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Pencils sharpened in EOFY price war
5+ hour, 6+ min ago (860+ words) AUSTRALIA'S end-of-financial-year sales battle has escalated into one of the most aggressive discounting and incentivising new car sales campaigns seen in recent memory. Most manufacturers are deploying combinations of cash incentives, driveaway pricing, subsidised finance, fuel cards, free servicing, and…...
Higher EV import prices from July 1 risk slowing Malaysia's momentum
1+ hour, 16+ min ago (1097+ words) View all posts by Hadi Azmi " KUALA LUMPUR " For years, Danil Roslan imagined his next vehicle would be a pick-up. But after test-driving an electric vehicle (EV) earlier in 2026, the 36-year-old video content creator found himself rethinking that plan. "Like…...
Tesla Model Y Battery Still Shows 99% Health After Fast Charging - AOL
9+ hour, 22+ min ago (330+ words) One of the biggest concerns about owning an electric vehicle is battery degradation, which can reduce an EV's driving range over time. However, battery technology has advanced significantly in recent years. A study by Recurrent found that EVs retain about…...
Hyundai Motor cuts 2027 Ioniq 5 prices, adds trims to boost Korea sales
2+ hour, 26+ min ago (195+ words) Hyundai Motor on the 9th released the 2027 Ioniq 5, a model-year update of the electric sport utility vehicle (SUV) Ioniq 5. Hyundai Motor revamped the trim lineup with this model-year change and secured price competitiveness. The long-range model will be offered as E-Lite,…...
BYD deploys first 1, 500 k W German flash-charging station in 3, 000-site European push
3+ hour, 15+ min ago (274+ words) BYD has opened its first commercial flash-charging station in Germany, marking a key step in a plan to deploy 3, 000 ultra-fast charging sites across Europe by the end of 2026, according to Sina. The station entered permanent operation following initial infrastructure rollouts…...
China's GAC lost USD 1, 200 per vehicle in 2025 as Honda tie-up deadline nears
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (790+ words) Guangzhou Automobile Group (GAC), a major Chinese state-owned automaker, is struggling with intense price competition in the electric vehicle market, reporting losses of RMB 8, 300 (USD 1, 221. 8) per vehicle sold under its brands at one point in 2025. The rapid deterioration in the…...
ICE out: Pure fuel cars vanish from China's top 10 best-selling models
3+ hour, 17+ min ago (694+ words) Traditional internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles are accelerating their exit from the view of mainstream Chinese auto consumers, as new energy vehicle (NEV) penetration continues to hit record highs in the world's largest auto market. In May, models powered purely…...
China's May auto sales: ICE models excluded from top 10 and top 5 best-sellers are pure-electric
3+ hour, 50+ min ago (244+ words) For the Chinese automotive market, the May sales data reveal that not a single internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicle made it into the top 10 best-selling models. This marks a departure from April, when the Geely Binyue (known as the Coolray…...
Tesla just did something in South Korea that no foreign carmaker has ever done
4+ hour, 5+ min ago (1049+ words) Tesla Model 3s cheapest trim just got a major accolade Tesla skeptics will hate what this new reliability study says Tesla owner fixes common feature complaint with crafty DIY retrofit Tesla exec says Roadster unveil is soon " for real this time…...
Chinese EVs make gains as Australia posts record sales
4+ hour, 6+ min ago (676+ words) Battery-electric vehicles made up one in five of all new vehicle sales in Australia in May, hitting a record high and marking a major shift away from fossil fuels on the back of more Chinese carmakers helping to power the…...