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Sky News AU
07-08-2025
- Automotive
- Sky News AU
Landmark road test shows popular EVs 'fall significantly short' of advertised battery range
Senior motoring journalist Paul Gover has told Sky News Australia that it was "definitely not" a surprise that popular EVs have been shown to have less battery range than advertised. Tests conducted by the Australian Automotive Association under real world conditions have revealed that the top three electric cars sold in Australia did not travel as far as their advertised range, with the Chinese brand BYD ATTO3 having a range of 369km in real world conditions, compared to the advertised 429km. A Tesla Model 3 could only travel on a single charge under real world conditions for 441km, despite advertising a range of 545km. The Kia EV6 could only muster 484 km, considerably less than its advertised range of 528km. Mr Glover said the results showed that EVs were still not up to par, nothing that many people considered the range of a car carefully before purchasing one. 'One of the most important things with people even thinking about electric car, let alone buying one, is what the range is,' he said. 'And so, the Ka-ching number is 400 kilometres, and pretty soon the Ka-ching number is going to be 600 kilometres. So, they're all looking to advertise a number that's over that.' Mr Glover conceded that petrol, diesel and hybrids also struggle to reach their advertised range, but noted that in the real world it is easier to refuel a combustion engine as opposed to an electric vehicle. 'If you run out of fuel or you're worried about running out of fuel in a combustion car, you pull into a service station. If you're worrying about running out of range in an electric car, you don't have very many options. ' 'A colleague of mine did the drive from Sydney to Queensland and his actual travelling time was about nine hours. In an electric car - same day, same conditions - 12 1/2 hours, because they had to stop to recharge the thing more often,' he said. In a statement to the Australian, the AAA said that the real-world testing programs would give consumers the confidence they needed when they were seeking to purchase an electric vehicle. 'As more EVs enter our market, our testing will help consumers understand which new market entrants measure up on battery range. Our program will bring confidence to Australian fleets and families looking to buy an EV,'AAA director Micheal Bradley said. The program was set up in the wake of the Volkswagen scandal, where the German car manufacturer admitted to falsifying the data on its range of cars and how far they could travel in the real world.
9 News
07-08-2025
- Automotive
- 9 News
Top-selling electric vehicles falling short on battery range, study says
Your web browser is no longer supported. To improve your experience update it here Some of the most widely sold electric vehicles in Australia are being promoted with misleading details about their battery range, new research shows. Real-world testing by the Australian Automobile Association (AAA) found the actual driving distance of some EVs fell short by up to 100km. The poorest-performing vehicle was the Chinese-built BYD ATTO3. Researchers tested a 2023 model of the SUV, and it fell 23 per cent short of its advertised range, or about 100km. Popular electric cars in Australia fell short on their battery range advertised by vehicle manufacturers, new research shows. (Supplied) The 2022 Kia EV 6 and the 2024 Telsa Model Y both had driving ranges of 8 per cent less in the real-world tests than recorded in laboratory tests. The 2024 Tesla Model 3 had a real-world range of 441km on a full charge, 14 per cent less than the 513km achieved in the lab. The 2024 Smart #3 EV performed closest to its laboratory test result with a real-world driving range of 432km – 5 per cent, or 23km, less than recorded in its mandatory laboratory test. Data from the federal government-funded testing reinforces an AAA survey of EV drivers last month that found concerns about driving range and recharging was the biggest challenge when they came to purchase a new car. AAA managing director Michael Bradley said the results would help potential EV buyers. "As more EVs enter our market, our testing will help consumers understand which new market entrants measure up on battery range," Bradley said. The Tesla Model 3 was among the cars tested by the AAA. (Supplied) NRMA spokesperson Peter Khoury told Today this morning testing of EVs needed to continue as the technology gains popularity. "It is now up to the manufacturers to make sure that they're putting in batteries that deliver what they promised, because there's a lot of EVs on the market," he said. "It will be competitive." motoring renewable energy Australia Research Electricity CONTACT US
