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Drive Electric Submission: Reviewing the Road User Charges System

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Below is our submission on the discussion document Te Huringa Taraiwa: Te arotake I te p?naha naha utu kaiwhakamahi rori | Driving Change: Reviewing the Road User Charges System. The document covers possible changes intended to improve the Road User Charges (RUC) system and support the uptake of low carbon vehicles.

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RESPONSE TO: Ministry of Transport’s Charging Our Future: Discussion Document

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It is rapidly becoming clear that electric vehicles will replace petrol and diesel ICE vehicles in most use cases.1International The Climate Change Commission’s analysis shows that by 2030 67% of cars entering the New Zealand market are EV. EVs are increasingly cheaper to run and maintain than petrol and diesel vehicles.

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Drive Electric Submission on the Emissions Reduction Plan Discussion Document

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Drive Electric Submission: Emissions Reduction Plan Discussion Document. However, the draft ERP document, while containing some advanced thinking, does not present the plan in a holistic way. . In New Zealand’s fight against climate change, e-mobility is a low-hanging fruit, especially given our supply of renewable energy. .

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Drive Electric Submission Land Transport (Clean Car) Amendment Bill

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New Zealand has a proposed target to reach 30% of the light vehicle fleet as electric by 2035 in the Government’s Emissions Reduction Plan Discussion Document. Moving to zero emissions vehicles, as the cliche goes, is the low hanging fruit in New Zealand’s fight against climate change. Principle .

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Drive Electric Submission: Auckland Transport Parking Strategy

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We are concerned that the consultation document underplays the importance of charging infrastructure in managing the transition to electric vehicles and does not link to national direction on this topic. We have framed this response around our mission, which is to accelerate the uptake of e-mobility in New Zealand. Key recommendations: 1.