Plugged in Australia

Send us Fan Mail Ford officially commits the Bronco Basecamp range-extender SUV to Australia, battery-electric vehicles take the biggest share of August new-vehicle sales, and the Transit City electric van gets a $50,000 drive-away price. Jamie also covers Australia’s half-million-BEV milestone, pressure on public charging and Victoria’s delayed kerbside trial, the newly endorsed national consumer...

Send us Fan Mail Audi resets Australian Q6 and SQ6 e-tron pricing, with the Q6 SUV and Sportback starting from $89,900 before on-road costs for MY27. Meanwhile, the newly revealed A2 e-tron remains under Australian evaluation. Hyundai confirms the Santa Fe EREV for Australia, customer-owned Windrose electric prime movers prepare for Sydney–Canberra freight work, and a proposed $137 million WA char...

Send us Fan Mail The Ford Bronco New Energy has now been physically spotted in Australia in right-hand drive, adding another piece to the puzzle ahead of its expected local launch. Chery’s new iCaur brand is also getting very real, with the V25 confirmed as its first Australian model and an evaluation vehicle already testing in New South Wales. BYD has locked in its M9 plug-in hybrid people mover...

Send us Fan Mail Australia’s next GWM Haval H7 is now showing up in Australian certification documents with a 320kW all-wheel-drive plug-in hybrid system, while GWM has confirmed a longer seven-seat version will follow in 2027. Australia Post has revealed what its latest fleet-electrification funding will actually deliver, with around 100 new electric vans, rigid trucks and even prime movers expec...

Send us Fan Mail Genesis has revealed its enormous 490kW GV90 electric flagship, with the ultra-luxury Neolun version now confirmed for Australia. We also look at something potentially more telling than another EV survey — actual orders being written by one of Australia's biggest prestige dealer groups — plus an NRMA five-year ownership-cost comparison showing affordable EVs effectively reach...

Send us Fan Mail Audi has dramatically reset Australian pricing for the updated Q4 e-tron, including an entry model that lands below $75,000 before on-road costs. We also have Australian Government approval for the seven-seat Kia PV5 Passenger, a serious specification discrepancy involving airbags in the KGM Musso EV, some useful real-world context around EV servicing and running costs, GAC finall...

Send us Fan Mail Mercedes-Benz has finally put an Australian price on its new electric GLC, including the strange situation where the limited Launch Edition actually costs less than the regular model. Zeekr has revealed that Australia will get a more powerful version of the 7GT electric sports wagon, while Hyundai’s Ioniq 3 has entered production overseas and could give the brand a genuine competi...

Send us Fan Mail Skyworth puts its Australian passenger-EV plans on the backburner while an electric van moves to the front of the queue. We examine a new survey claiming price—not range or charging—is the biggest issue holding Australians back from EVs, including who is behind the research and where the headline goes too far. Tesla has widened vehicle-to-load access for Model Y buyers in the Unit...

Send us Fan Mail The BYD Atto 3 Evo now has Australian pricing and a confirmed two-variant local lineup, including a much more powerful rear-wheel-drive Premium with 800-volt architecture and 220-kilowatt charging. We also have a substantial update on Hongqi’s Australian launch under the HQ name, with its first electric SUV now confirmed for January 2027 and some extremely ambitious sales targets....

Send us Fan Mail Ford’s Bronco New Energy appears headed for Australia in 2027, with a range-extender powertrain producing up to 360kW and 600Nm. Geely has firmed up an enormous six-model Australian expansion over the next 12 months, including two new EVs and four plug-in hybrids, while its rugged Galaxy Cruiser-style 4x4 is now looking increasingly certain. We also have the first proper specifica...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 82 of Plugged In Australia: Quick Charge, Australia gets an unusual new ultra-fast charging installation in Perth that combines a large battery with solar and a relatively modest grid connection. Mitsubishi finally reveals the identity of the Australian-tuned electric SUV we first reported on back in June, confirming the ASX VR-e for a fourth-quarter launch with four lo...

Send us Fan Mail Australia’s EV transition is moving well beyond passenger cars and simple questions about driving range. In Episode 81 of Plugged In Australia, we take a deep dive into Coles putting electric prime movers to work pulling B-double freight in New South Wales, and examine the much harder question of whether battery-electric trucks can match diesel for payload, uptime, charging flexib...

Send us Fan Mail Zeekr has smashed its Australian monthly sales record as the 7X electric SUV pushes right to the edge of the national top ten, while Mercedes-Benz Australia is considering another electric CLA designed to sit between its existing entry and flagship versions. We also look at clues pointing to a substantial Kia EV5 interior update, three Australian fleets being recognised for practi...

