Abarth goes electric with 500e
WHETHER WE WANT IT OR NOT, Abarth is ushering in a completely new era by debuting the fully electric New Abarth 500e to enrich its model range and entering into Brazil with the successful launch
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Category: Electric vehicles
LDV first with electric ute
DESPITE THE PREDICTION OF OUR previous Prime Minister, the arrival of electric utes was always inevitable. What was less predictable was that the first EV ute would come from Chinese company LDV. Australia’s first electric
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Polestar to preview electric roadster (but only in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane)
IT’S ONE OF THE MOST APPEALING new sportscars we’ve seen for quite some time, and Polestar are keen to preview what they call “the future of electric mobility” at a series of events in Australia
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First Volkswagen ID.4 electric SUVs arrive
VOLKSWAGEN HAS WELCOMED TO AUSTRALIA the first examples of the award-winning 2021 World Car of the Year, the Volkswagen ID.4 electric SUV, ahead of a register-your-interest waitlist for customers going live by Christmas. The two
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Volvo to go all electric in Australia by 2026
IN A BOLD MOVE, Volvo Australia has announced its intention to go fully electric by 2026, four years earlier than its parent company’s global target “Globally, Volvo is firmly committed to becoming an electric-only carmaker
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Cupra announces EV hot hatchback with 511km range
NEWCOMER TO THE AUSTRALIAN MARKET, Cupra has joined the rush to EVs with its first battery electric vehicle, the Born rea-wheel drive hot hatchback. We’ll be watching this with interest, since it is notoriously difficult
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Warning that mass-produced solid-state batteries are “a decade away”
ANYONE WHO BELIEVES MASS-PRODUCED solid-state batteries in cars are just around the corner is in for a shock, if a pioneering company in the field of fast charging batteries, is correct. StoreDot has stated that
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Nissan X-Trail delivers EV experience with no need to plug in
NISSAN’S MOST TECHNOLOGICALLY ADVANCED SUV to arrive in Australia will be here soon, with the Nissan X-Trail e-Power with e-4ORCE delivering an EV-like drive experience without ever needing to plug in. The e-POWER with e-4ORCE
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Genesis adds Electrified GV70 to range
IN ANOTHER EV ANNOUNCEMENT, Genesis has announced the addition of the Electrified GV70 (that’s their name for it, not our descriptor) to its local offerings. Electrified GV70 provides a spacious and refined, zero-emission range halo
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BMW fully electric iX1 in showrooms Q1 2023
BMW AUSTRALIA WILL LAUNCH the fully electric BMW iX1 model to the local market in Q1 2023, bringing a new entry point to the rapidly expanding world of fully electric BMW models. The iX1 xDrive30
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