KINTO Flex app enables renting Toyota Hybrid by the month
Toyota subsidiary KINTO has announced the nationwide launch of KINTO Flex, a new subscription-based, monthly hybrid car rental plan which offers Australians a way to have a car without being locked into a long term lease plan.
This could be...
Rent from $90/day: 200 BYD Atto 3 electric cars to join SIXT Australia fleet...
As mentioned previously in February, BYD has a deal to supply rental company SIXT Australia with it's popular Atto 3 electric car.
More than 500 BYD electric vehicles are set to join the SIXT Australia fleet this year, with the...
Australian Hyundai IONIQ 6 EV wows with upto 614km range, 10-80% charge in 18...
The new Hyundai IONIQ 6 offers prospective Australian electric car purchasers who don't want an SUV, a refreshing sedan option loaded with industry leading tech.
Some of the key features include:
up to 614km WLTP range in the DYNAMIQ variant.
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New Australian zero emissions vehicle sales report released by FCAI
Australia’s motoring industry lobby group the FCAI has today released a new and quite interesting report about zero and low emission vehicle sales. I will focus on the 100% battery electric zero emission vehicle sales.
FCAI Chief Executive Tony Weber...
LASER brand NRGVault launches range of portable power stations
Australian consumer electronics brand LASER today unveiled its NRGVault-branded range of portable power stations. There are many brands selling products in this space, one difference LASER offers is a 3 year warranty.
Chris Lau, Managing Director, LASER commented at the...
MWC 2023: OPPO promises Carbon Neutral by 2050
OPPO has released its latest Climate Pledges and Low Carbon Development Strategy at MWC 2023 in Barcelona.
About a 1/4 of the carbon emission reduction from the peak in 2024 relies on buying carbon offsets, hopefully this reliance on offsets...
NT finally gets first DC fast electric car charger
Evie Networks electric vehicle (EV) charging network has announced that it has opened a new site in the Northern Territory, beating competitors Tesla and Chargefox to a fast charger presence in the NT.
The new site located at Marrara Red...
Electric cars made in China dominate in Australia – watch out legacy carmakers
While attending yesterday's Australian launch event for Chinese car brand Chery, I was thinking about how only Chinese car brands MG (ZS EV, MG 4), BYD (Atto 3) and GWM (Ora Cat) have so far shown serious intent to...
GWM launch of Ora Cat gives Aussies a retro styled electric car worth considering
Chinese electric car manufacturer GWM has announced Australian availability and pricing for their new Ora EV (known as the Funky Cat in UK).
As mentioned previously on Ausdroid, the Ora looks kind of like a Mini and while we've yet...
New Aussie Google Maps features: Better charging advice for Android Automotive, Indoor Live View...
Early on Thursday Paris time, Google announced that they're enabling indoor Live View at 1,000 new airports, train stations, and malls in Barcelona, Berlin, Frankfurt, London, Madrid, Melbourne, Paris, Prague, São Paulo, Singapore, Sydney, and Taipei in the coming months.
In...
Ampol & Evie price rise for electric car DC fast charging
With high inflation and wholesale energy price rises across Australia it's not surprising that Ampol AmpCharge and Evie Networks have both announced price increases this week for their DC electric car fast charging services.
Ampol's 15% price rise is across...
Australian first look at MG4 & ZS EV long range at Fully Charged LIVE...
MG Motor Australia has confirmed they will be revealing their new ZS EV long range electric car (440km WLTP) alongside the first Australian public-preview of the award winning MG4, at Fully Charged LIVE Australia on the top deck (inside...
Peugeot e-2008 arriving in Australia mid 2023 via Good Car Co
Electric car group buying company Good Car Co have just revealed that they're going to sell 3 new electric models in the coming months of 2023.
The first model they are announcing is the Peugeot e-2008 due mid-2023.
This is a...
Want to hire a BYD Atto 3? SIXT Australia is adding 500 to their...
Australian car hire companies are making quite a few electric cars available as we've discussed recently on Ausdroid.
SIXT Australia is expanding on their existing range of Tesla, Hyundai, BMW and MG electric cars by adding over 500 BYD Atto...
Real-world experience of an Electric Vehicle – 18 months with a Hyundai Ioniq EV
Every now and then at Ausdroid we like to review things that are outside the box, but more recently, the box has expanded and whereas once talking about cars might've been a bit off topic, the modern electric vehicle...