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Give us a plug! China’s GWM set to launch raft of PHEV Haval, Tank and Cannon models in Australia.

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Stop that eye-rolling and tutting at the back, those who regard PHEVs as a sad halfway house on the way to battery electric. And, when you consider the inevitable boost in performance an electric motor or two brings when allied with a combustion engine, any long-held PHEV iciness you have may thaw a touch. There are reasons here.

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Time to unplug phoney PHEV fuel ratings: Australia’s “electrified” automotive future isn’t all its cracked up to be | Opinion

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Aussie CO2 standard tough on Toyota, SUVs and utes You might have noticed, and I certainly have, that the car company execs have stopped talking about electric vehicles, and begun describing the Australian car market of the near future using such vague and nebulous terms as “electrified” now that a New Vehicles Emissions Standard looms.

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Audi EV fightback! Busiest period ever for German brand as it targets electric cars from BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Volvo

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Mannering sees the Q6 e-tron as a crucial model for the brand, one that could tempt some currently buying a diesel- or petrol-powered Q5 to step into an electric car. While pricing is likely to be well north of $100K, the Q6 e-tron is still seen as an important model. “(It)

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Emissions gamble: Why electric car-maker BYD is adding ICE in Australia with the 2024 BYD Sealion 6

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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. Smitherman conceded a challenge for BYD would be popularising PHEVs.

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Electrified utes get serious in Australia! China’s GWM launches Cannon Alpha with top towing and torque numbers

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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! More seriously, BYD is expected to introduce the first plug-in electric ute to Australia before the end of 2024 while the PHEV Ranger arrives in 2025. While the 2.4-litre

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Peugeot 308 plug-in hybrid EV joining local line-up in 2023

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Likely to land in the first half of the year, the PHEV five-door hatchback will follow orthodox 308 petrol-turbo ICE hatch and wagon models that start arriving here in late 2022. The confirmation of the 308 PHEV for Australia follows on from the reveal of the radical 408 crossover and assurances it is also headed our way in 2023.

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France December 2020

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Looking at last month Best Sellers, if the winner was the usual Renault Zoe, below it, there was a surprise, with the Peugeot models taking the month off, as the French brand had already complied with the EU's 2020 CO2 rules, the 208 EV runner-up spot was up for grabs, and the taker of it was the VW ID.3,

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