Hindustan Times
24-07-2025
- Automotive
- Hindustan Times
China's BYD to assemble EVs in Pakistan by mid-2026
Chinese electric vehicle giant BYD plans to roll out its first car assembled in Pakistan by July or August 2026 to capture growing demand for electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles in the region, a company executive said on Wednesday. A BYD ATTO 3 electric vehicle is displayed at the BYD Pakistan Metropole Experience Center, in Karachi, Pakistan July 23, 2025. (REUTERS) BYD, the world's top EV maker, has been expanding rapidly outside its home market, where it is in a strong price war. The Pakistan plant addresses rising demand from emerging markets and allows the company to take advantage of incentives offered by the Pakistani government. The plant has been under construction since April near Karachi in a partnership between BYD and Mega Motor Company, a subsidiary of Pakistani utility Hub Power, Danish Khaliq, vice president of sales and strategy at BYD Pakistan, told Reuters. It would initially have the capacity to produce 25,000 units a year on a double shift, he said. He did not elaborate on when the plant would achieve full capacity or say when mass production would begin there. The plant will start by assembling imported parts, with some local production of non-electric components, Khaliq said, adding it would initially produce vehicles for the domestic market, with potential to export to right-hand drive countries in the region depending on freight costs and business economics. "We do not foresee excess capacity in our system as demand in Pakistan will catch up," he said. BYD started delivering imported EVs in Pakistan in March. Khaliq did not give an exact sales number but said the sales of a few hundred cars had exceeded internal targets by 30%. Khaliq said he expected the market size of EVs and plug-in hybrid cars in Pakistan to grow three to four times in 2025 from around 1,000 total units in 2024. BYD is targeting a 30-35% share of the segment, Khaliq said. Based on a HUBCO filing, BYD Pakistan made around 444 million rupees ($1.56 million) in profit in the 2025 March quarter. BYD will launch its Shark 6 plug-in hybrid pickup truck in Pakistan on Friday. China's MG already sells a PHEV SUV, while rival Haval is set to join the segment soon. Plug-in hybrids offer a more practical option in Pakistan as the country faces a lack of charging stations for all-electric vehicles. The government slashed power tariffs for chargers by 45% in January to encourage EV uptake and private charging stations.
Boston Globe
19-03-2025
- Automotive
- Boston Globe
Google seals $32 billion deal for cyber startup Wiz
Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up AUTOMOTIVE Advertisement China's BYD launches EV charging system it says works nearly as fast as a fill up Visitors checked the China-made BYD ATTO 3 at the IAA motor show in Munich in 2023. Matthias Schrader/Associated Press China's energy and auto giant BYD has announced an ultra fast EV charging system that it says is nearly as quick as a fill up at the pumps. BYD, China's largest EV maker, said Monday that its flash-chargers can provide a full charge for its latest EVs within five to eight minutes, similar to the amount of time needed to fill a fuel tank. It plans to build more than 4,000 of the new charging stations across China. Charging times and limited ranges have been a major factor constraining the switch from gas and diesel vehicles to EVs, though Chinese drivers have embraced that change, with sales of battery powered and hybrid vehicles jumping 40 percent last year. — ASSOCIATED PRESS LAYOFFS Audi to cut 7,500 jobs in Germany to become more efficient The logo of Audi is photographed at the Paris Auto Show in 2024. Michel Euler/Associated Press Volkswagen AG's Audi will cut as many as 7,500 positions in Germany by 2029 as the automaker tries to shore up its flagging profitability. The reductions, which correspond to roughly 14 percent of the brand's German workforce, won't affect factory workers. Audi pledged to invest around $8.7 billion in its German locations during the period. It's also introducing new cars to better compete in the United States and China, where its sales have slumped. 