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Drive Electric Submission Land Transport (Clean Car) Amendment Bill

Drive Electric

Globally, over 750,000 plug-in EVs are in right-hand drive countries’ vehicle fleets (mostly in the UK and Japan), with that number growing by over 200,000 in 2020 (including 175,000 in the UK, and 29,000 in Japan). Dean Sheed, General Manager, Audi NZ. Commentary on the Bill . Aligning emissions standards to Europe .

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Audi Volkswagen-owned company exploring PHEVs Metroproject Quattro Sub-compact PHEV Concept Car shown October 2007; PHEV of A1 Sportback under consideration Bright Automotive For-profit spin off from Rocky Mountain Institute designing lightweight PHEVs, successor to RMIs 1990s "Hypercar" concept. Reuters ). as well as Honda Motor Co.

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