Drive Electric

MAY 1, 2023

Press release 2nd May 2023 Drive Electric welcomes the continuation of the Clean Car Discount, as this policy is delivering emissions reductions and saving money on fossil fuels. Mark Gilbert, Chair of Drive Electric says, “The Clean Car Discount has turned New Zealand from a laggard to a leader when it comes to EV adoption.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2019

These kilometers have predominantly been driven by gasoline and diesel cars, exacerbating the air pollution crisis in European cities. French government data from 2017 show that 90% of the registered private hire vehicles, which includes Uber, were diesel cars. Uber’s CEO tells us they ‘do the right thing, period.’

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2020

Medium-sized battery-electric cars are on average 14% cheaper to run than equivalent diesels today, if slow charging overnight near home and/or fast charging at preferential rates are available. T&E’s lifecycle CO 2 emission calculator estimates that today EVs cut CO 2 emissions by two-thirds on average across Europe compared to diesel cars.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 3, 2022

We will produce more than 600,000 e-drives per year while maintaining high production capacity utilization for diesel and petrol engines. The new building will also be used for manufacturing power electronics with clean room technology. By 2030, around half of our 4,400 employees will work in electromobility.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 23, 2018

Broadly, the report calls for the creation of a modern Clean Air Act that takes a holistic approach—i.e., The original Clean Air Act of 1956 focused on tackling smoke and sulfur dioxide in the wake of the five-day Great Smog event that was directly linked to the deaths of more than 4,000 Londoners.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 26, 2021

Originally published on Transport & Environment. By Eoin Bannon EU lawmakers should set an end date for selling new combustion engine cars in Europe no later than 2035, 27 companies have said in a joint appeal this week.¹ The open call will continue to gather support for a phase-out ahead of the review of EU car and van […].

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Electric Cars Report

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

Altilium Metals, a UK-based clean technology startup, has selected Teesside as the preferred location for the largest planned recycling facility in the UK for end-of-life electric vehicle batteries.

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

I reached out to Scania and Volvo in Australia to find out how the local industry feels about the transition away from petrol and diesel. […]

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 14, 2017

The results highlight the disparity between test-cycles and real-world emissions as well as the large disparity between gasoline and diesel vehicles. gNO x /km for a diesel vehicle with gross vehicle with GVWR x /km for a 7-seater diesel passenger vehicle. gNO x /km for gasoline; and 0.25 Source: The ICCT. Click to enlarge.

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Drive Electric

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Press release 13 December 2023 New research shows the new Government’s policy to remove the Clean Car Discount (CCD) and weaken the Clean Car Standard could mean between 100,000 and 350,000 fewer electric cars on New Zealand roads by 2030, and increasing emissions by between 900 and 3,000 kilotonnes. MtCO2e out to 2030. ●

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 12, 2017

The study “ Greenhouse gas intensity of natural gas ” shows that natural gas reduces GHG emissions from passenger cars on a well-to-wheel (WtW) basis by 23% compared with petrol and by 7% compared with diesel. For heavy-duty applications, benefits compared to diesel are of 16% for CNG and up to 15% for LNG.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 24, 2023

Green NCAP tested 34 cars with different powertrain types: battery electric, hybrid electric, conventional petrol and diesel, and one vehicle, the Ford Puma, that runs on alternative fuel. Furthermore, the vehicle maintenance model has been improved and among other points, now considers urea usage for diesel-powertrains.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 25, 2024

An emissions gap also exists for petrol- and diesel-fueled vehicles, with each of them also emitting more than WLTP numbers would indicate – and therefore getting lower mileage, and having higher fuel costs, than consumers would expect by looking at the label. But the numbers are high regardless of country.

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

As petrol and diesel race each other to $2.50 a litre, electric vehicle drivers do not have to worry about the cost of their driving. We have just returned from a 3,600 kilometre great Aussie road trip which cost us about $200 in fuel … $50 on Chargefox and $150 on Tesla. Taking a slow […].

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CleanTechnica EVs

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Traditional combustion-only petrol and diesel powertrains fell under 50% share for the first time. France saw plugin electric vehicles take 24.4% of the auto market in November, with full electrics (BEVs) alone taking 15.2%. Overall auto registrations in November stood at 133,960 units, up some 10% year on year.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 17, 2023

Kenya recently signed some deals with firms from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to supply diesel, petrol, and jet fuel on credit for the next 6 months to ease mounting pressure on the demand for foreign currency as well as to try to stem the Kenya shillings slide vs. the US dollar […]

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Get Electric Vehicle

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Plug-in Hybrid vehicles: In hybrid vehicles, there will be a gasoline or diesel engine powering the vehicle and on top of that there will be one or more electric motors along with a battery to power the vehicle in certain conditions like during starting or cruising below a certain speed. fine particulate matter pollution).

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 13, 2023

Probably decades — as electric transport slowly supplants the diesel and petrol cars and trucks of today. That’s what the sign said: “Oil On Road.” There must have been a spillage, or perhaps an accident. How long before there is no oil on the road? Even without accidents, there is always a film of oil on […]

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CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 6, 2022

share, greater than the combined share of old-school petrol and diesel vehicles (32.3%). Sweden saw a record high 60.7% plugin electric vehicle share in December, up from 49.4% share year-on-year. Full battery electric vehicles took the largest share, with 36.4% December’s […].

