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Sep 11, 2026
Don ArmstrongHOST
Okay, here are the competitors.
Don ArmstrongHOST
The Lexus TX PHEV for $80,000.
Don ArmstrongHOST
The BMW X5 PHEV for $76,000.
Don ArmstrongHOST
And the Mercedes GLE PHEV for $72,250.
Don ArmstrongHOST
Next week, we review the VW Tiguan SUV, which is a complete redesign.
Don ArmstrongHOST
I think you'll be interested to hear what I have to say about that.
Dave RobertsGUEST
Great for around town, much more fuel efficient, so a great option.
Dave RobertsGUEST
Then there's the plug-in hybrids which have larger batteries and they can run purely on the battery even at high speeds, but only up to maybe 40 or 50 miles of range as the most you'll see these days.
Dave RobertsGUEST
Automakers are coming out with longer range.
Dave RobertsGUEST
They call them extended range EVs in the next few years.
Josh BarronGUEST
I was, in 2016, uh, responsible for the EV business in the Northeast, which at the time was, uh, definitely, uh, an interesting point.
Josh BarronGUEST
You know, I'd turn up to, you know, 94 car dealers in the eastern region and wanna talk about the BMW EV and PHEV lineup, and, uh, most dealers would say, "Hey, you got 10 minutes? Go." And that's all-
Sam D’ArcHOST
Yeah
Josh BarronGUEST
... you got.
Daniel FernandezHOST
Now, in terms of powertrain, this is the tricky bit.
Daniel FernandezHOST
They've got the new PHEV, uh, they call it the Thunder Edition, which is a 1.5-liter turbo engine producing 168 horsepower, but working with a front and rear electric motor to deliver a combined...
Daniel FernandezHOST
Because it's PHEV, right?
Haniff BaharuddinHOST
Yeah.
Daniel FernandezHOST
536 horsepower and a ridiculously high 10,000 Newton-meters of VN torque.
Haniff BaharuddinHOST
Mm.
Daniel FernandezHOST
But if you think about it, 1.5-liter turbocharger, that means your road tax is gonna be silly cheap for the Malaysian market.
Daniel FernandezHOST
But because it's a PHEV, it can give you 536 horsepower, which is massive amount of power.
Martin LeeHOST
However, Australia has completely turned around as an EV-loving nation.
Martin LeeHOST
Fully electric vehicles, one in four of all new passenger cars, plug-in hybrids, add them to the mix, and you get 36% of new cars have a plug socket on the side of them.
Martin LeeHOST
An influx of lower-cost Chinese models has also reduced prices to levels competitive with piston power.
Martin LeeHOST
Paul Ellis is a BYD spokesperson, said reluctance had declined as more Aussies gained experience.
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Martin LeeHOST
BYD is cutting prices in the UK by £2,500.
Martin LeeHOST
That's US$3,500 from the 10th of September.
Martin LeeHOST
Both their PureBevs and DMIs, that's their plug-in hybrids, the company calls the promotion its biggest ever sales event, arriving after record shares in the first eight months of this year.
Martin LeeHOST
BYD has registered more than 110,000 vehicles in the UK since their launch, which they classify as March 2023.
Martin LeeHOST
EVs took one in four new car sales.
Martin LeeHOST
And plug-in hybrids and plug-in vehicles hit 36% of a market that once upon a time was a laggard.
Martin LeeHOST
Australia is racing ahead.
Martin LeeHOST
UK EV van registrations were up 26% last month in August to a record, now 16.3% of the commercial.
Martin LeeHOST
Diesel, of course, powers everything from heavy-duty pickups to commercial fleets and farming, and all of those rises in costs work their way eventually to the supermarket shelves.
Martin LeeHOST
BYD, it'll cut UK pricing by up to £2,500 for the UK models and their DMI hybrids as well.
Martin LeeHOST
Germans, STB party, throwing their weight behind, adding EU tariffs to Chinese plug-in hybrids and not just pure bevs.
Martin LeeHOST
That was somewhat of an oversight, you have to think.
Damien SmyGUEST
So petrol just got beaten at the post by electric, and that's the first time that's happened in Australia.
Damien SmyGUEST
And then when you add the hybrid and PHEV sales in there, so PHEV, for anyone doesn't know what that is, that's plug-in hybrid electric vehicle.
Damien SmyGUEST
If you add those together, so more than half of all new cars sold in Australia last month had some sort of battery, as in electrical battery.
Damien SmyGUEST
So yeah, it's not a big shock, but it's perhaps happened a little bit faster than we thought.
Mylas CopelandGUEST
That's right.
Mylas CopelandGUEST
So our Camrys, our Corollas, the new CHR, which is a PHEV, a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle.
Mylas CopelandGUEST
All those cars, Toyota is making something for everyone.
Mylas CopelandGUEST
And I haven't even talked about our truck lineup.
Mylas CopelandGUEST
All that as I look down the horizon, Sam, we're probably still 60 days out, plus or minus a little bit, when I can say I've got a pretty good selection of cars on the ground.
Mylas CopelandGUEST
And I mean hard-to-find cars, the hybrids, the Grand Highlanders, the RAV4 hybrids, plug-in hybrids, the PHEVs.
Mylas CopelandGUEST
We're going to have a really, really good selection of automobiles to choose from.
Sam MadoniaHOST
Final question this segment.
Matt FernleyHOST
And you were right, which I'm going to make a point about.
Matt FernleyHOST
So battery sizes, average battery size have actually jumped this year and it's due to a higher proportion of BEVs compared to PHEVs.
Matt FernleyHOST
So do you think that trend will continue going forward? That's obviously a bit of a reversal of what we've seen recently.
Iola HughesGUEST
Yeah, it's an interesting one.
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