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Smart cuts prices on existing EVs as it gets ready for launch of #5 electric SUV

Smart cuts prices on existing EVs as it gets ready for launch of #5 electric SUV

Smart cuts prices on its #1 and #3 SUVs, less than 2 years after launching, now starting at under $50,000, as it prepares to launch the bigger #5 electric SUV.
Audi slashes prices of Q6 e-tron as it relaunches A2 as a battery electric, and “most efficient” model it has ever built

Audi slashes prices of Q6 e-tron as it relaunches A2 as a battery electric, and “most efficient” model it has ever built

Audi slashes prices of updated e-tron range, as it unveils the A2 battery electric, with V2L and V2H, and the most efficient motor it has ever built.
Polestar Australia confirms it has cut prices for 2027 Polestar 4 coupé, to match new electric SUV

Polestar Australia confirms it has cut prices for 2027 Polestar 4 coupé, to match new electric SUV

Polestar confirms it has cut prices for the 2027 Polestar 4 coupé, aligning its price with the recently launched Polestar 4 electric SUV.
“Greenwashing stunt:” Plug-in hybrids emit six times more than claimed, and are getting worse, study finds

“Greenwashing stunt:” Plug-in hybrids emit six times more than claimed, and are getting worse, study finds

Plug-in hybrids described as one of the auto industry’s “greatest greenwashing stunts” as new study shows pollution six times more than claimed, and getting worse.
Australia’s dramatic electric U-turn: “Everyone knows someone with an EV”

Australia’s dramatic electric U-turn: “Everyone knows someone with an EV”

Uber driver Bruno Ricotta says his Chery E5 electric SUV will save up to $8000 a year in petrol and servicing costs, and has made him a go-to source of advice for other motorists. 
“Market is changing aggressively:” Car dealership boss says customers ditching legacy brands in “structural shift” to EVs

“Market is changing aggressively:” Car dealership boss says customers ditching legacy brands in “structural shift” to EVs

Head of one of Australia’s biggest car dealers talks of structural shift in market, as customers change brand loyalties and technologies as EV sales surge.
Fossil fuel hierarchy is collapsing as the EV fleet crocodile meets the renewable grid crocodile

Fossil fuel hierarchy is collapsing as the EV fleet crocodile meets the renewable grid crocodile

Fossil fuel hierarchy is collapsing as a tech once dismissed for ruining your weekend becomes the largest single drivetrain in Australia, and charges from a greening grid.
New Lepas L4 EV spotted testing in Sydney, one of two new electric models from a new Chinese brand

New Lepas L4 EV spotted testing in Sydney, one of two new electric models from a new Chinese brand

Chery sub-brand Lepas’s second model, the L4 electric SUV spotted testing ahead of upcoming launch.