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CleanTechnica EVs

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Legacy diesels and plugless hybrids continued to stagnate below 20% share, with petrol taking a breath at just under 37% share, before its next dive. November saw France, Europe’s second largest auto market, hit a record 23.5% plugin electric vehicle share, up from 14.8% share a year ago.

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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Kenya’s fuel subsidy program that was rolled out to cushion consumers from skyrocketing petrol, diesel, and kerosene prices has been a hot topic in […]. Petroleum products imported by Kenya increased by 12.0% million tonnes in 2021, costing the country a whopping $3 billion!

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Petrol share was down to a record low of 36.0% Diesel share remained below 20% for the third month in a […]. France, Europe’s second largest auto market, saw plugin electric vehicle share climb to a new record 22.9% in September, almost twice the 11.8% share seen a year ago. from almost 44% a year ago.

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Diesel, petrol and plugless hybrids all recorded […]. Norway, the world’s leading country in electric vehicle adoption, saw plugin EV market share in October at an impressive 89.3%, up from 79.1% a year ago.

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 2, 2021

Diesels lost more than half their share year-on-year, falling to just 2.3%, with petrol and plugless hybrids not faring much better. Norway’s plugin electric vehicle market share in September broke new ground, hitting 91.5% with full electrics alone taking 77.5% The Tesla Model […].

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 24, 2022

They have a dealer network and many petrol and diesel cars on Australian and New Zealand roads. Great Wall Motors (GWM) is a Chinese carmaker that has had a presence in Australasia for the past 13 years. The vehicles have improved greatly since they were introduced as cheap, yet not so reliable, options. My niece […].

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

Robert Nicol has a pedigree that is soaked in petrol and diesel, and yet he has been able to evolve from fossil fueled vehicles to electric vehicles. His father worked for Toyota as a “master service technician” for more than 25 years in Australia.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2018

Introduce a Clean Air Act to improve existing legislation and enshrine the right to clean air in UK law. Bring forward the date by which manufacturers must end the sale of conventional gasoline and diesel cars to before 2040 in line with more ambitious commitments from around the world.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 22, 2021

If all those cars burn petrol or diesel, the climate consequences will be dire. By Professor Sebastien Farnaud There are more than 1.4 billion cars in the world today, and that number could double by 2036.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 26, 2022

Petrol and diesel vehicles imported from the EU into South Africa have a customs duty of 18%, while for electric vehicles it is 25%. South Africa doesn’t have the perfect environment to incentivize global automakers to rush to introduce more electric vehicles. There are also the Ad Valorem Customs Excise Duties and VAT.

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Drive Electric

JANUARY 23, 2024

The rate is calculated per kilometre travelled and applies the existing RUC programme designed for diesel-power cars and trucks: BEVs will pay $76 per 1,000km PHEVS will pay $53 per 1,000km Admin fees also apply. Aotearoa New Zealand spends $8‒$9 billion a year on imported petrol and diesel. How are RUCs being applied to EVs?

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Drive Electric

JANUARY 6, 2021

Reasons for this substantial 2021 increase in EV numbers include: The UK government’s recent announcement that sales of new petrol and diesel cars and vans will end by 2030 (and sales of plug-in hybrids will end by 2035) has already focused people’s minds on EVs. The figure does not include plug-in hybrids (PHEVs).

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Drive Electric

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

RE: Drive Electric Submission Land Transport (Clean Car) Amendment Bill. Drive Electric supports the Land Transport (Clean Vehicles) Amendment Bill (‘the Bill’) and encourages New Zealand to be ambitious. The interim Clean Car Discount, which is already in the market, is showing promising signs of success. Committee Secretariat.

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 28, 2011

It’s not just the environment that could benefit from you turning to a clean diesel or a hybrid car – it might be your wallet too. That’s the verdict of a new study by Carnegie Mellon University which finds that for passenger cars, turbo-charged direct injection diesels or hybrids retain more value than conventional vehicles. [.].

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Setec Powerr

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

The cost of electricity for a vehicle is about 18 pence per mile, compared to 19 pence per mile for gasoline and 21 pence per mile for diesel. The UK wants to stop selling new diesel and petrol cars and vans by 2030. These numbers make it clear that drivers using public fast and ultra-fast chargers are being hit the hardest.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

This partnership will present the Indian customer with world class automotive car care products for cleaning, service and maintenance across the domains of preventive and maintenance solutions, additives, car and bike care (PPF, Ceramic, Detailing products etc.), diagnostic software, tools and equipment.

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Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 22, 2023

Lower Running Costs Electric vehicles are renowned for their lower running costs compared to traditional petrol or diesel vehicles. Benefit-in-Kind Tax For employees who use a Nissan Leaf provided by their employer for personal use, the Benefit-in-Kind (BIK) tax is substantially lower compared to petrol (gasoline) or diesel vehicles.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 20, 2010

Motorists in New Zealand are increasingly turning to the power of diesel to reduce CO2 emissions and boost fuel efficiency, the country's Motor Trade Association (MTA) reveals. Tags: Latest news alternative fuel diesel engine fuel economy MTA petrol.

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