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[PRESS RELEASE] DRIVE ELECTRIC RESPONSE TO CLEAN CAR DISCOUNT CHANGES.

Drive Electric

With recent policy changes ending ideas like social leasing and scrappage schemes, we need new ideas to enable all New Zealanders to access EVs. One idea would be to look at encouraging corporate fleet owners to take up EV, as these fleets usually have lifespans of 2-4 years before they are sold.”

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Cash for clunkers enjoys early success

Green Cars News

So after the UK’s vehicle scrappage scheme was hailed a success, what of the so-called “cash for clunkers&# programme in the US? Even though corporate purchases of vehicle fleets continued to drop, the number of retail sales of Ford cars and pick-up trucks among the public leapt by nine per cent.

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Drive Electric Submission on the Emissions Reduction Plan Discussion Document

Drive Electric

SAIC Motor, China’s top automaker, are producing EVs for as little as $4,500 USD. . The Hyundai Motor Group aims to produce 1 million EVs globally, by 2025. Scrappage schemes . The OECD has conducted analysis on the components of effective ‘scrappage schemes’. link] porate-fleets-would-drive-more-corporate-demand/.