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No mention that it’s the old media companies who push this misinformation onto their audiences…
June 12, 2025 at 11:05 AM
No mention that it’s the old media companies who push this misinformation onto their audiences…
Hope they don’t see my critical (but fair and balanced) test drive review of the Seal from last year… (from carnewschina.com)
June 10, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Hope they don’t see my critical (but fair and balanced) test drive review of the Seal from last year… (from carnewschina.com)
This car has been plugged in to a charger I’m near today since I got here at 8. It’s now nearly 1.
Impolite, or maybe the car is broken/the plug can’t be removed?
Impolite, or maybe the car is broken/the plug can’t be removed?
June 6, 2025 at 2:42 AM
This car has been plugged in to a charger I’m near today since I got here at 8. It’s now nearly 1.
Impolite, or maybe the car is broken/the plug can’t be removed?
Impolite, or maybe the car is broken/the plug can’t be removed?
Tesla sales data for May in AU shows a sales rebound driven completely by pent-up demand for the new Model Y.
Worryingly, Model 3 sales remain tiny, suggesting that once the new model effect wears off on Y, Tesla remains in trouble.
www.drive.com.au/news/tesla-b...
Worryingly, Model 3 sales remain tiny, suggesting that once the new model effect wears off on Y, Tesla remains in trouble.
www.drive.com.au/news/tesla-b...
Tesla bounces back with highest Australian sales in nearly 12 months
The updated Model Y has driven a resurgence in Tesla sales after months in decline – recording close to 4000 hand-overs in May.
www.drive.com.au
June 3, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Tesla sales data for May in AU shows a sales rebound driven completely by pent-up demand for the new Model Y.
Worryingly, Model 3 sales remain tiny, suggesting that once the new model effect wears off on Y, Tesla remains in trouble.
www.drive.com.au/news/tesla-b...
Worryingly, Model 3 sales remain tiny, suggesting that once the new model effect wears off on Y, Tesla remains in trouble.
www.drive.com.au/news/tesla-b...
Today in the comments section I learned they’re taking the electrification of the G Class quite well.
June 2, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Today in the comments section I learned they’re taking the electrification of the G Class quite well.
Anyway time for this car’s two-yearly major service…
June 2, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Anyway time for this car’s two-yearly major service…
If you still want to do ICE, then own it. Get something with at least six cylinders and a manual gearbox that runs on petrol and do it properly.
It’s laughable to see people who own diesels defend ICE. The tractor engine isn’t worth basing your personality around.
It’s laughable to see people who own diesels defend ICE. The tractor engine isn’t worth basing your personality around.
June 2, 2025 at 2:01 AM
If you still want to do ICE, then own it. Get something with at least six cylinders and a manual gearbox that runs on petrol and do it properly.
It’s laughable to see people who own diesels defend ICE. The tractor engine isn’t worth basing your personality around.
It’s laughable to see people who own diesels defend ICE. The tractor engine isn’t worth basing your personality around.
I’ve supported hybrids as a “batter than nothing” technology and a pathway to wean people off ICE. The perfect is the enemy of the good and so on.
But they truly are pathetic as cars. Still slow, still noisy, still beholden to the fossil fuel sellers.
But they truly are pathetic as cars. Still slow, still noisy, still beholden to the fossil fuel sellers.
June 2, 2025 at 1:55 AM
I’ve supported hybrids as a “batter than nothing” technology and a pathway to wean people off ICE. The perfect is the enemy of the good and so on.
But they truly are pathetic as cars. Still slow, still noisy, still beholden to the fossil fuel sellers.
But they truly are pathetic as cars. Still slow, still noisy, still beholden to the fossil fuel sellers.
Pretty good result. Turns out changing policies can change behaviour. But it also helps that London has a well developed public transport system.
May 31, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Pretty good result. Turns out changing policies can change behaviour. But it also helps that London has a well developed public transport system.
New alert suggestion:
Battery Level High - have you considered a road trip?
Battery Level High - have you considered a road trip?
May 29, 2025 at 11:27 AM
New alert suggestion:
Battery Level High - have you considered a road trip?
Battery Level High - have you considered a road trip?
The cheapest EV currently on carsales.com.au - which is not bad for the price.
May 29, 2025 at 8:40 AM
The cheapest EV currently on carsales.com.au - which is not bad for the price.
Yeah, about ten years.
May 29, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Yeah, about ten years.
This is a Geely EX5 but it could be anything.
It’s not very interesting. That doesn’t matter to people who buy this sort of car.
But it should terrify carmakers building similarly boring ICE SUVs whose customers are starting to look around. Game’s nearly over.
It’s not very interesting. That doesn’t matter to people who buy this sort of car.
But it should terrify carmakers building similarly boring ICE SUVs whose customers are starting to look around. Game’s nearly over.
May 27, 2025 at 10:01 AM
This is a Geely EX5 but it could be anything.
It’s not very interesting. That doesn’t matter to people who buy this sort of car.
But it should terrify carmakers building similarly boring ICE SUVs whose customers are starting to look around. Game’s nearly over.
It’s not very interesting. That doesn’t matter to people who buy this sort of car.
But it should terrify carmakers building similarly boring ICE SUVs whose customers are starting to look around. Game’s nearly over.
BYD to assume full control of its Australian operations. Suggests the brand is very confident of a strong future here.
www.whichcar.com.au/news/byd-bri...
www.whichcar.com.au/news/byd-bri...
