article thumbnail

New Zealand Grandma Builds Her Own EV To Own Big Oil

CleanTechnica EVs

An article in The Guardian shows us that you don’t need $50,000 to buy an EV, even in this market. A grandmother in New Zealand found herself mad at oil companies, and one day she decided that she wanted to be done giving them her hard-earned money, so she worked with a friend to build […].

article thumbnail

Ports of Auckland buys world’s first electric tug; 70-tonne bollard pull

Green Car Congress

Ports of Auckland (New Zealand) has signed a contract with Dutch company Damen Shipyards to buy the world’s first full-size, fully electric port tug. The new tug, a Damen RSD-E Tug 2513 to be delivered in 2021, will have a 70-tonne bollard pull, the same as the port’s strongest diesel tug Hauraki , also built by Damen.

Buy 262
article thumbnail

Electric cars and accessibility: What drivers with disabilities need to know

Drive Electric

With almost 50,000 plug-in vehicles registered in New Zealand as of August 2021, it’s clear that our nation is committed to a large-scale transition to electric transport. In the New Zealand context, there is a lot of work to be done in this space. Learn more about the cost of an EV in New Zealand here.

article thumbnail

LanzaTech China JV reports 9M gallons of ethanol made from steel flue gas; new JV for PET

Green Car Congress

Beijing Shougang LanzaTech New Energy Science & Technology Co., Imagine preventing carbon emissions and instead reusing the carbon to make household products, the clothes you wear, the packaging for your products, and other things you can buy at a store! We can clean our air and keep carbon in the ground in one carbon smart step.

article thumbnail

Confirmed: 2023 BYD Dolphin is Australia’s cheapest electric vehicle: EVs go mainstream as new model undercuts the MG4

EV Central

READ MORE: Complete guide to rebates, discounts and incentives when buying an EV in Australia The pricing will be announced this evening, but has now been confirmed by EV Central. Conversely, the cheapest MG4, the Excite 51, gets a 51kWh battery and a single electric motor produces 125kW of power.

BYD 52
article thumbnail

Drive Electric Submission: Auckland Transport Parking Strategy

Drive Electric

Drive Electric is a not-for-profit advocacy organisation supporting the uptake and mainstreaming of e-mobility in New Zealand, a key part of decarbonising transport. We have framed this response around our mission, which is to accelerate the uptake of e-mobility in New Zealand. Executive Summary.

article thumbnail

UOP looking to biomass catalytic pyrolysis to expand volumes of renewable hydrocarbon fuels

Green Car Congress

Units from Australia, Canada, Chile, France, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Republic of Korea, Russia, Singapore, and the United States will participate. I don’t think the military should be owners of refineries—why make it when you can buy it. One question is the role of the military in [renewable drop-in fuels].

Renewable 247