'The pressure to change is at an all-time high, with competition that has dramatically changed,' the brand's chief executive Gernot Döllner said Tuesday in Ingolstadt. Volkswagen CEO Oliver Blume is slashing spending across the group to become more competitive. The latest move brings the total number of potential job reductions at Europe's biggest automaker to more than 40,000. Audi's deliveries declined 12 percent last year as it struggled in markets including China. — BLOOMBERG NEWS Advertisement GROCERY Egg prices have dropped, though you may not have noticed A customer shopped for eggs at a grocery store in Chicago. Scott Olson/Getty The wholesale price of eggs has dropped sharply since the beginning of March after soaring for months, but it may take a few weeks for grocery shoppers to see the decline. Wholesale egg prices, which is what retailers pay to procure eggs, have fallen to a national average of just over $4 for a dozen large white eggs, down from a peak of more than $8 at the end of February, according to data from the Agriculture Department released last week. But because eggs typically have a four-week shelf life, it might be the end of March before retail prices start to drop, said Jeremy Horpedahl, an associate professor of economics at University of Central Arkansas. Some stores, he added, may not lower prices until their current inventory sells out. Economists said that the decline in wholesale prices, which are still above long-term averages, was very likely fueled by a combination of factors: bird flu coming under control, weaker consumer demand, ramped-up supply, and producer pricing decisions. The Agriculture Department noted that there had been no significant outbreaks of avian flu in March so far, and economists say any new outbreaks could push up prices again. The virus has forced egg producers to cull tens of millions of hens since late last year. In February, the retail price of eggs rose 10.4 percent from the previous month, continuing a months-long climb, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics released last week. — NEW YORK TIMES Advertisement WALL STREET Nvidia CEO loses stock kingmaker status as touts fall flat Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang spoke about new products as he delivered the keynote address at the GTC AI Conference in San Jose, Calif., on March 18. JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images Nvidia Corp. chief executive Jensen Huang is losing his midas touch in the stock market. A year ago, when the euphoria about artificial intelligence was in full force, Huang's name dropping of customers and partners at the chipmaker's GTC conference sparked a rally in a number of the stocks, including Dell Technologies Inc. and Synopsys Inc. But similar mentions in his keynote address on Tuesday were met with shrugs. Take General Motors Co. Minutes after Huang said Nvidia will help the automaker develop self-driving vehicles, GM shares sank to a session low, swept up in the tide of the broader market downdraft. It fell as much as 1.7 percent Tuesday, ending the day down 0.7 percent. The trading shows how the mood has changed as the stock market slides while President Trump's trade war darkens the economic outlook. On top of that, tech stocks have been dragged down by growing doubts about when, if ever, the massive investments in AI spending will deliver the type of revolutionary changes that would justify the equity-price run up. — BLOOMBERG NEWS INSURANCE UnitedHealthcare's new CEO reflects on tragedy, challenges in first interview Flags flew at half mast in front of UnitedHealthcare headquarters in Minnetonka, Minn., on Dec. 4, 2024, after its CEO Brian Thompson was shot and killed in New York City. Jerry Holt/Associated Press Tim Noel knows his new job as UnitedHealthcare CEO isn't going to be much like his predecessor's role. Noel was promoted to the position previously held by Brian Thompson, who was killed in an early morning shooting in December on his way to a UnitedHealth investor conference in Manhattan. Thompson's death prompted a social media outcry about health insurers denying care, causing Noel to look inward about his job and industry. 'I think everyone did some level of soul-searching over that period of time, I certainly did,' he said in his first media interview since taking on the new role, from the company's headquarters outside Minneapolis. Noel, who previously helmed the company's Medicare health plan business, said he had known Thompson for 15 years, worked for him for 10, and considered him a 'good friend.' 'What definitely does change is, we have to be more out there and more visible about conversations around the role that we play in the health care system and the role health insurers play.' He wants to dispel some of the misunderstandings around how insurers manage health care, saying United's claim approval rates are 98 percent for valid claims. He also said that many of the curbs put on health care spending are actually decided by the employers who are paying for the health plan, rather than by the insurance company. Even so, the threat of violence remains. The company now has security checking cars on the way in. 'We certainly have to be much more conscious of the security elements,' he said. 'It's certainly a new way that we're operating. The answer is not to get really insular.' — BLOOMBERG NEWS Advertisement
