

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EV Central

OCTOBER 29, 2024

PHEV system. litre turbo-petrol engine, a 200kW electric system, a 20kW Blade battery pack and claims a 115km electric range, a 1150kmn combined range and a 4.95L/100km fuel consumption rate. However, an all-new BYD flagship seven-seat SUV also launches soon in China as both a BEV and PHEV. 2025 BYD Tang DM-i. 2025 BYD 06 GT.

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EV Sales

JANUARY 14, 2021

With the small Dacia said to have an unbeatable price, the Chinese-built EV could be come a big success story in Europe (and Latin America? If the overall automotive market had a horrible 2020 (-26% YoY), with the 1.7 With the 2020 plugin share firm in the two-digit region, expect this market to be disrupted further next year.

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EV Central

DECEMBER 30, 2024

It primarily does that via a clever PHEV system, which subordinates the petrol engine to its two electric motors to try and make it run on electricity as much as possible. The Shark can truly go outback, just take some jerry cans of petrol with you. The incredible ambition of the Chinese brands. 2025 BYD Shark 6.

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EV Central

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Sticking to a cynics position can eventually bite you, however, if, say, you declare that all Chinese cars leave you as cold as a morgue slab, then you drive one – like the BYD Shark 6 – thats actually annoyingly good. But it is that PHEV technology that really does make the Shark a bit special.

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EV Central

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Sticking to a cynics position can eventually bite you, however, if, say, you declare that all Chinese cars leave you as cold as a morgue slab, then you drive one – like the BYD Shark 6 – thats actually annoyingly good. But it is that PHEV technology that really does make the Shark a bit special.

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CN EV Post

JANUARY 1, 2025

The end game goal for Chinese OEMs is to take global vehicle market share from Western and Japanese/Korean OEMs. It also means China can stop importing so much oil, and instead rely on Chinese power production, improving their trade balance. That's why they've now bought two car carrier ships.

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EV Central

JUNE 17, 2024

Tied to a new Premium specification of the Chinese petrol-electric hybrid, the price blows away the likes of the Toyota Corolla Cross ($36,480) and Hyundai Kona hybrid ($36,000), which are significantly more expensive even before on-road costs are taken into account. Give us a plug! 2024 GWM Haval Jolion Hybrid interior.

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EV Central

MARCH 5, 2025

Chinese EV start-up Leapmotor has announced its latest range-extender hybrid tech, the new Leapmotor C10 REEV, will arrive in Australia as soon as next month. Plug-in hybrid just as important for Leapmotor in Australia as BEVs; C10 and B10 PHEV SUVs on the way! READ MORE: Each-way bet! READ MORE: Target BYD Shark 6!

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