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The CarExpert team is back for another week of podcasting, looking at the topics that made car news over the past week.
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In this episode, Mandy is joined by Mike Costello and William Stopford, with Tony Crawford chiming in to run through the latest in automotive news and what’s happening at CarExpert’s offices around Australia.
In car news, BP is planning a local network of electric vehicle charging stations, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is taking Honda Australia to court, the 2023 Hyundai Palisade update has been revealed and will be here this year, and Lexus has revealed the RZ450e, its first ground-up electric vehicle.
Tony Crawford dials in to chat about the Volkswagen Golf R and Tiguan R, while Mike Costello discusses our 12-car off-road mega test of mid-sized SUVs.
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William Stopford is an automotive journalist based in Brisbane, Australia. William is a Business/Journalism graduate from the Queensland University of Technology who loves to travel, briefly lived in the US, and has a particular interest in the American car industry.
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