It’s long been the pinnacle of luxury and now Rolls-Royce has begun its journey shunning petrol in favour of electricity. The post 2024 Rolls-Royce Spectre: 8 things you need to know about a car that is and isn’t EV benchmark appeared first on EV Central ..read more

Efficiency and luxury limos aren’t usually bedfellows but Bentley’s all-new hybrid technology is promising to deliver both in the incoming The post High-Flying Spur! Bentley teases its most insanely powerful V8 hybrid luxury saloon yet appeared first on EV Central ..read more

For a brand that first made its name on accessible performance, before pivoting to affordable vehicles for the masses, the The post “We have absolutely zero sales expectations”: MG Cyberster a roll of the dice in Australia with brand unsure who will buy $100k-plus electric sports car appeared first on EV Central ..read more

The third-generation Porsche Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid has returned faster, more efficient, with a longer all-EV range and is promising to be a better drive than ever before when it arrives in Australia in late 2024. Most heartening for fans of performance sedans is the Porsche Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid manages to keep its twin-turbo 4.0-litre V8 that musters 441kW. Most disappointing? You’ll be paying $486,100 plus on-road costs for the new Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid when it touches down before the end of 2024 in Australian showrooms. Porsche Taycan GT: We warned you it was gonna be craz ..read more

Remember when a Mini was just that? A small car that was pretty simple to get your head around. Now having clocked up a quarter of a century under BMW control Mini as a brand has evolved enormously. The modern Mini is very different. And it can be difficult to get your head around, especially as the brand embraces the push towards electricity. READ MORE: Full details of the all-new Mini Aceman SUV READ MORE: $11,000 price hack for Mini Cooper E READ MORE: Mini Cooper Electric’s retro heaven cabin: Game-changing tech appears in new electric vehicle But we’re here to help with an explainer ..read more

The MG Cyberster has officially landed in Australia ahead of its launch here in Q4 this year, and it’s brought good news with it, with the Chinese brand shaving $20k off its expected price window. We had been told that MG was targeting a $100k-$150k price window for its dual-motor electric performance vehicle, but that number has now been revised, with the brand now forecasting a price range between $100k and $130k. And yes, that’s still a big window, but it does promise to make the Cyberster a little more accessible, and even more so if it lands at the early part of that band. Hurry up MG Cy ..read more

The Zeekr 009 will aim to reshape the luxury people-mover segment when it arrives in Australia in the fourth quarter of this year, with the car maker promising its mammoth EV will deliver new levels of luxury – while simultaneously crashing through Australia’s price ceiling for Chinese electric vehicles. Unveiled for the first time in right-hand drive in Hong Kong – essentially the same specification that will land in Australia around October – the Zeekr is expected to arrive wearing a price tag well north of $100k, and its flagship grades could push towards, or even beyond, $150k. Helping to ..read more

Chinese smart phone-maker and electronics giant Xiaomi has unleashed almost certainly the fastest-ever four-door sedan to turn a wheel. Developed from its only production EV, the Xiaomi SU7 Ultra prototype, the new concept has been created to show off the car-maker’s flagship HyperEngine V8S e-motors but is also tipped to spin-off a production version. But only after it’s claimed a lap record of the mighty Nurburgring. To ensure it stands a chance of humbling the Rimac Nevera (7min 5sec) or the wildly quick Porsche Taycan Turbo GT (7min 7sec), the Xiaomi SU7 Ultra prototype packages two of its ..read more

Stand by for Hyundai to launch its cheapest and most expensive electric cars in Australia when the compact Inster and seven-seat Ioniq 9 arrive in early 2025. And yes we do mean Ioniq 9 – the artist formerly known as Ioniq 7. The Korean giant’s local boss has confirmed the fight is on to secure sub-$40,000 pricing for the Inster, which launched globally earlier this month. 2025 Hyundai Inster. But he also conceded $100,000-plus pricing was on the way for the Ioniq 9, which makes sense considering it very closely related to sister brand Kia’s EV9, which is priced from $97,000 plus on-road costs ..read more

Genesis has announced it is switching its global strategy to ensure it produces “as many hybrids as possible” in response to the global slowdown in EV uptake. The Hyundai luxury brand currently doesn’t offer any hybrid vehicles but that will change, possibly as soon as next year, with the introduction of a new range-extender hybrid version of its mid-size GV70 SUV. Originally, Genesis said it would launch electric-only cars from 2025 with the promise of eight all-new EVs introduced from 2022 until 2030, with the brand rushing to introduce the GV60 small SUV, Electrified GV70 mid-size SUV and t ..read more