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RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE COMMISSION: Drive Electric’s advice on the second draft of the Emissions Reduction Plan (2026-2030)

Drive Electric

There needs to be further consideration given to how to enable private investment into decarbonisation initiatives that require renewable energy and connections, but where the business case may not yet be economic, because of the cost of doing so. EV smart charging could save the New Zealand economy close to $3 billion by 2035.

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

Drive Electric

Public charging gives users the confidence to adopt EV technology, and alongside the sticker price of EVs, is probably the greatest enabler of uptake. Eventually they will reach price parity for purchase (with ICE equivalents). EV smart charging could save the New Zealand economy close to $3 billion by 2035.7

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EV Chargers for All!

Cars That Think

Even without a son soon to be entering college, the premium prices of EVs were a turnoff. has no EV chargers in its five-story indoor parking garage. With new EVs costing on average $61,488 at the end of 2022 and being scarcely affordable for the average American family, they are out of reach for the average rental household.