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

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The Climate Change Commission has recently confirmed that incentives are necessary to continue to ensure the adoption of EVs. Research has shown that the clean car discount is popular with New Zealanders, so let’s keep it going until we get close to price parity between EVs and petrol cars. This is still just 1.5%

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Drive Electric Submission Land Transport (Clean Car) Amendment Bill

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Moving to zero emissions vehicles, as the cliche goes, is the low hanging fruit in New Zealand’s fight against climate change. There needs to be a massive uptake in active and public transport, as well as the provision of Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS), changes to urban development, and the way we work. Scrappage schemes.

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Drive Electric Submission on the Emissions Reduction Plan Discussion Document

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EVs are a technology that are now proven, are increasingly price competitive, and will be the future of the automotive industry. In New Zealand’s fight against climate change, e-mobility is a low-hanging fruit, especially given our supply of renewable energy. . Scrappage schemes . New Zealand receives less than 0.17