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[PRESS RELEASE] Emissions Reduction Plan: Electric Vehicles will drive a low emissions future

Drive Electric

The Emissions Reduction Plan released today confirms the future of mobility in New Zealand will be electric. Drive Electric Chair Mark Gilbert says, “If you watch the global automotive market – we’ve been seeing for some time that EV technology will replace petrol and diesel cars. A vehicle scrappage scheme.

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Will the scrappage extension do any good? The Green Piece

Green Cars News

The UK’s car scrappage scheme may have been dubbed a resounding success by the majority of car manufacturers and consumers alike, but it hasn’t won plaudits from all corners. There are ominous questions looming too, as to what the motor industry will do when the scrappage scheme ends. The Green Piece: Tuesday 6 October, 2009.

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Deloitte study concludes mass adoption of EVs in Europe is some distance away

Green Car Congress

There is no doubt that electric vehicles are the future of the automotive industry. Just like the Government supported the highly successful car scrappage scheme, they should now be turning their attention to electric vehicles. —David Raistrick.

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Drive Electric Submission Land Transport (Clean Car) Amendment Bill

Drive Electric

We encourage New Zealand to be ambitious when setting future emissions standards from 2025. Scrappage schemes. Presently, there is a limit to global EV supply and preferential supply is going to markets with strict emissions standards and consumer incentives. FBT, depreciation); and. Drive Electric members’ views.

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Can green cars solve automotive crisis? The Green Piece

Green Cars News

Since the onset of the global economic crisis most of us have been cutting back to save cash wherever we can. Nissan chief executive Carlos Ghosn has made it clear he believes the electric car is the future of the automotive industry and that he intends to make Nissan a world leader. However, he faces strong competition.

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Drive Electric Submission on the Emissions Reduction Plan Discussion Document

Drive Electric

A plan is necessary to provide certainty to business and consumers that a future transport system will be affordable, convenient, safe and sustainable. New Zealanders need to understand that the future of transport will look different than it does today. It’s also worth noting that the global car industry is changing rapidly.