Category: Australia

Your charging and range questions answered

Matt McCroarey: “Naturally it’s all energy consumption so it will have an impact on it, particularly climate control, but it will be a minimal impact. Ambient temperature is the biggest effect on electric

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Australia’s best-selling hybrids and plug-in hybrids of 2022

Toyota continued to dominate hybrid-car sales in Australia last year – but a number of rivals are also in the race. Here are the best-selling hybrid and plug-in hybrid vehicles in 2022. View 6

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VFACTS: 2022 sales top the million mark

AUSTRALIA’S automotive industry delivered more than one million new cars to customers nationally in 2022 despite ongoing supply chain and delivery issues caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.   According to the FCAI, a

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Toyota HiLux pips Ford Ranger as top dog in Australian showrooms

Toyota’s HiLux has been crowned the country’s best-selling vehicle for the seventh year in a row. The HiLux has spearheaded a bumper year for Toyota, which was named Australia’s favourite brand for the

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VFACTS December 2022: Hybrid cars set new sales record in Australia

Hybrid cars outsold electric vehicles by more than two-to-one in Australia last year. With more than 315,000 hybrids delivered over the past 20 years, their emissions reductions are equivalent to putting 95,000 electric

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Australia’s most popular car retains its crown in 2022

Toyota has remained the top-selling car brand in Australia for the seventh year in a row while electric cars have seen an uptick in sales, new data shows. The latest Federal Chamber of

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Looking for a new car? EVs could be a rising star in 2023

Despite the long waiting times, cost of living, and bigger premiums, many of us are still looking for our next car to be electric. Last year, according to the electric vehicle councils state

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VFACTS December 2022: New-car demand remains strong amid year of major upsets

Demand for new motor vehicles in Australia remains strong despite interest rate rises and delivery delays, however some major upsets have revealed our changing taste in cars. View 9 images Australian new-car sales remained

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Flutes, synths, a human voice – how should electric vehicles sound? | Electric, hybrid and low-emission cars

Take a walk down any busy street and the noise can hit like a speaker accidentally left on full volume. The growls of engines accelerating when the traffic light turns green, motorbikes vying

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Sweden’s Veoneer invests in driverless-tech firm Baraja

Swedish-American road safety technology giant Veoneer has firmed up its partnership with Sydney-based Baraja by taking an equity stake in the autonomous vehicle technology provider. Veoneer has made an undisclosed investment in Baraja

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