Send us Fan Mail Ford has named and priced its new affordable Fathom electric ute, and while Australia is not yet confirmed, Ford has already trademarked the Fathom name locally and engineered its new EV platform with right-hand-drive markets in mind. GWM has detailed another plug-in hybrid ute for Australia, with the Cannon Hi4-T offering 310kW, 750Nm, a 33.1kWh battery, 115km of claimed electric...

Send us Fan Mail BYD confirms an Atto 2 plug-in hybrid for Australia, potentially creating the country’s cheapest PHEV, while the electric Atto 2 Premium receives a new $2000 cashback and accessories offer. We examine the European specifications for the Australia-bound Zeekr 9X, including its 660-kilowatt powertrain, 55-kilowatt-hour battery and nine-and-a-half-minute charging claim. Australian ba...

Send us Fan Mail Honda has confirmed a $36,900 drive-away price for its tiny Super-One electric hatch, but with fewer than 130 cars expected this year and substantially cheaper rivals already available, value could be its biggest challenge. Tesla records its strongest Australian July result as the six-seat Model Y L outsells the regular Model Y, while Chery recruits Premcar to test and tune the St...

Send us Fan Mail Mazda has given its clearest indication yet that the MX-5 is being prepared for an eventual electric future, although preserving its light weight and affordable character remains a major engineering challenge. Deepal has revealed an extensively updated S05 electric SUV ahead of its Australian arrival, with more power, larger storage areas, new driver-assistance hardware and a choi...

Send us Fan Mail Australia’s electric-vehicle price war has moved well beyond simple reductions to the advertised list price. In Episode 75, we examine the Jaecoo J5 EV’s extraordinary sales advantage over its cheaper petrol sibling, the growing use of drive-away pricing, cashback, low-rate finance and home-charger offers, and why Ford’s Ranger PHEV appears to have found much stronger demand after...

Send us Fan Mail Australia’s EV price war is intensifying. In Episode 74 of Plugged In Australia: Quick Charge, the electric Jaecoo J5 outsells its cheaper petrol sibling, a Queensland program cuts home-charger hardware to just $95, and BYD, Geely and Leapmotor launch aggressive new offers. We also cover Tesla’s ten-millionth electric vehicle, the Genesis GV90 testing on Australian roads, XPeng’s...

Send us Fan Mail In Plugged In Australia: Quick Charge Episode 73 for Thursday, 30 July 2026, Volkswagen’s electric ID. Polo moves closer to Australia while Cupra confirms the Born will not return any time soon. Mercedes-Benz reveals a completely new electric GLA with up to 657 kilometres of claimed range, BYD predicts its affordable Seal 6 Touring plug-in hybrid could become Australia’s best-sell...

Send us Fan Mail Tesla’s six-seat Model Y L is now appearing in Australian inventory for immediate delivery, while Volvo’s new EX60 has received local approval with up to 660 kilometres of range and 2.4-tonne towing. XPeng’s enormous G9L has been spotted testing in Melbourne ahead of its November arrival, and the even larger GX flagship has now been confirmed for Australia. We also cover Ford’s po...

Send us Fan Mail In this Quick Charge edition of Plugged In Australia, Chery reveals its 350-kilowatt Stockman diesel plug-in hybrid ute, XPeng launches a major factory-backed Australian expansion, and BYD increases compensation for customers affected by its build-date mistake to $3500. We also cover the $89,900 XPeng X9 electric people mover, unpaid cashback offers from XPeng’s former distributor...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 70 of Plugged In Australia, the Geely EX2 arrives with Australian pricing from just $26,490 before on-road costs, bringing rear-wheel drive and practical packaging to the affordable EV market. JAC confirms the Hunter plug-in hybrid ute from $49,988, Genesis launches the 478-kilowatt GV60 Magma, and Mercedes-AMG reveals an electric CLA 45 with three motors, simulated gea...

Send us Fan Mail This week on Plugged In Australia, we’re back with a full deep dive after a rough week off with influenza A. There were no Quick Charge episodes this week and no deep dive last week, and with school holidays now here, there also won’t be Quick Charge episodes next week — but there will be a deep dive. In Episode 69, we cover Australia’s record June vehicle market, Tesla and BYD’s...

Send us Fan Mail QUICK CHARGE DESCRIPTION In this Quick Charge edition of Plugged In Australia, we cover the biggest EV and plug-in hybrid stories for episode 68: Cupra cuts the entry price of the Tavascan with a new V variant, Australia’s first locally made electric bendy bus hits the road in Perth, BMW confirms the next X5 will include a full-electric iX5 for Australia, GWM reveals more of its H...