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

EV Central

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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2025 BYD Shark 6 review: Can the first PHEV ute take the workhorse fight to the Ford Ranger, Toyota Hilux?

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Instead of a grumbly diesel engine and some initial laziness as a turbo spins up the Shark 6 eases away near silently – and with the sort of low speed pull that electric motors do so well. That’s because it is electric motors doing all the work to shift the dual-cab ute. There’s also a 1.5-litre

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2024 Skoda Superb Estate PHEV to offer 100 km electric-only range

Electric Cars Report

There are three petrol engines with outputs ranging from 150 hp (110 kW) to 265 hp (195 […] The post 2024 Skoda Superb Estate PHEV to offer 100 km electric-only range appeared first on Electric Cars Report. Customers can once again choose between estate and a hatch body styles.

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2024 Mazda CX-60 PHEV review: Mazda’s electric upmarket gamble

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2024 Mazda CX-60 PHEV review: Mazda has been telling us for years it wants to be a premium brand. It is the first of four SUV models it is launching to the world based on a new platform with all-new engines and featuring Mazda’s first petrol-electric plug-in hybrid drivetrain. What is powering the Mazda CX-60 PHEV?

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2024 BYD Shark revealed: Plug-in petrol dual-cab wants to decimate diesel

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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. litre turbo or 2.0-litre

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The new breed of dual-cab ute: 2025 BYD Shark 6 PHEV to hunt down Ford Ranger and Toyota HiLux from next month – but can it convince you to abandon diesel?

EV Central

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. More good news is the BYD Shark 6 uses two electric motors — one on the front axle, one on the rear — that’s joined by a 1.5-litre litre turbocharged petrol engine. READ MORE: Shark attack!

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Volkswagen Amarok PHEV coming as soon as 2025

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If you can’t wait for the 2027 Volkswagen Amarok battery electric ute then maybe the petrol-electric version potentially due as soon as 2025 will do. The second-generation Amarok arrives in Australia from April with orthodox Ford turbo-diesel and turbo-petrol powertrains. Again, it’s about the payoff of electrical range.

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