Tag: Toyota

We Need More Hybrid Cars and Fewer EVs. Here’s Why

It sounds like heel-dragging from a latecomer whose first electric car was met with a lukewarm reception. But if you take a closer look at how efficiently hybrids and EVs use their batteries,

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Model Y now second best selling car in Australia as EVs hit record 8.8 per cent

The Tesla Model Y has leapfrogged the Ford ranger ute to become the second best selling car of any type in Australia as the share of electric vehicles in the new car market

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Australian new car sales: Winners and losers so far in 2023

The Australian new vehicle market has rebounded over the first half of 2023, showing 8.2 per cent growth over the same period in 2022. It’s the strongest H1 result since 2018. Some of

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The end of diesel dual-cab dominance in Australia? Tesla Model Y outsells the Ford Ranger – and it’s got the Toyota HiLux in its sights! – Car News

The days of diesel dual-cab utes dominating Australia’s sales charts could be coming to an end, with the Tesla Model Y outselling the Ford Ranger in June and closing gap to the all-conquering

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VFACTS June 2023: Toyota HiLux tops charts, Tesla Model Y beats Ford Ranger, as electric cars surge

The Tesla Model Y is now Australia’s top-selling passenger car – excluding utes – after beating the Toyota RAV4 in the year-to-date sales race. But diesel double-cab pick-ups still dominate the Top 10

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New car bargains finally coming back? Why buying a vehicle in Australia could be about to get cheaper and easier – Car News

Buying a new car in Australia could be about to get easier, with one the country’s biggest auto brands reporting that vehicle arrivals in Australia are up around 30 per cent market wide,

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Toyota may share Tesla-fighting next-gen EV tech with partners

TOKYO — Toyota’s radical electric vehicle overhaul will deliver a plethora of knock-on benefits beyond the next-generation of Tesla-fighting Toyotas that start rolling off the line from 2026. Breakthrough manufacturing processes will be

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The forgotten Australian-built cars: Mercedes-Benz

But, our car-building heritage runs far deeper than just the Big Two. And a lot of it is thanks to just one firm, Australian Motor Industries, which in order to circumvent cost-prohibitive import

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SPY PICS: Facelifted Toyota LandCruiser 70 Series could be a hybrid

Camouflaged test vehicle’s lack of a bonnet scoop suggests a smaller, possibly electrified powertrain is hiding under the bonnet A semi-disguised Toyota LandCruiser 76 Series wagon has been spotted in Japan and it

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Toyota LandCruiser 300 series; wait times – Drive

13:0002 July 2023 View 3 images Wait times in Australia for the new Toyota LandCruiser 300 Series have blown out to three years – according to a number of dealers canvassed by Drive –

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