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EV Central
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
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.
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. litre turbo or 2.0-litre
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.
EV Central
SEPTEMBER 23, 2024
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
EV Central
JUNE 1, 2024
The GWM Tank 700 Hi4-T may be a plug-in hybrid, but it’s hardly a poster child for green motoring. 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.
EV Central
SEPTEMBER 17, 2024
GWM Australia has announced it has pulled the trigger on a raft of all-new vehicles to arrive in 2025 including at least two new advanced plug-in hybrids. The biggest news is those plug-in hybrids will power both the Haval H6GT and the beefy Cannon Alpha Hi4T ute (pictured above). four-cylinder turbo petrol drinks at a rate of 9.3L/100km.
EV Central
OCTOBER 20, 2022
Now an eight-year veteran on the Australian scene, the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV was the world’s first plug-in hybrid SUV. A new generation of the pioneering mid-sizer has just launched, with 45 per cent larger battery (now 20kWh), a pure electric range of up to 84km (NEDC), all-wheel-drive and seating for up to seven.
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