Category: Australia

Revealed: The real reason Toyota has been slow to introduce electric cars

Toyota says it wasn’t first with hybrid technology but now is the world leader – and will do the same with electric vehicles – as it repeats its pledge to support the “silent

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The cars that were going to kill Australia’s appetite for large family cars | Drive Flashback

Rob Margeit has been an automotive journalist for over 20 years, covering both motorsport and the car industry. Rob joined CarAdvice in 2016 after a long career at Australian Consolidated Press. Rob covers

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Toyota says EVs don’t make sense in Australia, Tesla disproves

Speaking at the global reveal of the updated 2024 bZ4X, a Toyota executive claimed electric vehicles don’t make sense in countries like Australia. Meanwhile, as the bestselling EV in the region, Tesla’s Model

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Australian Federal Police raids target alleged money laundering by Changjiang Currency Exchange

Australian Federal Police have arrested seven people in Melbourne and seized $50 million worth of luxury cars and property during raids on an alleged money-laundering syndicate it says was operating “in plain sight”.

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Why Australia isn’t getting this cute Toyota electric ute

Japanese car giant Toyota has unveiled a new cute-as-a-button electric ute concept – called the IMV – but for now it has been ruled out for Australia. Here’s why. Electric Cars View 9 images

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Toyota’s first electric ute won’t be a HiLux

Toyota’s first electric ute will be a car-derived vehicle aimed at families, rather than a heavy-duty workhorse. Electric Cars View 6 images The first electric ute to come from Japanese automotive giant Toyota will

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Welcome to the ‘Swift Era:’ News Corp’s Travel Trend Forecast has been released

A new Travel Trend Forecast from News Corp Australia has today revealed Australians are adjusting and adapting habits and plans to keep their travel dreams alive in 2024. The biannual Consumer Travel Trend

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Toyota: EVs are only ‘for the few’

Hybrids are better suited to Australia than battery-electric cars for now, says Toyota Australia at the launch of its first EV Toyota Australia has stated that electric vehicles are less suitable for Aussies

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Australia’s CPI Surges 1.2% in Q3 2023

The most significant contributors to the rise in the September quarter were automotive fuel (+7.2 per cent), rents (+2.2 per cent), new dwellings purchased by owner occupiers (+1.3 per cent) and electricity (+4.2

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The car tech features that could actually be illegal or unsafe if used incorrectly

As I sat in my friend’s new Tesla in a shopping centre car park recently, she popped on the ‘Car-aoke’ (karaoke) feature and we joyfully banged out some girl-power anthems (as you do).

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