Bentley has revealed the Torcal, its first fully electric model, with up to 653kW, 1,350Nm, 600km of WLTP range and 400kW charging, built on the platform shared with the Porsche Cayenne Electric.
Mitsubishi's electric ASX VR-e arrives in New Zealand in December from $57,990, with a 57.7kWh LFP battery, up to 403km of WLTP range and a 342kW GSR that is the fastest Mitsubishi ever sold here.
Only the $64,990 XPeng L03 AWD Performance Ultra carries the three Turing AI chips needed for NGP driver assistance. The cheaper variants get XPilot, with no hardware upgrade path indicated.
BYD has released design sketches of the second-generation Seagull, sold here as the Atto 1. The new car is 425mm longer, gains a fifth seat and a 95kW motor, and carries lidar for BYD's God's Eye B driver assistance.
The XPeng L03 is the most emotional car the brand has built, says Shanghai design studio creative director Joan Melenchon, who presented the coupe SUV at its Gold Coast launch.
XPeng has priced the L03 for New Zealand from $49,990, with the PowerX range-extender at the same price, a 520km Long Range EV at $54,990 and first arrivals expected in November.
A UK study of 47.4 million roadworthiness tests found higher-mileage EVs fail less often than petrol cars of the same age, though the test does not measure battery health.
The eighth-generation Lexus ES has arrived in New Zealand, with the electric ES 500e Dynamic at $109,900, 252kW and 465km of WLTP range, alongside two hybrids from $96,900.
Saudi Arabia's first carmaker Ceer has revealed the Exobot sedan and SUV, with 112kWh batteries and 800-volt charging, and says plug-in hybrids and petrol models will follow from 2028.
Porsche has put wireless charging for the Cayenne Electric on sale in Europe at up to 11kW. Porsche NZ says every Cayenne Electric here is already prepared for it, but local timing is unconfirmed.
