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2025 GWM Cannon Alpha PHEV review: plus-sized plug-in dual cab on Aussie soil

EV Central

Have you been waiting with bated breath for plug-in hybrid dual cabs? 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.

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Ernst Young Survey Finds Roughly 60% of Chinese Consumers Would Consider Purchasing a Plug-in Vehicle

Green Car Congress

Chinese consumers led in their consideration of a plug-in vehicle purchase. According to a new survey by Ernst & Young’s Global Automotive Center, roughly 60% of respondents in China said they would consider purchasing a plug-in hybrid or electric vehicle. Click to enlarge.

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BYD ute detailed: Chinese brand calls out HiLux and Ranger as its game-changing PHEV dual-cab approaches

EV Central

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. “So that’s why we’re confident for best-in-class.” And it’s not a hybrid as you know them,” he says.

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Report: PHEVs will peak at 10% of global market in 2030

Baua Electric

EVs are still the future The sudden revival of plug-in hybrids is predicted to peak at 10% of the market Sales of PHEVs is predicted to call as battery prices drop and EVs become less expensive Plug-in hybrids are experiencing a sales resurgence , but they’re unlikely to surpass EVs in the long term, predicts Bloomberg New Energy Finance.

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Nissan’s Killer EV App, the Plug-In Car That Puts the Nail in GM’s Coffin

Creative Greenius

Everyone’s all excited that Ford just turned a profit, but they’re doing it with a fleet of uninspired crappy cars that they practically have to give away. Everyone’s all excited that Ford just turned a profit, but they’re doing it with a fleet of uninspired crappy cars that they practically have to give away.

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2025 Hyundai Inster review: the $40k city SUV challenge to the MG4, GWM Ora and BYD Dolphin

EV Central

Hopefully they’ll squeeze it in for less to properly challenge the Chinese cheapies, who this year have been busy price war squabbling. 2025 Hyundai Inster – all four seats fold flat for van/camping potential, if you’re brave. It public charges up to 120kW, the battery taking 30 minutes to go from 10-80 per cent.

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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

EV Central

But it is considered a proof of concept, designed to gauge interest and demand for locally improved models from the Chinese brand. Like the regular Xpower, you’re still using a dual-motor powertrain that delivers 300kW/600Nm, and which promises to clip 100km/h in less than four seconds. Perceptions are difficult things to change.

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