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• Tesla Model 3 driving range quietly boosted in Australia with battery upgrade

  15-05-2025 23:00 via drive.com.au
  Tesla’s most affordable car has gained a larger battery and slightly longer driving range for the new year, but no price changes.The cheapest – and most popular – version of the 2025 Tesla Model 3 has quietly received an update with a new battery pack and longer range.The Model 3 Rear-Wheel Drive (RWD) sedan is now rated at 520km of driving range based on European WLTP testing, up from 513km, in effect for examples built after February 10, 2025.It is thanks to a new battery pac
  
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• The luxury Japanese car that was so ahead of its time, it flopped

  15-05-2025 22:00 via drive.com.au
  Sometimes you put it all on red and you lose, and that’s what happened to Mazda when it created the Eunos Cosmo.When the average punter thinks of iconic ’90s Japanese cars, a Nissan Skyline, Toyota Supra, or even a Subaru Impreza WRX and Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution frequently come to mind.RELATED: The luxury car brand from Japan you’ve probably forgotten aboutAll these models have a serious heritage for catapulting this Asian country’s auto industry from boring economy ca
  
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• 2025 Toyota Prado GXL five-seat: Price confirmed for new variant with bigger boot

  15-05-2025 21:00 via drive.com.au
  The Toyota LandCruiser Prado GXL – forecast to be the best-selling variant in the range – has gained a five-seat configuration with a larger boot.Pricing for a new version of the 2025 Toyota Prado GXL with five seats instead of seven has been confirmed for Australia.The mid-spec LandCruiser Prado GXL is now available to order with five seats at $78,990 before on-road costs – $1000 less than the seven-seater – for a larger boot capacity, as the third row in seven-seat mode
  
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• 2025 Isuzu D-Max Blade review

  15-05-2025 16:00 via drive.com.au
  There are wheel, tyre, and suspension modifications, along with a range of other updates aimed at improving off-road suitability and performance. Does the Isuzu D-Max Blade have any cut-through?
  Skip ahead:IntroductionRunning costsPrice and specificationEnergy useInterior space and comfortOn-road assessmentConnectivity and infotainmentSummarySafety Next steps
  2025 Isuzu D-Max BladeThe 2025 Isuzu D-Max Blade is the next iteration of upgraded four-wheel-drive utes, tweaked locally for increased pe
  
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• 2026 Toyota bZ4X Touring electric car revealed, due in Australia next year

  15-05-2025 13:00 via drive.com.au
  Toyota has stretched the bZ4X – with Subaru DNA – to create the roomier Touring, due here next year as the brand’s second battery-electric car.The second Toyota electric car announced for Australia will be a stretched version of its first – the 2026 Toyota bZ4X Touring – due in local showrooms in the first half of next year.The Touring is a longer, roomier version of the Tesla Model Y-rivalling bZ4X mid-size SUV launched locally last year, with a larger boot, more i
  
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• A drive to remember: Exploring Victoria’s iconic coast in the Peugeot 3008 GT Premium Hybrid

  15-05-2025 08:00 via drive.com.au
  Welcome to the Great Ocean Road, nearly 250 kilometres of flowing road along Victoria’s Surf Coast, the perfect place to spend some time behind the wheel of the new Peugeot 3008 GT Premium Hybrid. 
  Sponsored by Peugeot
  The perfect road trip
  There are places in Australia that feel tailor-made for the perfect road trip.  Crossing the Sea Cliff Bridge along The Grand Pacific Drive south of Sydney, NSW, carving up the corners of 99 bends heading into Queenstown, Tasmania, and of
  
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• 2025 Chery Tiggo 7, Tiggo 8 plug-in hybrids due in Australia this July with facelifted styling

  15-05-2025 06:58 via drive.com.au
  Updated versions of the five-seat Chery Tiggo 7 and seven-seat Tiggo 8 SUVs are due to launch in July with plug-in hybrid technology, a first for the brand in Australia.Chery will launch its first plug-in hybrid vehicles in Australia with updated versions of its five-seat Tiggo 7 and seven-seat Tiggo 8 SUVs.Due in Australia in July, the 2025 Chery Tiggo 7 PHEV and 2025 Chery Tiggo 8 PHEV will be its first hybrid models in Australia, ahead of a plugless Tiggo 4 hybrid due by the end of the year.T
  
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• 2025 Audi RS3 price and specs: Hot hatch and sedan sharpen up with price rises

  15-05-2025 04:52 via drive.com.au
  Australian details for the updated RS3 have been confirmed with improved dynamics but no more power, revised styling, and a $9000 price rise.2025 Audi RS3 pricing and specificationsUpdated styling, retuned stability systemsHot hatch and sedan up to $9585 dearer than beforePriced from $104,800 before on-road costs
  2025 Audi RS3 Sportback.
  The 2025 Audi RS3 hot hatch and sedan have been detailed for Australia.Priced from $104,800 before on-road costs, the updated RS3 is up to $9585 dearer than bef
  
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• Chargefox offers supermarket discount for charging your electric car

  15-05-2025 04:00 via drive.com.au
  Chargefox offers a way for EV owners to save money on groceries, joining the Everyday Rewards loyalty program offered by Woolworths.Australia’s largest electric vehicle charging provider, Chargefox, has announced a rewards program that could see subscribers rewarded with a discount on their weekly grocery bill.Chargefox has collaborated with Everyday Rewards, the loyalty program owned and operated by supermarket giant Woolworths.As part of the program, shoppers who charge at participating
  
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• Chinese demand pushes global EV sales to new highs in 2024

  15-05-2025 02:30 via abc.net.au
  
  The headline numbers show another strong year of electric vehicle sales, but the growth is highly concentrated in China and emerging markets in South-East Asia and Latin America.
  
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• Auto engine stop-start tech in new cars could be banned in the US

  15-05-2025 01:00 via drive.com.au
  The administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency has revealed that fuel-saving stop-start systems are in the crosshairs.The technology in many new cars that automatically turns off the engine when stopped to save fuel could be outlawed in the United States.Lee Zeldin, the new administrator of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under President Donald Trump, has targeted start-stop technology in a post on social media platform, X.“Start/stop technology: where
  
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• Skoda Enyaq electric SUV set to get cheaper with updated model later this year

  15-05-2025 00:00 via drive.com.au
  Skoda’s maiden electric car is set for a lower RRP when the upgraded line-up arrives by year’s end, offering new variants – and possibly price cuts for existing ones.A price cut may be on the horizon for the 2026 Skoda Enyaq electric SUV when it is given a facelift later this year, just nine months after arriving in showrooms in its current form.A conventional SUV ‘wagon’ body shape has been confirmed for the updated Enyaq, joining the sloping-roof ‘Coupe&rsqu
  
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