Category: Australia

Australia’s best-selling electric cars of 2023, with three months to go

Three in five electric cars sold in Australia so far in 2023 were Teslas. But with three months of this year to go there is a battle brewing for many of the remaining

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BMW overtakes Mercedes-Benz in Australia for first time in more than a decade

After a neck-and-neck battle in the Australian new-car sales race, BMW has overtaken German rival Mercedes-Benz for the first time in 13 years. View 4 images BMW has taken the Australian luxury-car sales lead

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VFACTS September: Toyota drives car industry to another monthly sales record

Third record result in a row for industry underpinned by Toyota’s recovery as Tesla Model Y becomes nation’s top SUV – for now Toyota’s emphatic recovery following improved vehicle supply has sent Australia’s

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Australia still lags other nations in electric car race

The pace of electric vehicle sales is picking up worldwide, with a report revealing drivers bought two million more battery-powered cars in the first half of this year than in 2022. The Canalys

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VFACTS: A new record for September

AUSTRALIAN new vehicle sales continue to grow with FCAI data showing a year-on-year increase of 18.3 per cent for the month of September, and a total of 110,702 new vehicles sold and a

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SUVs drive Australia to record month for vehicle sales

The September tally set a record for vehicle sales, according to the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI), and was the fourth of the past five months to reach record sales. Electric vehicles

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When it’s cheaper to charge your electric car at BP Pulse stations

BP Pulse has started rolling out time-based pricing at a number of its public electric vehicle (EV) charging stations in Australia. The company detailed this move to peak and off-peak charging prices in

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Used car prices continue to fall, but not as quickly

Used car prices fell incrementally from August to September, but the overall decline in prices is slowing. A report from financial intelligence firm Moody’s Analytics found prices declined 0.5 per cent from August

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VFACTS September 2023: Records smashed again as utes fill three of top four spots, Tesla Model Y best-selling passenger vehicle

Deliveries of new cars remained in top gear for the third record month in a row – as vehicles ordered months and years ago finally arrived – however industry analysts say a slowdown

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Data drives innovative approach to selling used cars

Still, used car values remain a whopping 49 per cent higher than they were in August 2019, just before COVID-19 hit. According to Yosuke Hall, co-founder of the online used car dealership Carma,

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