EV Central

DECEMBER 1, 2024

The success of BMW’s electric vehicle strategy in Australia has prompted the German luxury brand to axe its petrol-powered 4 Series Gran Coupe line-up. READ MORE: 2024 BMW i4 eDrive35 review: This decontented FBT beater is selling strongly, but is it worth $30,000 more than a Tesla Model 3? 2024 BMW 4 series Gran Coupe.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 9, 2025

litre twin-turbocharged V6 petrol engine (290kW/694Nm) paired with a motor/generator (36kW/250Nm) and 10-speed automatic transmission. The Tundra boasts a 122-litre fuel tank and requires 95RON (or higher) premium unleaded petrol. The post 2025 Toyota Tundra Limited Review appeared first on Bauaelectric EV News.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 19, 2025

Cargo space on petrol models ranges from 570-1700 litres while the PHEV ranges from 460-1600 litres. For starters, there is a choice of two petrol (with 48-volt mild-hybrid assistance) and one plug-in hybrid drivelines, all with standard all-wheel drive. The post 2025 BMW X3 20 xDrive review appeared first on Bauaelectric EV News.

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EV Central

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

READ MORE: 2024 GWM Tank 700 PHEV review: 385kW/800Nm 4×4 LandCruiser rival READ MORE: GWM set to launch raft of PHEV Haval, Tank and Cannon models Anyway, just before announcing the Cannon Alpha PHEV would land here late in Q1 of 2025, GWM offered EVCentral a quick test drive in a pre-production left-hand-drive version. seconds to 100km/h.

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EV Central

DECEMBER 7, 2024

READ MORE: Kia EV9 review: Why you should buy the entry-level Air, not the pricier ones READ MORE: The VW ID. Buzz GTX hot MPV locked in for Australia Its biggest negative has been the petrol 3.5-litre litre four-cylinder turbo-diesels has been the less thirsty but pricier alternative, but now, finally, a petrol-electric hybrids here.

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EV Central

MARCH 7, 2025

Audi lands Q4 and Q6 EVs with more PHEVs and hybrids to follow as it challenges Benz and BMW READ MORE: 2025 Audi Q4 Review: A best-seller in Europe, but can this prestige mid-size SUV win Aussie hearts? seconds The post 2025 Audi Q6 e-Tron Review: Audi platforms up with its best real-world EV yet appeared first on EV Central.

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EV Central

MARCH 15, 2025

litre four-cylinder turbo-petrol Motors: 1 synchronous, integrated into transmisison Combined Outputs: 220kW/450Nm AC charging: 11kW Type 2 plug 0-100km/h 6.2 seconds The post 2025 BMW X3 30e xDrive Review: PHEV variant is the Ultimate Driving Machine appeared first on EV Central. 100km (ADR) Powertrain: 2.0-litre

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EV Central

MARCH 8, 2025

READ MORE: 2025 Kia EV5: Why its a better buy than a Tesla Model Y| Opinion READ MORE: 2024 Kia EV5 review: Believe the hype, this Model Y rival will give Tesla a run for its money in Australia READ MORE: Take that Tesla! We watch as the diesel trucks and utes refuel and head on their way, as do the family loads of petrol SUVs.

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EV Central

MARCH 30, 2024

Instead of being diesel like virtually all its rivals, the Tank 500 is electrified via a petrol-electric hybrid powertrain. READ MORE: 2024 GWM Ora Extended Range review: One of Australia’s cheapest electric cars tested READ MORE: New EV electric car calendar READ MORE: It’s got the Poer! It’s a combination of a 2.0-litre SCORE: 3.5/5

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EV Central

OCTOBER 20, 2022

It shares an all-new platform with the purely petrol Outlander version. litre combustion petrol engine allied with twin electric motors, a 20kWh lithium-ion battery pack and all-wheel-drive. For a plug-in hybrid it is, but those prices are some $15,000 more than the equivalent Outlander petrol versions. Is it good value?

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EV Central

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

BYD Shark 6 has a turbo petrol engine and two electric motors. 2025 BYD Shark 6 PHEV ute: What we think While compelling EV utes are on the way, for now a PHEV allows owners to do their everyday driving solely on electricity but with the back-up of petrol for longer journeys and maximum thrust. There’s also a 1.5-litre

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EV Central

AUGUST 5, 2023

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. The PHEV prefers 95 RON petrol and claims a miserly 2.1L/100km.

