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Discount bonanza: EV prices could be chopped because of changes to NVES CO2 reduction scheme

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Ford Everest and Isuzu MU-X diesel SUVs are culled to avoid CO2 emissions fines READ MORE: Danger signs! READ MORE: NVES Strikes!

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NVES Strikes! Ford Everest and Isuzu MU-X diesel SUVs are culled to avoid CO2 emissions fines

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Multiple models from two of Australias top selling diesel SUV line-ups have been culled from the Aussie market because of the New Vehicle efficiency Standard (NVES) even before it officially starts measuring CO2 emissions. 2025 Isuzu MU-X. The base model Isuzu MU-X LS-M 3.0-litre READ MORE: Danger signs!

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Danger signs! Latest research shows top ICE brands including Toyota, Ford and Nissan struggling to hit new Aussie CO2 limits

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The NVES imposes increasingly stringent CO2 emissions targets for passenger vehicles, utes and SUVs over the next five years with the aim of encouraging the transition away from internal combustion engined vehicles to EV. 2025 Ford Ranger PHEV Stormtrak. billion in 2029. READ MORE: Which is best for the environment: EV or ICE?

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“A Bundle Of Cash!” Australia’s new CO2 reduction scheme can be lucrative for EV brands, predicts local XPeng importer

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Thats the plan: XPeng G7 electric family SUV confirmed for Australia with pricing set to undercut the Tesla Model Y The NVES was introduced on January 1 2025 and begins measuring the CO2 emissions of every model sold by each auto brand retailing in Australia from July 1 2025. Because if that doesnt pay for itself its kind of pointless.

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No Ford Everest PHEV! Hybrid Toyota Prado packaging compromises explain why top-selling large SUV won’t go plug-in

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Having axed its cheapest and cleanest Everest large SUVs last week because of the New Vehicle Efficiency Standard, Ford says it wont add a plug-in hybrid version to help drive down CO2 emissions. Thats despite a PHEV version of the Ranger ute, which sits on fundamentally the same T6 ladder platform, being scheduled for launch later this year.

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

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The ute that will take on the Ford Ranger, Toyota HiLux and Isuzu D-Max was a surprising no-show at the Beijing Motor Show last month, and we now know that the brand will officially launch the ute in Mexico on May 14.

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2022 EV sales record: Top selling electric cars revealed

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The SUV number isn’t quite as impressive but still shows there’s increasing EV interest. percent of the 574,632 SUVs sold in 2022 were electric. Conversely, big guns such as Toyota, Volkswagen, Mitsubishi, Isuzu and Subaru didn’t sell a single EV between them – and Ford logged one of its upcoming E-Transits as sold in 2022.

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