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by John Cadogan

AutoExpert is all about cars from Australian automotive expert, journalist and engineer John Cadogan

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Hyundai Palisade Recall: The Deadly Cost Of Half-baked Luxury Tech

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Apr 8
20 min

The oil shock is real. The 'fuel crisis' is fake.

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Apr 8
25 min

Chinese Cars: The Nightmare Scenario Just Happened

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Apr 8
15 min

3.5 Years. No Servicing. Then This Happened

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Apr 7
16 min

The Fuel Panic Is Real. The Diesel Apocalypse Isn’t

I will get you a great deal on home solar (or add a quality battery to your existing setup): https://autoexpert.com.au/solarI can also save you thousands on a new car: ht

Apr 7
22 min

Ford’s F-150 Lightning Disaster Has Claimed 100 Jobs In Brisbane

A Brisbane vehicle remanufacturing company called BossCap has collapsed — and up to 100 jobs now appear to be at risk.BossCap’s AusEV division built its business around c

Apr 6
16 min

Taxpayers Paid $1.5 Million For The Dumbest EV Charging System I’ve Seen

This is what “the future” looks like when governments, green lobbyists and EV true believers get together with your wallet.At Sierra in Hawthorn, Melbourne, taxpayers hel

Apr 6
19 min

Game over: What I saw inside Hyundai's China factory

I will get you a great deal on home solar (or add a quality battery to your existing setup): https://autoexpert.com.au/solarI can also save you thousands on a new car: ht

Apr 6
19 min

Europe said 'no'. Australia: 'G'day mate' - Chinese Hyundai is here

I will get you a great deal on home solar (or add a quality battery to your existing setup): https://autoexpert.com.au/solarI can also save you thousands on a new car: ht

Apr 6
25 min

Diesel PHEV: Chery KP31 is the ute Toyota should've built years ago

Chery has officially revealed the KP31 concept ute for Australia — and the headline is a 2.5L turbo-diesel PHEV with a claimed 47% thermal efficiency.That’s not just anot

Apr 6
26 min

How To Hot Blue Mild Steel With A Blowtorch And Oil

If you’ve ever wanted to give low-carbon steel a tougher, darker, more interesting finish in the home workshop, this video shows you how to hot-blue steel with a blowtorc

Apr 6
14 min

Blow Torch Science: Propane vs Butane vs MAP-Pro vs Oxy-Fuel Explained

If you want to understand how blow torches actually work, this video is a technical deep-dive into the combustion chemistry and physics of torch design — including the di

Apr 6
1 h 04 min

Which Blow Torch Is Right For You? Butane vs Propane vs MAP-Pro vs Oxy

Trying to choose the right blow torch for your shed? In this video, I compare butane, propane, Trade MAP / MAP-Pro, and the difference between using air or oxygen as the

Apr 5
26 min

Weld Less - build better

Are you over- or under-welding your DIY projects? Here's how to know for real.

Apr 5
1 h 03 min

Mythbusting your 'efficiency' claims: Charging an electric bus with a diesel generator is definitely nuts

In this episode: Applied physics and engineering versus nutbag net zero apologists

Apr 5
47 min

This is not 'zero emissions' - it's extreme hypocrisy

Greenwashing doesn't get more blatant than hooking an electric bus to a diesel generator on a mine site in the Pilbara... Another victory for net zero integrity.

Apr 5
21 min

Hot to tow legally: You MUST crunch these numbers

A huge proportion of people who tow 2 tonnes+ are doing so illegally - unwittingly, perhaps, but still illegally. I suspect the percentage of illegality grows considerabl

Feb 7
41 min

EV Vs Hybrid: I ran the numbers - for Australia

The '$75,000: Do the "right" thing' problem: You can buy a Tesla Model Y, or a RAV4 Hybrid + rooftop solar. One of these options will leave you 4 tonnes of CO2 better o

Feb 4
44 min

Everything you’ve been told about EV battery failures is wrong (there's a major complexity problem)

A viewer asked me recently an innocent, and seemingly simple, question: Why are EV fires in the news all the time, and yet power tool batteries (which use the same fundam

Feb 1
1 h 01 min

So, you bought an EV for the range - then the carmaker slashed it

Volvo is recalling almost 35,000 EX-30 battery EVs globally (almost 3000 here in Australia) because the batteries mught just catch fire without warning. All you have to

Feb 1
21 min

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