Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 22:46:53 +0000
This is the third of a five-part series of articles (you can check the first part here and the second part here), where I look at the best affordable EVs in each size category. See the background for this series in those articles as well. C Segment — Compacts Having … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2024 14:27:52 +0000
Remember when the Tesla Model Y outsold every other electric car, anywhere in the world, all the time? That was then; this is now. According to Yahoo Finance, registration data from Germany’s Motor Transport Authority (KBA) shows the Volkswagen brand has delivered 49,200 electric cars in that country through the … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2024 16:52:05 +0000
Allan has recently retired from his position as the Chief Information Officer at Isuzu Ute Australia. He knows about motor vehicles and he is dead set on value for money. He is in the market for an electric vehicle, and I asked him to share his shopping-for-value experience. When I … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2024 13:41:09 +0000
Battery electric vehicles only achieved a 5.9% penetration of the new vehicle market in Australia in August. This is 5,892 out of 100,786 total light vehicles sold. It was 6,743 in July. Perhaps it’s time to admit that there is a slowdown and a pivot to PHEVs. Strangely, the more … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2024 04:10:15 +0000
When is a car not just a car? When it is an EV with over-the-air updates. Electric vehicles are not just transport from A to B, they are connected computers on wheels. As new electric vehicles enter the Australian market, consumers need to be aware of more than just drivetrain … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2024 02:11:49 +0000
About 8% of new cars sold in Australia in July were plug-in electric vehicles (battery electric and plug-in hybrid). That’s down from the H1 average of approximately 10%. At least it isn’t Groundhog Day. The spectacular launch of Xpeng into the Australian market is expected to shift the ground. Although … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2024 11:29:41 +0000
Both MG4 and Volvo EX30 reach record results in June. Some 294,000 plugin vehicles were registered in Europe in June, which means it is another month in the red year over year (-5% YoY). That’s contrasted with what the overall market experienced (+4% YoY). Taking a more focused examination of … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2024 16:25:50 +0000
My car made my coffee is almost as good a line as “I have a petrol station on my roof!” (I charge my Tesla from rooftop solar.) In another demonstration that the rural regions of Queensland are ready for electric cars, an extensive electric vehicle exhibition was mounted in Rockhampton, … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2024 17:35:25 +0000
Will 2024 be the year of the electric ute in Australia? 2022 was the year of the electric SUV — with the launch of the Tesla Y, the BYD Atto 3, and the refreshed MG ZS EV. 2023 was the year of the affordable car, with the release of the … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2024 19:32:23 +0000
As I noted a few hours ago when announcing the finalists for 2023 CleanTechnica Car of the Year in the … [continued]
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