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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 The document covers possible changes intended to improve the Road User Charges (RUC) system and support the uptake of low carbon vehicles. naha utu kaiwhakamahi rori | Driving Change: Reviewing the Road User Charges System. 12 April 2022 .

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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 New Zealand currently has 4 million passenger cars in its fleet, the vast majority of which are fuelled by petrol and diesel. 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. . We would recommend signalling a phase-out date for new petrol vehicles between 2030 and 2032, and confirming that in law in 2024/2025.

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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. The consumer incentive will reduce the purchase price of zero emissions vehicles, which encourages suppliers to provide these choices to meet new consumer demand. Principle .

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The EU’s 2035 petrol ban receives pushback from five countries

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In documents given to Reuters , the five countries have planned to resist the proposed EU combustion engine ban in an upcoming vote, and a representative from Germany has signaled they may also. In the documents, the authors cited two main concerns, mainly dealing with infrastructure and affordability.

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