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Tesla Model Y, Model 3 steering failures under investigation in the US

An estimated 180,000 Tesla Model Ys and Model 3s are facing a probe by US road safety regulators after owners reported their electric cars had lost all steering control. View 3 images US road

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How The Pandemic Doubly Screwed Working Class Car Owners

Few people predicted the pandemic and how, via supply chain shortages, global vehicle production would crater. The only thing predictable about the car market, really, is how it always ends up harming poor

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Electric cars aren’t ‘zero emissions’ – Australian consumer watchdog

The Australian consumer watchdog has sounded a warning to carmakers making dubious claims around their electric cars – some of which it says are tantamount ‘greenwashing’. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC)

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VFACTS July: Chinese cars spur record sales result

Market recovery continues with China’s MG ZS third behind Ford Ranger and Toyota HiLux, Chinese-built Tesla Model Y fourth Fast-growing Chinese auto brands and cars built in China by other global car-makers have

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Australian vehicle sales reach July record, Tesla Model Y No.4 overall, Ford Ranger ute is king, Maserati SUV on rise.

The Tesla Model Y vehicle was the fourth-largest-selling vehicle in the market in July with 3330 sales, outstripping many petrol and diesel models. The No.1 selling vehicle was the Ford Ranger ute with

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2023 Peugeot 508 GT Sportswagon PHEV arrives

Modest price premium for plug-in hybrid French wagon as local news on facelifted 508 continues to be absent The 2023 Peugeot 508 GT Sportswagon Plug-In Hybrid has arrived Down Under priced from $82,915

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Audi questions long-term ‘buy-in’ of Tesla brand

Tesla might be the EV sales king in Australia, but Audi director asks: ‘What does Tesla give you besides the car?’ The lack of frills and the absence of a middleman taking their

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Tesla is losing its cool factor, but price cuts means it will still be the next Toyota

“This marks the first year of the survey where Tesla is not the most desirable car brand,” Jonas writes in a new note to investors. He says Tesla’s desirability among the interns fell

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Tesla is losing its cool factor, more likely to be the next Toyota

“This marks the first year of the survey where Tesla is not the most desirable car brand,” Jonas writes in a new note to investors. He says Tesla’s desirability among the interns fell

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Peugeot 508 petrol axed despite outselling $80,000 hybrid six-to-one

French car maker Peugeot has axed the petrol version of its flagship liftback and wagon – despite the plug-in hybrid variant that remains accounting for just 15 per cent of 508 deliveries, and

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