Day: March 6, 2024

You Can Lease a Used Car, but Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Do It

Many consumers feel that one way to get around paying a bunch of money for a vehicle is to lease it, but is that really the case? Money expert Clark Howard typically advises

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One key passenger car market in Australia is now almost totally electric

The uptake of electric vehicles in Australia reached new highs in February, with pure battery electric cars making up nearly 10% of the total monthly sales despite the ending of EV rebates in

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EVs ‘worse for environment than petrol cars’

Electric vehicles might not be as good for the environment as their proponents have claimed, a resurfaced study demonstrates Sky News host James Macpherson says Mr Bean actor Rowan Atkinson has been named

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What happens to old electric car batteries? – Drive

12:0006 March 2024 View 3 images In 2023, Australia’s electric car uptake increased almost three times compared to 2022, meaning EVs now account for seven per cent of all new car sales. While the

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Multiple people injured as car crashes into bus on the Gold Coast

Eight people have been injured as an out-of-control car crashed head-on into a bus on the Gold Coast, with first responders describing the scene as “chaotic”. A 46-year-old woman who was a passenger

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Hybrid tech could help petrol-powered Hyundai N cars live on – Drive

Hyundai could build a high-powered hybrid N performance car for markets slower to embrace electric vehicles, such as Australia. 08:4006 March 2024 View 5 images Hyundai’s N performance-car sub-brand has so far developed sporty

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Pedestrian killed after struck by car on Brisbane footpath

A man has been killed after being struck by a car on a footpath in Brisbane’s north early on Wednesday. A man has been killed after being struck by a car on a

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BYD spearheads Chinese electric car push in Australia, a friendlier market

SYDNEY : BYD and other Chinese automakers are bringing new electric car models in droves to Australia, a market where they haven’t faced trade barriers and sales have surged due to EV subsidies

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Our US electric car road trip charging disaster and what it means for Australia

A little while ago we did a Melbourne to Sydney road trip in both a petrol vehicle and an electric vehicle (EV), and then later we drove from Sydney to Brisbane in EV.

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Cars sold in Australia in 2023 emitted as much CO2 as 156 coalmines, analysis shows | Automotive emissions

Cars sold in Australia by just five companies emitted as much carbon dioxide in 2023 as 156 standard coalmines, analysis shows, as advocates eager for the government’s proposed fuel efficiency standard warn of

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