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LDV eT60 confirmed as first electric ute for Oz as Chinese brand announces EV triple-play

EV Central

The LDV eT60 will become the first electric ute on sale in Australia when it arrives in dealerships in November as part of three-pronged EV attack from the Chinese brand. LDV importer Ateco Automotive has announced plans to sell the eT60 EV as well as the eDeliver 9 large electric van and Mifa 9 electric people mover.

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Drive Electric Submission Land Transport (Clean Car) Amendment Bill

Drive Electric

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. New Zealand should use Europe, not Australia, as the source of homologation vehicle standards in this Bill.

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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. DRIVING AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE WITH A DISABILITY.

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Drive Electric Submission on the Emissions Reduction Plan Discussion Document

Drive Electric

Drive Electric Submission: Emissions Reduction Plan Discussion Document. 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. . This office has advanced numerous initiatives that New Zealand could learn from.

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How to get staff on board with your company transition to EVs

Drive Electric

While there are a myriad of benefits for businesses who switch to electric vehicles, many Kiwi companies who have made the switch have found that staff can be apprehensive about EVs; it’s a relatively new technology, and there are still many misconceptions about electric transport. Newer models can have ranges of over 500km!

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Mercedes-Benz Vans shows pickup truck concepts; market launch in late 2017; diesel V6

Green Car Congress

Daimler AG will make investments in the high nine figures (euro) in the new model series by the time of the market launch. The key markets will be Argentina, Brazil, South Africa, Australia with New Zealand, and Europe. Ladder-type frame, high-torque six-cylinder engine, and permanent all-wheel drive are compulsory for us.

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Intel's Open Source Strategy

Cars That Think

With all that said, today’s guest is Arun Gupta , vice president and general manager of Open Ecosystem Initiatives at Intel and chair of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation. And that’s honestly the reasons that we contribute to open source all along, and we have been contributing for over two decades. Gupta: Oh, several.

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