It wasn’t so long ago that a ute with a four-cylinder engine was considered about as appealing as a dog with two legs, so the transition to trucks with no cylinders - and no engine at all ...

It’s the newest automotive battleground, one that has the mainstream manufacturers fending off challenges from upstart start-ups in the race to electrify arguably one of the hottest segments ...

Now, the first models are being shipped. By 2030, electric utes and vans will make up over half of light commercial vehicle sales in Australia, according to modelling published today by the ...

Four years ago, then prime minister Scott Morrison famously claimed electric vehicles (EVs) would end the weekend. “It’s not going to tow your trailer. It’s not going to tow your boat.

The latest electric and range-extender hybrid utes are “insufficient” for hardcore off-roading and “prone to overheating under extended use,” a top Chinese GWM executive claims.

But one part of Morrison’s critique had longer resonance. Could utes ever go electric? These light utility cars are favoured by Australia and New Zealand’s two million strong tradie workforce ...

More than 100 electric utes and vans have been sold so far this year in Australia – despite high prices and limited driving range – as business fleets line up to put the new technology to the ...

The small but tough little utes were almost as common as rural mailboxes in Australia through the 1980s and 1990s – just ...

The new chief operating officer in Australia for the fast-growing Chinese brand says having the BYD Shark ute in the line-up has given extra credibility.

Next to the orange start button in a series of buttons shaped like LEGO bricks – again, brilliant – is one that changes the drivetrain from hybrid to full EV. BYD claims a pure electric range of up to ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Scott Morrison thought they would “end the weekend”. But new electric utes are landing in Australia – and manufacturers insist ...