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VFACTS March 2023: SUVs and utes dominate as no passenger cars make top-10

Electric cars may be gaining traction, but the top 10 was all about utes and SUVs in March

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2023 Tesla Model Y Long Range pricing and features

The third piece of the Model Y puzzle is now available in Australia

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2023 Tesla Model Y Performance Australian deliveries begin

Tesla’s Model Y range has expanded with the arrival of the Performance variant

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The best electric cars at Wheels Car of the Year 2023

Our favourite electric cars line up at Car of the Year. Here’s how they stack up

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Detaching Tesla Model Y steering wheel under investigation in the US

The US road safety authority has opened an investigation for a possible Model Y steering wheel, as the Nissan Aryia is recalled for a similar issue in the US

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2023 Tesla Model Y review: Wheels Car of the Year finalist

Popular electric car gives Elon a real shot at winning his first COTY. Here’s why the Model Y just fell short

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Wheels Car of the Year 2023: ‘The moose test’ – swerve & avoid

We ran each contender through a challenging swerve & avoid test. The results were surprising…

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Wheels Car of the Year 2023 by the numbers: Acceleration and braking

What are the quickest and slowest cars in the 2023 field? And which contender took a staggering 51.7m to stop from 100kmh? The numbers don’t lie…

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Wheels Car of the Year 2023: Finalists revealed!

From 17 contenders down to four: these are the cars that impressed us the most at COTY 2023. But who will win…

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VFACTS February 2023: Best Feb since COVID as EV sales gain foothold

Tesla earns a top 10 spot once again, and electric sales overtake hybrids

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Introducing Wheels Car of the Year 2023: The Contenders

Our top gong is back for ’23. Here’s who made the starting grid

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Tesla Model 3 facelift: Shanghai factory upgrades begin

Tesla’s Giga Shanghai factory will temporarily slow down production in the coming weeks for the purported Model 3 update

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Australia’s best electric cars for 2023

We’ve tested nearly every EV below six figures in Australia to rank the best on sale today

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Tesla Model 3 and Model Y get new dash buttons, courtesy of a clever teen

A Norwegian developer aims to address a significant complaint for many owners: the lack of dash buttons

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Tesla secretly downgrades Model Y Performance brakes

The popular EV carmaker has made a running change to the Model Y Performance, but it’s a step down

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Tesla prices slashed globally by up to 20 per cent to boost sales

With poorer-than-anticipated sales figures in 2022 Tesla has sprung into action, cutting prices across the globe

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Tesla will ban you from Full Self-Driving beta for two weeks for inattentiveness

The latest software update for Tesla owners has the ability to ban drivers for improper use of its Full Self-Driving beta

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2023 Tesla Model 3 and Model Y prices fall between $1600-3400

A host of price drops have come into effect across Tesla’s range of EVs, bringing the entry point back to where they started

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ANCAP’s highest-scoring cars in 2020-22 revealed

Australia’s safety authority, ANCAP, has revealed the highest-scoring vehicles using its 2020-22 criteria, as it prepares to more stringently test vehicles from next year

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Tesla to remove ultrasonic sensors, despite camera-only tech lacking key features

Tesla’s electric vehicles will soon be built without some promised features – but Tesla says a future update will resolve this

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Tesla Model Y best-selling SUV as it beats RAV4 and CX-5

Tesla’s electric SUV was outsold only by the Toyota HiLux and Ford Ranger in September

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2022 Tesla Model Y’s five-star ANCAP safety rating thrown into doubt

Authorities are investigating allegations of modified code on test vehicles

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VFACTS August 2022: Tesla sales drive record month for EVs in Australia

Four out of five EV sales last month were a Tesla as US company benefits from a fresh shipment of the Model 3 and Model Y

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Tesla full self-driving technology under fire as video seems to show it failing to detect child-sized object

A pair of testing videos have been released in recent days, showing Tesla vehicles failing to stop for child-sized objects