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EV Central

MAY 18, 2024

litre four-cylinder petrol engine and an 18.3kWh BYD ‘Blade’ LFP battery. The petrol engine primarily acts as a range extender, so it is mostly droning away in a steady state in the background no matter what your left foot is doing. Both Sealion 6s have five seats, a 1.5-litre SCORE: 3.5/5 SCORE: 3.5/5 SCORE: 3.5/5

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EV Central

APRIL 27, 2024

And Porsche is expecting to sell at least as many of the new Macan EVs as the old petrol-powered ones. The all-electric Macan is a whole lot more expensive than the petrol model it will replace late in 2024. 2024 Porsche Macan price and equipment Here’s where it gets interesting. Porsche Macan Turbo. Score: 4.5/5

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EV Central

MARCH 16, 2025

Already confirmed for the right-hand drive UK market, the C-HR+ is a look-alike for the petrol C-HR sold in Australia already, but is actually a ground-up all-new EV Offered with both front-wheel drive and all-wheel drive powertrains, the headline news is Toyota’s latest SUV will be capable of covering up to 600km on a single charge.

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EV Central

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

We will get to how it all works in a moment, but the short version is that, while you still get a petrol engine with your electric motors, the former is only used to recharge the battery or deliver power to the motors — it never actually drives the wheels — giving you what Nissan calls an “EV-like” drive experience, and improved fuel efficiency.

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EV Central

MARCH 24, 2025

Previously, Volkswagen Group Audi said that it would roll out its last petrol-powered vehicle in 2026 and only sell battery-electric cars from 2032 onwards. It’s now thought the real date it might stop making petrol and diesel powered cars might be in 2035 when Europe bans all combustion vehicles, including hybrids.

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EV Central

DECEMBER 13, 2024

While sales of pure electric vehicles have been increasingly slowly and steadily in Australia in 2024, petrol-electric hybrids have become the next big thing. Which helps explain why the Chinese brand GWM Haval has doubled down on hybrids in its compact Jolion SUV line-up by adding petrol-electric models and cutting prices. SCORE: 3.0/5

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EV Central

JANUARY 23, 2023

The flagship of a flagship, the i7 sits at the tippy top of the BMW 7 Series range (there’s also a petrol-powered mild-hybrid variant), combining all the luxe limousine trappings you expect with an all-electric powertrain for the first time. Read on for our BMW i7 review. What does the BMW i7 cost?

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EV Central

OCTOBER 16, 2024

READ MORE: Bigger BYD Shark electrified ute could shake up market dominated by Ford, Chevrolet and Ram READ MORE: 2025 BYD Shark 6 review: Can the first PHEV ute take the workhorse fight to the Ford Ranger, Toyota Hilux? OK, admittedly, that last one is at least theoretically possible. 2025 BYD Shark 6 Premium. When the 1.5-litre SCORE: 4.0/5

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EV Central

JUNE 28, 2024

2024 Tesla Cybertruck review: First drive of the garish, childish, outlandish truck that Elon built 2024 Porsche Macan review: First drive of one of the most important new electric cars of the year But that’s not all that’s new. Can plug-in hybrid supercars rival screaming petrol V8s and V10s? You bloody bet they can.

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EV Central

AUGUST 3, 2024

Mini John Cooper Works E PROtotype previews electric hot hatch READ MORE: Mini Cooper Electric’s retro heaven cabin ushers in game-changing tech It’s the entry point to the Mini range, although in EV guise it’s a very different beast to the almost identical one sitting alongside it in the dealership, powered by petrol.

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

litre four-cylinder turbo-petrol engine with an electric motor for a total 241kW and 500Nm. Owning a PHEV isn’t quite like owning an EV – there’s still a big and complicated petrol engine to look after – and so the CX-80’s service intervals are much like an ICE vehicle. It pairs with an eight-speed automatic and AWD.

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EV Central

MAY 4, 2024

The “i” denotes electric, so that’s the model we’re focussing on in this review. The X2 is available with petrol propulsion, which we’ve tested. 2024 BMW iX2: Verdict It’s still a sizeable price tag for an EV but the iX2 also represents terrific value when lined up alongside its petrol-powered alternatives. BMW iX2 xDrive30.

