Tag: Hybrid

Haval H7 starts at $45,990 drive-away, every grade gets Hi4 AWD, and the PHEV pairs 320kW with 137km of electric range from $49,990 drive-away at launch.

Car parts shortages pushed average repairs to 61.25 days in 2024, and some insurers now write off cars needing only small parts as BYD stockpiles spares.

Recycled materials now go past ocean plastic mats. Carmakers trace and reuse plastic, aluminium, steel and battery metals, and the EU is making it law.

Haval H7 passed 1,500 expressions of interest in just over 3 weeks, quicker than any GWM before it, with first deliveries due within the next 2 weeks.

Electric outsold petrol in September car sales once Tesla and Polestar are counted. The FCAI called it a shift in buyer preferences.

The all-new Hyundai Tucson Hybrid looks more like a Kia than ever, grows 60mm longer, and goes on sale in Australia in mid-2027 as a hybrid only.

The Honda CR-V e:HEV RS drives beautifully and is built to last, but 135kW, a small screen and $64,400 drive-away leave it exposed to cheaper Chinese rivals

Chinese car brands took 26.4% of the market in August. Kia's outgoing boss says that becomes 60% before 2030, and Ford's local chief reckons he's right.

Ford Bronco Basecamp comes to Australia and New Zealand in the second half of 2027, with a 49kWh battery and a petrol engine that only charges it.

The FCAI cut public VFACTS detail to 3 pages in the same months petrol and diesel lost 124,130 sales. Its members are the companies losing them.

Ford Bronco Basecamp is confirmed for the second half of 2027 with a usable 49kWh battery, 6.6kW of camp power and a petrol engine that drives nothing.

Honda Prelude is back after 25 years with a 135kW hybrid, Civic Type R suspension and fake gears, from $65,000. We drove it through Sydney's east.