Tag: electric

The Subaru Trailseeker is the first BEV entered in a Variety Bash, 6 days across regional NSW in a 533km electric wagon priced from $69,620 drive-away.

Single casting turns 146 parts into two, which is how Ford gets to US$28,350 by 2027. China charges that money today and already sells here.

The GAC Aion UT costs $31,990 with a 60kWh battery, 430km of range and 150kW, which is Dolphin Premium hardware for Dolphin Essential money.

Toyota is down 27,150 sales for the year, China is now Australia's biggest source of new cars, and a third of July's market came out of Chinese factories.

smart has teased the new smart #2 two-seater with murals in Melbourne, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Buenos Aires, and nobody has said Australia gets it.

The Subaru Uncharted is here at $59,990, Subaru's third rebadged Toyota EV, and no amount of X-Mode talk makes a 20-inch fastback into an off-roader.

Hyundai Australia turns 40 this month, 2.2 million cars after a Perth dealership sold eight in its first month. The $13,990 Excel changed the industry.

Three GWM ORA 5 SUVs powered an entire Collingwood pop-up through Vehicle-to-Load, from the espresso machine to the DJ booth, on a dead servo forecourt.

The GAC Aion UT is a cute, comfy city EV for under $32,000, but the latest over-the-air update has left the smart cruise wayward and the phone dropping out.

Your car records where you go, who you call and how you drive. Australian car data law was written in 1988, and the regulator is already investigating.

GAC AION UT review after a first drive in Australia. A cute, clever and surprisingly practical affordable electric hatch with one frustrating weakness.

The Fiat 500e and Abarth 500e are gone from Australia, and it is the predictable end of a Stellantis strategy built on heritage and overpricing.