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New wave of EVs saving this car type
1+ hour, 58+ min ago (372+ words) Small cars and light cars aren't nearly as popular as they once were, but that could be changing thanks to the increasing accessibility of electric cars, said one new brand's product boss. Geely's Director of Product Planning and Marketing Andrew…...
Geely EX2 price rival locked-in for Oz
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (300+ words) The Geely EX2 is already due for fresh competition in Australia. GAC has confirmed a cheaper variant of its Aion UT electric hatchback will be coming to Australia before the end of the year. The Aion UT launched in April 2026 as…...
Fastest electric cars on sale | Lithgow Mercury | Lithgow, NSW
5+ day, 10+ hour ago (636+ words) Let's get a couple of things out of the way here. First, we know electric cars are fast, Tesla fans haven't stopped talking about this since the mid-2010s and there have been countless videos with evidence of the Model S leaving…...
BYD closing in on holy grail EV battery
6+ day, 20+ hour ago (336+ words) BYD is prepping a ground-breaking new battery technology. The brand will begin small-scale trials of its solid-state battery next year and use camouflaged vehicles in road testing, according to reports out of China. Solid-state is viewed as the holy grail…...
The electric SUV Goldilocks would love
6+ day, 20+ hour ago (1334+ words) As far as 'compact' SUVs are concerned, the MY26 Skoda Elroq is arguably in the Goldilocks zone. It is on the large side for a small SUV, and on the small side for a mid-size SUV, making it perfect for a…...
2026 is the worst year of car design
1+ week, 9+ hour ago (671+ words) We're more than halfway through 2026 and I can definitively say that this year's new cars are the ugliest to date. Sure you can argue the plastic fantastic cars of the late 1990s and early 2000s, or the asthmatic land yachts from the…...
Iconic tiny hatch to return
1+ week, 1+ day ago (347+ words) Smart, the electric brand formed by automotive power couple Mercedes-Benz and Geely, is hinting that the arrival its smallest car the #2 is near as colour murals appear around the world including Australia. Paris, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Melbourne have all…...
World's largest electric ferry catches a 'complex' lift
1+ week, 6+ day ago (282+ words) The world's largest battery-powered electric ferry will leave Australia aboard an even larger vessel following a complex hauling operation. Ferry Hull 096, dubbed China Zorrilla after the Uruguayan actor, was completed in May 2025 by Hobart ship builder Incat. It can transport…...
High-tech EV with 800km range driven!
2+ week, 3+ day ago (1190+ words) The Mercedes C-Class and BMW 3 Series rivalry is the stuff of automotive legend that dates back more than three decades, or even longer if you count the 190E that came before it. For almost all of that time, both fiercely proud…...
Why car brands face an uncertain future
2+ week, 3+ day ago (683+ words) The biggest change in the Australian automotive landscape since the demise of Holden is about to play out in the coming years. In just the past few weeks we've seen both Peugeot and Fiat 'pause' Australian operations amid steeply declining…...