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Hybrids make history and overtake petrol in latest figures

Baua Electric

Does this signal the end of petrol’s reign? Hybrids on top September was the first time that hybrid powertrains, made up of HEVs and MHEVs, overtook petrol to lead the new-car market. This came at the expense of petrol, dropping 1pp in market share, and battery-electric vehicles (BEVs), which fell by 2.1pp. year on year.

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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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2024 Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross Aspire PHEV Review

Baua Electric

Overview MITSUBISHI Motors Australia Limited updated its Eclipse Cross range earlier this year , upping the price by $500 and adding a raft of technologies aimed at keeping the dated offering in line with increased competition. Power for the Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross PHEV is sourced from a 94kW/199Nm 2.4-litre

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

EV Central

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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Are diesel’s days numbered? All-new Mitsubishi Triton and Nissan Navara to score plug-in hybrid petrol powertrains as Toyota RAV4 Hybrid outsells HiLux and Ford Ranger in Australia

EV Central

The days of diesel being a force in Australia’s always-booming dual-cab ute market appear to be coming to an end, with two household-name utes to switch to plug-in hybrid petrol power in their next generations, joining the top-selling Ford Ranger in the switch to electrified power. That will be the two-step approach.

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Cheapest electrified seven-seat 2025 Mazda CX-80 aimed at families, but it’s also the one model without the PHEV

EV Central

Mazda to develop eight new EVs by 2030 – and it’s all thanks to Toyota READ MORE: 2024 Mazda CX-60 PHEV review: Mazda’s electric upmarket gamble However, unlike the old CX-8 and CX-9, the CX-80 does at least come with some form of electrification for all powertrains. 2025 Mazda CX-80. While the G40e can average 8.4L/100km,

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Ford Ranger PHEV unveiled with multiple model choices: It might not be as expensive as you fear

EV Central

Unveiled on Monday evening at the Hanover commercial vehicle show in Germany, the Ranger PHEV looks like any other dual-cab ute in the top-selling range except for the charging pod on its left-hand side. 2025 Ford Ranger PHEV. 2025 Ford Ranger PHEV has V2L capability. 2025 Ford Ranger PHEV has V2L capability.

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