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How is New Zealand disposing of EV batteries?

Drive Electric

Electric Vehicles (EVs) are becoming increasingly popular worldwide, and New Zealand is no exception. In this article, we will explore what happens to old EV batteries in New Zealand and why it’s essential to dispose of them properly. How is New Zealand disposing of EV batteries?

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4 Things To Remember When Traveling Through New Zealand By Car

Clean Fleet Report

4 Things To Remember When Traveling Through New Zealand By Car Tips To Get the Most Out of Your Kiwi Time This article may contain affiliate links. Exploring the scenic beauty of New Zealand by car is an adventure like no other. Traveling New Zealand by car can be greatly rewarding 2.

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Roombas at the End of the World

Cars That Think

For the last year, an anonymous IT engineer has been blogging about his experiences , working first at McMurdo Station (on the Antarctic coast south of New Zealand), and later at Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station, where he’s currently spending the winter as part of the station’s support staff. You’re 5,000 candles in the wind.

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SiliconRepublic.com: IBM to build smart grid for electric cars - R&D

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The island has 40,000 inhabitants and an energy infrastructure characterised by a large proportion of wind energy. Within the project, researchers from IBM Denmark and from IBM’s Zurich Research Laboratory will develop smart technologies that synchronise the charging of the electric vehicles with the availability of wind in the grid.

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Intel's Open Source Strategy

Cars That Think

So, New Zealand to India to Europe to America back to New Zealand. She wrote in a December article that, “one company cannot build the technologies needed to mitigate climate change and traditional black box approaches to proprietary software will only inhibit progress.” So, there’s a lot of work that is happening.

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EV myths busted: Are electric vehicles actually good for the environment?

Drive Electric

With the introduction of the Clean Car Discount in 2022, the skyrocketing prices of petrol and diesel across the country and the increasing number of electric vehicles available in New Zealand, we are seeing more EVs on our roads than ever before. There are thousands of public electric vehicle charging stations across New Zealand.

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EV myths busted: Are electric vehicles actually good for the environment?

Drive Electric

With the introduction of the Clean Car Discount in 2022, the skyrocketing prices of petrol and diesel across the country and the increasing number of electric vehicles available in New Zealand, we are seeing more EVs on our roads than ever before. There are thousands of public electric vehicle charging stations across New Zealand.