Shane O'Donoghue

1 week ago | carexpert.com.au | Paul Maric |Alborz Fallah |Anthony Crawford |Shane O'Donoghue

Nissan’s new crossover-shaped Leaf, which launches in Australia next year, will get a range that’s dramatically longer than its hatchback predecessor’s. The second-generation Leaf hatch had a range of only 385km on the WLTP cycle from its biggest 62kWh battery. The new Leaf will stretch that to an impressive 604km.

Mar 24, 2025 | medicalindependent.ie | Shane O'Donoghue |Shane O’Donoghue |Alan Moran |David Lynch

The BMW-owned MINI brand, one of the first premium marques to launch an electric option, is rapidly adopting electrification across the line-up. But while the familiar MINI hatch and the larger-than-life Countryman SUV have been launched as new generations with electric power to the fore, there’s also an all-new, all-electric option in the line-up called the Aceman.

Feb 24, 2025 | medicalindependent.ie | Shane O'Donoghue |- David Lynch |- Catherine Reilly |David Lynch

Slowly but surely, the Cupra brand is evolving. The name was originally used on the sportiest of SEAT’s models before the Volkswagen Group reinvented it as an entirely new entity. That was back in 2018, and while there have been plenty of new models for the striking Cupra badge to adorn, all could still be considered ‘sporty’ in nature, restricting their appeal to a certain cohort of buyers. Until now.