Electric Reviews

Skoda Elroq 85 Select 2026 review: snapshot

By James Cleary · 06 Sep 2025

Effectively an electric counterpart to the Karoq, the Skoda Elroq is the Czech manufacturer’s second EV SUV to arrive in Australia, following the larger Enyaq.

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Chery C5 2026 review: Urban

By Byron Mathioudakis · 06 Sep 2025

One of Australia's cheapest SUVs, the Chery Omoda 5, has come in for a much-needed makeover. Now badged C5, there's a new nose treatment, but more importantly, it also adopts independent rear suspension, to hopefully address comfort and refinement issues. Along with other changes, are they enough to make the Chinese crossover more competitive against rapidly improving rivals like the MG ZS?

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Skoda Elroq 2026 review: Australian first drive

By James Cleary · 04 Sep 2025

Skoda has leveraged its 'Simply Clever' brand positioning in the Aussie new-car market to engage with buyers focused on Euro quality and functionality more than badge superiority. It's move towards building a broad line-up of battery-electric models has stepped up a notch with the arrival of the Elroq compact electric SUV. CarsGuide attended the local media launch for a full drive impression.

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Deepal S07 2026 review

By Andrew Chesterton · 03 Sep 2025

This could be a comeback story for the ages, with the Deepal S07's overzealous safety systems – which saw this mid-size EV derided as one of the country's most annoying cars – apparently fixed with what appears to be an industry-first solution. Andrew Chesterton climbs back behind the wheel to put this updated model to the test.

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MG IM6 2026 review: Performance

By Andrew Chesterton · 31 Aug 2025

IM is a premium play from Chinese mainstay MG, with the new brand a joint-venture between MG parent SAIC and China's version of Amazon, Alibaba, amongst others, seemingly with the goal of toppling Tesla. There's a Model 3-sized IM5 we've already tested, and this Model Y-sized IM6. And this one is the Performance, which offers supercar speed in properly sumptuous surrounds.

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Cupra Tavascan 2026 review: Endurance long-term | Part 3

By Tom White · 21 Aug 2025

The Cupra Tavascan is a Chinese-made electric SUV from the Spanish arm or a German giant. So international! It's also a solid EV for a number of reasons. Should you get this instead of that Tesla Model Y?

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Hyundai Ioniq 9 2026 review: Australian first drive

By Andrew Chesterton · 07 Aug 2025

Nine may not logically follow five and six, but in the world of Hyundai's EV sub-brand the large, three-row, dual-motor Ioniq 9 SUV has joined its existing pure-electric Ioniq 5 and 6 stablemates. With a price tag to match its substantial scale it propels the South Korean maker into new territory in the local new car market. Will it make an impact? Andrew Chesterton is on a mission to find out.

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Cadillac Optiq 2026: International first drive

By Stephen Corby · 06 Aug 2025

It's unusual for the cheapest and smallest member of a car company's line-up to be the most impressive. Indeed, it's like preferring the acting of the Hemsworth whose name no-one can remember, but there's just something surprisingly attractive about Cadillac's Optiq, which will be the entry point for Cadillac's all-EV offering when it arrives later this year. We went to Detroit for a drive.

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Audi Q4 2025 review: 55 e-tron SUV long-term | Part 2

By Dom Tripolone · 04 Aug 2025

The Audi Q4 e-tron proves good things come in small packages. It’s been a working theory of mine that, the bigger the electric car the less it makes sense. Smaller in the electric car world is better, at least until game changing solid-state battery tech comes along.

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Cupra Tavascan 2026 review: Endurance long-term | Part 2

By Tom White · 26 Jul 2025

The angry-looking Cupra Tavascan is more like a cream puff in the daily commute.

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