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EV Central

DECEMBER 6, 2024

The petrol is dead and whispers of killing the Golden Goose get louder. This new second-generation Macan is purely electric, accompanied by price rises roughly $30,000 over retired petrol equivalents. Similar-sized competition is fierce, and not only from the Macans petrol-powered predecessor. The Porsche Macan has gone full EV.

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EV Central

MARCH 7, 2024

You better have deep pockets Our verdict on the BZ4X 2WD’s chief rival: Tesla Model Y RWD review 2024 Toyota BZ4X FWD price and equipment 2024 Toyota bZ4X FWD It’s $66,000 plus on-roads for this single motor front-wheel-drive BZ4X. READ MORE: Want a 2024 Toyota BZ4X on a full service lease?

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EV Central

OCTOBER 19, 2024

READ MORE: BYD Sealion 7 upgrades battery ahead of 2025 Aussie debut READ MORE: Facelifted BYD to get 800V charging, redesigned interior READ MORE: BYD Seal Performance review: Quickest BYD takes on Tesla Model 3 The mid-sized SUV that’s due in Australia in 2025 is an all-electric sibling to the Sealion 6 plug-in hybrid EV. Score: 7.5/10

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EV Central

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

litre, turbocharged four-cylinder petrol unit attached to a small electric motor, and a battery pack, which provides, all up 172kW and 367Nm, which is sent to the road thorough a proper, old-school and all the better for not being a CVT six-speed automatic. Under all that bonnet you’ll find not the big engine you’d expect but a mere 1.6-litre,

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EV Central

JUNE 1, 2024

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. The GWM Tank 700 Hi4-T may be a plug-in hybrid, but it’s hardly a poster child for green motoring. In a PHEV.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 14, 2025

litre TSI turbo petrol engine in India that develops 113 bhp and 178 Nm of peak torque Volkswagen Groups Chakan plant began operations in 2009 and has produced multiple models over the years, including the Volkswagen Vento , Polo , and Ameo, as well as the Skoda Fabia and Rapid. litre TSI turbo petrol engine at the facility.

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EV Central

JULY 7, 2022

Kia Niro EV review: It was only in 2021 that Kia introduced the Niro nameplate to Australia. But whereas the EV6 is based on a dedicated EV architecture, the Niro relies on an ICE platform to allow for the petrol engine for the hybrid model. Kia Niro EV review: Verdict. Kia Niro EV review: Make/Model specifications.

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

seconds The post 2024 MG Cyberster review: Does this sexy two-seat roadster have the goods to take on Porsche and BMW? Think MG and images of quaint British sports cars are conjured up Which is what makes the 2024 MG Cyberster so exciting for fans of the brand. MG Cyberster. appeared first on EV Central.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 16, 2022

As petrol prices head north of $2 in Australia, there is much anguish and advice for motorists. Sadly, most of this advice is around the “better buy petrol today because it will be more expensive tomorrow” narrative. Strangely, no one is suggesting that it might be time to buy an electric vehicle. This, in a […].

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

Its natural EV rivals are the GWM Ora and MG4 , but the Dolphin also competes with many petrol-powered hatchbacks. That’s important because it makes it a viable well-specified alternative to petrol-powered hatchbacks such as the Toyota Corolla, Mazda3, Kia Cerato and Hyundai i30. That’s the car we’ve tested here.

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EV Central

AUGUST 15, 2023

Unlike a petrol engine that prefers some heat in the system and fluids to be flowing, the EQE53 is ready to rumble from the outset. The post 2024 Mercedes-AMG EQE53 4Matic+ review: Why Toby Hagon thinks this electric performance car could be the best AMG ever! Besides, the motor temps came up swiftly. appeared first on EV Central.

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EV Central

JULY 20, 2024

2024 MG MG4 XPower review: In all the hoo-hah about the Hyundai Ioniq 5 N , Tesla Model 3 Performance and Kia EV6 GT , the fourth member of the battery electric go-fast family has been a little bit forgotten. The reality is a turbo-petrol Hyundai i30 N is still more involving. So here’s a reminder for you folks. Score: 3.0/5

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Baua Electric

MARCH 23, 2025

litre turbocharged petrol engine. Also watch: Skoda Kylaq review | Practical, no-nonsense baby Kushaq | Should you buy the Nexon, Brezza rival? litre turbocharged petrol engine. litre petrol engine produces 114 bhp of peak power and 178 Nm of maximum torque. Check out Upcoming Cars in India 2024 , Best SUVs in India.

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