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Electric Cars = 23% of New Zealand Auto Market, Tesla = 12%

CleanTechnica EVs

New Zealand has gotten the electric car fever, and August showed that more than ever before. Last month, 23% of new auto sales were sales of fully electric cars. Interestingly, the electric vehicle market was dominated by two brands. Tesla and BYD […].

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The BYD Atto 3 & MG ZS EV Take Top Two Positions In New Zealand’s May EV Sales Table

CleanTechnica EVs

13,354 vehicles were registered in May in New Zealand. Of these, 1,219 were brand new battery electric vehicles (BEVs). That means about 9% of them were fully electric. In total, 1,526 BEVs were registered in May in New Zealand, including used vehicle imports.

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Tesla Model Y Beats Ford & Toyota Best Sellers In New Zealand

CleanTechnica EVs

New Zealand’s aggressive bonus malus approach has enabled a fully electric vehicle (BEV), the Tesla Model Y, to become the top selling car in September. The Tesla Model Y beat Ford and Toyota’s top models!

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MAN Truck & Bus will offer an eBus chassis for the global market; NMC and LFP battery options

Green Car Congress

Analysts expect demand for electric buses to continue to rise in the coming years. By 2040, sales of zero-emission buses are expected to rise to more than 80% of the global market. With the chassis, we are giving bodybuilders from all over the world the perfect basis for their fully electric models.

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U.S. pace of EV adoption rivals rate of California: analysis

Teslarati

As new car sales bans loom in some areas, early BEV adoption data from the California auto market seems promising — and some think the rest of the country could be right behind the state. state reached a crucial tipping point, with BEVs making up 5 percent of new car sales in 2018, and adoption rates have jumped drastically since then.

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SEAT to introduce 500 km MEB-based EV, Leon PHEV in 2020

Green Car Congress

SEAT, a member of the Volkswagen Group, will introduce its first fully electric vehicle in 2020. Built on the Volkswagen Group’s MEB platform, the new EV will feature a range of 500 km (311 miles). The EV launch comes as part of a product offensive, in which SEAT will launch one new car every six months until 2020.

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EV myths busted: Are electric vehicles safer than gas-powered cars?

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 EVs available in New Zealand , we are seeing more EVs on our roads than ever before. fires per 100,000 sales. This is strikingly lower than 1,528 ICE fires per sale.