BYD brings Australian operations in-house after surge in sales
The disruptor brand will assume responsibility for its vehicle import and distribution after EVDirect managed the brand's launch since 2022.
www.whichcar.com.au
May 26, 2025 at 6:53 AM
BYD to assume full control of its Australian operations. Suggests the brand is very confident of a strong future here.
www.whichcar.com.au/news/byd-bri...
www.whichcar.com.au/news/byd-bri...
First commenter: right on
Second commenter…sigh…it was a Ford Ecosport, a petrol car. At least the replies called them out.
Second commenter…sigh…it was a Ford Ecosport, a petrol car. At least the replies called them out.
May 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
First commenter: right on
Second commenter…sigh…it was a Ford Ecosport, a petrol car. At least the replies called them out.
Second commenter…sigh…it was a Ford Ecosport, a petrol car. At least the replies called them out.
Aussie Motorsport (and Ford) legend John Bowe seems to get it…
May 24, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Aussie Motorsport (and Ford) legend John Bowe seems to get it…
Just processing the casually racist undertone here. There are no Aussie cars anymore so your beloved “Aussie favourites” come from overseas anyway.
China is Australia’s biggest export destination, and they buy twice as much from us as we do from them. Twice.
China is Australia’s biggest export destination, and they buy twice as much from us as we do from them. Twice.
May 24, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Just processing the casually racist undertone here. There are no Aussie cars anymore so your beloved “Aussie favourites” come from overseas anyway.
China is Australia’s biggest export destination, and they buy twice as much from us as we do from them. Twice.
China is Australia’s biggest export destination, and they buy twice as much from us as we do from them. Twice.
I can understand the argument that an ICE with a manual gearbox is more engaging than an EV, because at least you are managing the power delivery yourself. (Because the ICE requires such management, lacking bandwidth)
But almost all modern cars are automatics.
But almost all modern cars are automatics.
May 23, 2025 at 11:10 AM
I can understand the argument that an ICE with a manual gearbox is more engaging than an EV, because at least you are managing the power delivery yourself. (Because the ICE requires such management, lacking bandwidth)
But almost all modern cars are automatics.
But almost all modern cars are automatics.
This is a very good looking car indeed, the Xiaomi YU7. Definite Purosangue vibes but unlike that embarrassing brand diversion, I’d actually drive this one. Damn.
May 23, 2025 at 7:29 AM
This is a very good looking car indeed, the Xiaomi YU7. Definite Purosangue vibes but unlike that embarrassing brand diversion, I’d actually drive this one. Damn.
There’s a theme to all the reviews of the Renault 5: “car people” love them in a way they haven’t loved other EVs.
I really hope they bring it here.
youtu.be/_MA-ENa3Dz0?...
I really hope they bring it here.
youtu.be/_MA-ENa3Dz0?...
James May Reviews a Car He'd Actually Buy
YouTube video by James May’s Planet Gin
youtu.be
May 22, 2025 at 11:17 AM
There’s a theme to all the reviews of the Renault 5: “car people” love them in a way they haven’t loved other EVs.
I really hope they bring it here.
youtu.be/_MA-ENa3Dz0?...
I really hope they bring it here.
youtu.be/_MA-ENa3Dz0?...
That Taycan is stalking me now…saw it again today, side on…I think I’m in love 🥰
Walked out of a cafe today (because I’m bourgeois) and saw one of these, in this colour, at roughly this angle and damn it looked good.
So here’s the cheapest one for sale right now in AU.
So here’s the cheapest one for sale right now in AU.
May 22, 2025 at 1:42 AM
That Taycan is stalking me now…saw it again today, side on…I think I’m in love 🥰
I don’t really care if people think they’re being force fed EVs. We ban lots of things that people like. How do you feel about selling cigarettes to children, should we open that back up?
www.motor1.com/news/759714/...
www.motor1.com/news/759714/...
Ineos CEO: People Don't Want To Be Force-Fed EVs
Lynn Calder points to customers embracing hybrid vehicles.
www.motor1.com
May 21, 2025 at 8:26 AM
I don’t really care if people think they’re being force fed EVs. We ban lots of things that people like. How do you feel about selling cigarettes to children, should we open that back up?
www.motor1.com/news/759714/...
www.motor1.com/news/759714/...
I’m all for new EVs but I’m a bit unsure why you’d buy this instead of the better looking, true-to-the-original Renault 5?
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buff.ly/a8x2dBs?fbcl...
Meet the funky new Nissan Micra! A 'grandma car' no longer? | Autocar
Micra returns after two-year hiatus; blockier, funkier design borrows elements from its 2002 forebear
buff.ly
May 21, 2025 at 8:19 AM
I’m all for new EVs but I’m a bit unsure why you’d buy this instead of the better looking, true-to-the-original Renault 5?
buff.ly/a8x2dBs?fbcl...
buff.ly/a8x2dBs?fbcl...
A fire, you say? MUST HAVE BEEN ELECTR….oh just another ICE fire.
May 20, 2025 at 11:35 AM
A fire, you say? MUST HAVE BEEN ELECTR….oh just another ICE fire.
Walked out of a cafe today (because I’m bourgeois) and saw one of these, in this colour, at roughly this angle and damn it looked good.
So here’s the cheapest one for sale right now in AU.
So here’s the cheapest one for sale right now in AU.
May 20, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Walked out of a cafe today (because I’m bourgeois) and saw one of these, in this colour, at roughly this angle and damn it looked good.
So here’s the cheapest one for sale right now in AU.
So here’s the cheapest one for sale right now in AU.